Reach Consultant | Legal Operations | Sydney

The Opportunity

Join a leading organisation in a strategic legal operations role, providing interim support during a period of recruitment.

• Duration: 3-6 months
• Arrangement: Full-time (4 days per week in-office preferred)
• Location: Sydney CBD

The Role

You will play a key role in enhancing the effectiveness of legal and governance services, with responsibilities including:

• Supporting operational strategy, performance measurement and continuous improvement initiatives for the legal and company secretarial team
• Streamlining legal and governance workflows and improving matter management processes
• Driving legal operations innovation in a complex, highly regulated environment
• Optimising the use of legal and Board governance technology, including matter management tools
• Implementing best practice ways of working across legal and governance functions
• Supporting business planning, annual planning, budget-related activities and broader organisational initiatives
• Collaborating with stakeholders across Legal, Governance, Technology, People and Culture, Finance, Strategy and Risk teams

About You

You bring experience or a strong interest in legal operations and in-house legal service delivery, with a practical, solutions-driven mindset.

Your Experience & Expertise

• Legal operations, process improvement and matter management
• Business planning, budgeting and legal technology implementation
• Supporting delivery in regulated environments and translating strategy into practical outcomes
• Experience in financial services, another highly regulated industry, or engaging with regulators in Australia or overseas is advantageous

Your Skills & Attributes

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across legal, governance and business teams
• Sound judgement and the ability to operate with autonomy in a senior environment
• Strong communication skills with a talent for building relationships at all levels
• A proactive, improvement-oriented approach to legal service delivery
• You have the right to live and work in Australia

About Reach

Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.

Why join Reach?

Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.

Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:

• Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
• A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
• The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.

Interested?

Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Fiona Craig, our Senior Talent Manager, at Sign in to view email — we'd love to hear from you.