About the role
This is a specialist Employee & Industrial Relations legal role with a strong focus on wage compliance, enterprise agreements (EBAs), and award interpretation.
You’ll play a key role in advising the business on complex IR matters, particularly regarding pay compliance, industrial instruments, and risk mitigation. The work is hands-on and meaningful, partnering closely with HR, payroll and operational stakeholders to ensure the correct and consistent application of EBAs and awards across a large, operational workforce.
If you enjoy the technical challenge of interpreting industrial instruments and getting wage compliance right, this role offers the opportunity to apply your expertise at scale.
Why join us
Our ER/IR legal function is growing, and it’s an exciting time to come on board.
You’ll join a high-calibre, collaborative team professionals who genuinely understand the complexity of this space. There’s strong capability around you, people you can learn from, test ideas with, and partner closely alongside.
This is a role for someone who wants to:
Key responsibilities
About you
You’re an IR lawyer who enjoys the technical side of employment law and has a genuine interest in wage compliance and industrial instruments.
Why join Cleanaway
This is your opportunity to contribute to Landfills toward our Sustainability Framework and Blueprint 2030 strategy
Our Process
Our recruitment process involves a number of checks including, but not limited to, criminal history, medicals, drug & alcohol testing, as well as verification of qualifications, licences and right-to-work status. All internal applicants will receive a notification within 2 weeks of the closing date of this advertisement. We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also welcome candidates of all ages, abilities, gender identities, experiences (including veterans), and cultural backgrounds. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us by emailing inclusion@cleanaway.com.au
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Cleanaway Waste Management Limited is Australia’s largest, publicly listed waste management company.
With over 10,000 employees in more than 350 locations across Australia, we work with a diverse range of customers from small businesses through to government agencies and large multi-national clients.
We believe that all waste is a resource and aim to incorporate recovery, recycling and reuse throughout our operations and those of our clients.
The Cleanaway difference is our dedicated team of highly trained in-house experts, who proudly deliver tailored solutions to our customers each and every day.
Our areas of expertise include:
General waste management and recycling services – including collections for homes and businesses; recycling and resource recovery; waste transportation, processing and disposal; and management of recycling facilities and landfills.
Industrial services – including management of liquid and hazardous waste; industrial cleaning, high pressure water blasting, vacuum loading, emergency spills response, hydro excavation and site remediation; collection, re-refining, recycling and sale of hydrocarbons and cooking oils; workshop waste solutions including parts washing; and plastic waste equipment manufacturing.
