Vacancies

We currently have the following legal and support roles available.

Legal

  • Employment Graduate Lawyer
  • Family Lawyer, 4 to 6 years' PAE
  • Employment Senior Associate, 7+ years' PAE
  • Building and Construction Senior Associate, 10+ years' PAE
  • Property Senior Associate, 10+ years' PAE
  • Owners Corporation Lawyer, 4+ years' PAE

Support

  • Property Secretary

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Legal roles

Employment Graduate Lawyer 

Are you a graduate lawyer with a strong interest in employment law?

We have an exciting opportunity for a graduate lawyer who has recently been admitted to join our Employment and Workplace Relations team on a full-time basis.

Our Employment and Workplace Relations team provides advice to a wide range of businesses on a variety of matters, including employment contracts, employment-related litigation, Fair Work Ombudsman investigations and claims, and unfair dismissals.

While working under the guidance of a Principal Lawyer, you will be mentored on a range of interesting and diverse employment law matters, and work in an environment that encourages professional development and promotes a healthy work/life balance.

The successful candidate must be admitted to practice and have a strong academic transcript. Previous Seasonal Clerkship experience is an advantage.

Essential personal attributes for the role include excellent communication skills (both written and oral), strong interpersonal and organisational skills, the ability to work in a team environment and the ability to communicate with clients professionally and confidently. A well-presented individual with a good attitude is a must.

As a member of the firm, you will be rewarded with many staff benefits and the opportunity for career growth. Our work culture is friendly and supportive.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at: careers@kcllaw.com.au.

Family Lawyer, 4 to 6 years' PAE

As our Family Law practice continues to grow, there is an exciting opportunity for an experienced lawyer with ambitions to advance their career to join our Family Law team.

We are seeking an experienced lawyer with 4-6 years’ experience in all aspects of family law. The successful applicant must have a good understanding of court proceedings, display technical legal competence, be prepared to appear in court and have the ability to draft proficient court documents. 

Essential personal attributes for the role include having excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment and communicate with clients confidently. A well-presented individual with a good attitude is a must.

As a member of our Family Law team, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and the opportunity for career growth. The work culture is friendly and supportive and offers a work/life balance.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at: careers@kcllaw.com.au.

Employment Senior Associate, 7+ years' PAE

An opportunity exists for an enthusiastic, passionate and hardworking employment lawyer at the level of Senior Associate to join our Employment and Workplace Relations team on a full-time basis.

To be successful, you will have a passion for employment law, be client focused and commercially astute, and have had 7+ years’ experience practising employment and workplace relations law. In addition to having a solid understanding of the Fair Work Act, you will need to have skills in legal research, drafting, client relations, conciliation and litigation.

Personal attributes essential for the role include excellent communication and interpersonal skills, aptitude for providing clients with commercial legal solutions, the ability to establish and maintain strong client relationship, and an interest in developing a practice or at least nurturing and expanding the firm’s business.

As a key member of the Employment and Workplace team, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and the opportunity for career growth. The work culture is friendly and supportive, and offers work/life balance.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at: careers@kcllaw.com.au.

Building and Construction Senior Associate (front-end and back-end), 10+ years' PAE

This is a great opportunity for a building and construction lawyer at a Senior Associate or Special Counsel level who is looking to join our growing team. With the support of the Principal Lawyer and Head of the Building and Construction practice, the ideal candidate will be keen to build networks and develop their own practice. A transferable client base is an advantage and you will be recognised for any practice that you may bring with you.

Requiring an experienced practitioner, the role will be a mix of front-end building and construction and back-end litigation. Strong drafting skills and knowledge of AS4300 and AS2124 are required.

Essential personal attributes for the role include:

  • excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  • aptitude for providing clients with commercial legal solutions;
  • the ability to develop the business and build strong client relationships; and
  • mentor and develop junior practitioner skills.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at: careers@kcllaw.com.au.

Property Senior Associate, 10+ years' PAE

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced, ambitious and highly professional lawyer looking to advance their career in a dynamic and growing practice.

KCL Law’s Property team are dynamic and astute and have experience advising on a broad range of property matters, including major development projects, commercial transactions and leasing and residential transactions.

We are seeking an experienced practitioner with approximately 10 years' PAE in property law to join our team. Together with solid technical and drafting skills, the successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of, and experience in, drafting and negotiating contracts of sale, commercial leases, development agreements, joint venture agreements, due diligence, acquisitions and disposals, and commercial landlord and tenant work.

Essential personal attributes for the role include excellent communication and interpersonal skills together with the ability to communicate with clients confidently. A well-presented individual with a good attitude is a must.

As a member of our Property team, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a strong opportunity for career growth. The work culture is friendly, supporting and offers a healthy work-lifestyle balance.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at: careers@kcllaw.com.au.

Owners Corporation Lawyer, 4+ years' PAE

As our property and general litigation practices continue to grow, there is an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic lawyer to join our Owners Corporation practice.

KCL Law focuses on having a team of legal experts with a wealth of industry and professional experience, forming partnerships with our clients and building long-term relationships with them. In the last three years, we have successfully built a practice within the Owners Corporation industry, primarily working for owners corporations and their managers. We are now looking for an experienced lawyer to synergise and continue our success in this area.

You will have matter management responsibility and substantial experience in litigation advice, debt recovery and compliance, as well as leasing, licencing, common property and subdivisions. You will have at least a small referral network and the initiative to continually build upon this. We are looking for someone who is as comfortable working autonomously, as well as in a team environment.

Please note, that a strong knowledge of the Owners Corporations Act is required for this position.  

As a member of our Owners Corporation practice, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and opportunity for career growth. The work culture is friendly and supportive and offers a great work-life balance.

Essential personal attributes for the role include:

  • excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  • aptitude for providing clients with commercial legal solutions;
  • the ability to develop the business; and
  • build strong client relationships.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at:  careers@kcllaw.com.au.

Support roles

Property Secretary

We have an opportunity for a capable legal secretary to join our Property team supporting two lawyers, as well as providing administrative assistance across the firm when required.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • taking instructions and completing tasks with minimal assistance;
  • ensuring work is accurate and on time;
  • file management;
  • dictaphone typing, including correspondence and file notes;
  • diary management and control of deadlines;
  • client liaison;
  • filing and service of documents;
  • monthly billing using Affinity practice management system;
  • entering client data into Affinity; and
  • general administrative tasks, such as photocopying, opening/closing files and binding documents.

The successful candidate must be an experienced secretary with a professional telephone manner and is comfortable in dealing with clients and taking accurate instructions.

Essential for the role are a positive attitude, exceptional time management skills incorporating attention-to-detail and excellent communication skills. A team player with strong interpersonal skills are a must.

To apply, please forward a covering letter together with your CV to Davina Onas, General Manager, at: careers@kcllaw.com.au.

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