Jobs at Allens

Provides proactive administrative and practice support to Partners, Practice Executives, and senior legal staff. Responsibilities include matter financial administration, billing and e-billing support, client requirements, reporting, event coordination, document preparation, and practice management guidance. The role also supports operational excellence, stakeholder management, process improvement, and coverage during leave. This is a permanent full-time hybrid position based in Melbourne.

Provides proactive administrative and practice support to Partners, Practice Executives, and senior legal staff. Responsibilities include matter billing and financial administration, client reporting, document preparation, event coordination, matter lifecycle support, and guidance on practice-management procedures. The role requires strong organisation, communication, attention to detail, initiative, stakeholder management, and a commitment to operational excellence.

Supports firm-wide pricing strategy, commercial analysis, profitability reviews, alternative fee arrangements, and client pricing decisions. Coordinates pricing and rates operations, maintains agreement records, implements billing instructions, monitors rate changes, and supports annual reviews and renewals. The role also improves data quality, reporting, templates, automation, and pricing processes while providing guidance to business stakeholders.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing and administration, maintain employee and payroll records, process payroll changes, perform reconciliations and reporting, respond to employee enquiries, support compliance and audits, and contribute to payroll process improvements. The role requires strong Excel skills, Australian payroll legislation knowledge, accuracy, communication, and the ability to meet deadlines.

Provides administrative support to the Office of General Counsel by coordinating compliance, governance, risk, certification, conflicts, and information barrier processes. Maintains records, registers, databases, and legal matter files; monitors workflows and shared inboxes; prepares reports; coordinates approvals; supports lawyer admissions and certification processes; and liaises with internal and external stakeholders while handling confidential information accurately.

Manage eBilling and credit control for key clients, including invoice submission, rejection resolution, purchase order tracking, budget monitoring, aged debt collection, and monthly reporting. The role involves liaising with clients, lawyers, practice executives, accounts payable teams, and platform providers while maintaining accurate billing records and resolving issues promptly.

Leads firm-wide strategic and commercial projects, advising practice leaders and partners on financial performance, business cases, investment decisions, and commercial opportunities. Uses financial, market, data, and technology insights to improve decision-making and client outcomes. The role also requires stakeholder influence, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring team members.

A First Nations university student internship providing hands-on experience in corporate business teams such as operations, finance, IT, digital services, knowledge services, marketing, and people development. Interns work on real projects, receive mentoring and support, build professional networks, and explore career pathways beyond legal practice across Allens’ Australian offices.

The First Nations Legal Internship provides Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander law students with practical experience in a commercial legal environment. Interns join a practice group, work alongside lawyers on real matters, participate in community and pro bono activities, and receive mentoring from a partner and junior lawyer. The program also provides exposure to career pathways, clerkship recruitment, networking, and professional development across Allens’ Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth offices.

Supports legal and business research, current awareness, training, and management of physical and digital library resources for a law firm. The role involves responding to research requests, maintaining collections, working with information providers, monitoring emerging technologies including AI, supporting legal research platform training, and improving research workflows and user experience.

Manage early careers recruitment and development programs, including university engagement, careers events, clerkship and graduate campaigns, candidate experience, onboarding, and emerging talent relationships. Partner with senior stakeholders across the firm, lead attraction and social media initiatives, and use data and technology to improve recruitment outcomes. This is a 12-month maximum-term contract based in Melbourne with hybrid working.

Lead the strategy, planning, delivery, and evaluation of premium client events and national engagement programs. Manage stakeholders, use CRM and client data to target campaigns, support webinars and digital engagement, adopt technologies to improve efficiency, and strengthen client relationships and brand presence. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on event management in a fast-paced, stakeholder-heavy environment.

Advise energy and infrastructure clients on project development transactions, including power purchase, construction, operations, development, acquisition, disposal, and energy trading agreements. Conduct legal due diligence and regulatory analysis, manage matters, support business development, develop client relationships, and contribute to mentoring and internal networks.

Qualified lawyers will draft and review legal documents, manage matters and transactions, conduct due diligence, provide complex legal advice, negotiate with clients, develop business, manage junior lawyers, and oversee discovery and e-discovery. Practice areas include litigation, M&A, banking and finance, technology, funds, employment, projects, competition, tax, and intellectual property. The role is permanent, full-time, and hybrid across Australian offices.

The Senior Associate will advise on investment funds, assist with establishing and operating funds, and provide client service while collaborating with other practice groups.

You will work with partners on M&A and capital markets transactions, providing corporate advisory and governance across various sectors.

Join Allens as an Associate or Senior Associate in their Corporate M&A and Capital Markets team, advising on major M&A deals in a collaborative environment.

The role involves advising on complex project development transactions in the Infrastructure and Energy sector, managing client relationships, and contributing to business development.

As a Workday Reporting Consultant, you will deliver advanced reporting and analytics, maintain security, support compensation activities, and resolve Workday queries.

Allens Adapt connects legal experts with flexible contract opportunities, providing support and training to align with their career goals while offering various benefits and networking opportunities.