# Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer - Sydney

**Company**: Pinsent Masons
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We have a rare opportunity for an experienced and ambitious lawyer to join our growing Workplace Health & Safety team in Sydney.

As an Associate, you will be doing front end and back end WHS work, including:

- Responding to incidents, including providing advice on improvement, prohibition, and infringement notices

- Preparing for and appearing in court for WHS prosecutions and Coronial Inquests

- Advising on safety governance and best practise, including officer duties

You will need to be an Australian-qualified lawyer, with 2-5 years post-qualification experience, ideally gained in private practice, along with the following skills and attributes:

- Demonstrated experience working in workplace health & safety law

- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to assimilate information quickly and handle multiple priorities within tight timeframes

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Collegiate and collaborative

- Be commercial aware and enthusiastic about business development

- Enjoy working in a fast-paced high-performing team

- Bring energy and enthusiasm to the role!

Pinsent Masons is one of the world's leading law firms, with a rapidly growing presence in Australia built on a reputation for outstanding work for clients and genuine care for its people.

We provide an environment where our lawyers can drive their development, work flexibly and learn fast.

We offer:

- A global reach and a local feel, with 30 offices and 2000 lawyers operating across Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East

- Flexibility, allowing you to bring your whole self to work and participate in practices that support your wellbeing, mental wellness and work/life balance

- Opportunities to participate in, and even run, social activities, diversity and inclusion networks, and charitable initiatives

## Skills

### Required
- Workplace Health & Safety Law
- Australian law
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Commercial awareness

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