People & Development Adviser

We are currently looking for a People & Development Adviser to join our national People & Development team, based in our Adelaide office.

Thomsons is a leading national law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. The firm has approximately 900 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients - their success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomsons, we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.


The role

We are currently looking for a People & Development Adviser to join our national People & Development team, based in our Adelaide office.

Working closely with both Adelaide-based and interstate colleagues, this position reports to the Chief People Officer (based in Brisbane) and is supported by the broader national team, including P&D Administrators and a Recruitment Coordinator. The position is a key People & Development contact for our Adelaide office of approximately 153 people.

Responsibilities will include working with the Chief People Officer to:

• Provide practical and commercially focused generalist HR advice and support to Partners, leaders and staff across a range of people matters;
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and act as a trusted point of contact for People & Development matters within the Adelaide office;
• Support employee relations and performance matters, including probation, performance management and other day-to-day employee matters;
• Partner with the Recruitment Coordinator on end-to-end recruitment and selection processes, including interviewing, candidate management and strategic sourcing;
• Work with leaders on resourcing requirements and prepare business cases to support recruitment decisions;
• Coordinate and deliver the annual Summer Clerkship and Graduate recruitment campaigns and Summer Clerkship program;
• Support broader people initiatives and projects across the Adelaide office and national firm; and
• Work collaboratively with the national P&D team to deliver a consistent and high-quality people experience.

This position offers varied and challenging work, with the support of a hardworking and close-knit national People & Development team.

About you

This role would suit an experienced HR Adviser or HR Business Partner looking for a broad generalist role with a high level of autonomy and ownership.

You will have solid generalist HR experience, with demonstrated capability providing practical advice and support to managers and leaders across a range of people matters. You will be confident managing stakeholders at different levels, comfortable working independently and able to take ownership of matters with minimal supervision, while still working closely with a supportive national People & Development team.

Previous legal experience is not required, however experience within professional services or a similar corporate environment will be highly regarded.

Life at Thomsons

As a leading national firm, we offer an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.

We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability, so that our team is taken care and we get the best outcomes for our clients.