Consulting Psychologist

at  Allens

Your role
As a leading international law firm, Allens is making the health and energy of our people a front-of-mind, shared priority. We’re seeking an experienced psychologist to help us create the right conditions, the right conversations and the right actions to enable our people to thrive. You’ll be a part of our People & Development (P&D) team based in Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane. The P&D team works alongside our partners and leaders to create a signature employee experience. Our role is to conceptualise, design, influence and support on all things human.
This role will work closely with the Chief People Officer and the Head of Culture, Inclusion and People Risk to create strategy and build capability amongst partners and leaders, P&D colleagues and employees alike.
P&D is a national team of dedicated professionals who aren’t afraid to dream big and agitate for change. We’re experienced and we’re curious; we take our jobs seriously and we’re fun; and we come with many different backgrounds and perspectives.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Evolve the Allens mental health strategy to support the ongoing success of our people and business.
• Provide professional advice and solutions to assess and reduce psychosocial risk amongst Allens partners and employees.
• Provide consulting advice and recommendations to Allens partners, leaders, and members of the People & Development team.
• Provide 1:1 wellbeing coaching to Allens partners and leaders.
• Increase firm and individual capability to build resilience and enable strong mental health outcomes through improved awareness, education, early intervention, skill and management.
• Devise mental health communication and tools.
• Analyse data, research, policy and practice to inform strategy and create alignment across people processes.

This is a 12-month contract with the opportunity for extension and will likely be a part time (3 days per week) role, however we’re open to speaking to people with variable working arrangements.
Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work however flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.
About you

You will have:

• The most important thing you’ll bring is a genuine desire to help others.
• We know there’s no one formula for success in a role like this. Some of the other attributes we’re thinking about include:
• A background in clinical psychology ideally coupled with consulting experience gained in a professional services, mental health/wellbeing consultancy, EAP or a similar context.
• Organisational psychology qualification and/or experience.
• Coaching qualification and/or experience.
• Experience working with, or in, high-achieving, high-pressure environments.
• A flair for creating engaging learning experiences in 1:1, small and larger group formats.
• A natural flexing of communication approaches and styles based on different audiences.
• Confidence extracting insights from data and making clear recommendations.
• The ability to turn complex concepts into easily digestible content.
• A warm, empathic approach to influencing action and change.
• An APS membership and be an AHPRA practitioner.

Your development
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.
Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.
Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible

parental leave policy

– 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.
How to apply?
We’d love to hear from you so please click “apply now”!
At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people’s differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at
careers@allens.com.au
. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align, please express your interest by emailing us at
careers@allens.com.au
. The right role for you might be just around the corner!
At Allens, we’ve been building legal careers for 200 years; longer than any other firm in Australia. The impact of our people extends to almost every sphere of business, government, the judiciary and the wider legal profession. We continue to provide opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to build outstanding careers and shape the world around them.
Through our alliance with Linklaters, we work in a global network of 41 offices in 26 countries. Our size and global reach provide exceptional opportunities for career development, including both on-the-job learning and formal training and development opportunities.
Our commitment to high performance is balanced with a focus on wellbeing, with a culture that’s inclusive, supportive and collaborative. We prioritise connection and value the unique contribution of everyone at the firm.
We’re proud to hold some of the world’s longest ongoing client relationships, some of which stretch back almost 170 years, and our client base includes 55 of the world’s top 100 companies and more than 75 of Australia’s top 100 companies

• Evolve the Allens mental health strategy to support the ongoing success of our people and business.
• Provide professional advice and solutions to assess and reduce psychosocial risk amongst Allens partners and employees.
• Provide consulting advice and recommendations to Allens partners, leaders, and members of the People & Development team.
• Provide 1:1 wellbeing coaching to Allens partners and leaders.
• Increase firm and individual capability to build resilience and enable strong mental health outcomes through improved awareness, education, early intervention, skill and management.
• Devise mental health communication and tools.
• Analyse data, research, policy and practice to inform strategy and create alignment across people processes