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Launch your business career with Minter Ellison's Business Development Graduate program
Minter Ellison is launched its first business development graduate program in February 2010.
Effective business development is integral to our firm, helping us to build our brand in key markets and provide the highest quality legal advice and supporting service to our clients.
We will provide you with on-the-job training and opportunities to develop your professional skills and realise your potential.
It's time for you to start designing your career so if you have the ideas, passion and energy to be one of our first business development graduates, read on.
What we do
The Business Development team provides expertise in, and support for, business planning, account management, industry-based BD and profiling, tendering, sponsorships, media and PR, publications, website, client entertainment and special events. The national BD team is responsible for:
- supporting key account teams
- targeting new business
- delivering thought-leadership and profile raising initiatives
- assisting with business development training for lawyers.
As a Business Development graduate, you will be based in Melbourne or Sydney and work as part of a large international team reporting to the Director of Business Development. You will experience the opportunities of working for one of the largest law firms in the Asia Pacific and undertake challenging work across the firm including:
- practice groups (corporate, finance, tax, HR&IR, and dispute resolution)
- industry teams (financial institutions, energy & resources, technology, media & telecoms, real estate and construction, infrastructure, health & ageing and public sector).
- corporate communications (media, client communications, sponsorship and web site)
- firm-wide BD projects
What you get
With an enviable client base that includes many of Australia's leading business and government organisations, our 14-office network across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe delivers the highest standard of legal services.
Minter Ellison's energetic culture that is built on our commitment to four core values: integrity and trust, enduring relationships, excellence and balance. These values underpin our interactions with clients and each other.
To get your career off to a flying start, our two-year business development graduate program we provide you with all the tools and training you need to build your skills and professional expertise, including:
- an extensive orientation, where you will spend time developing your peer network (legal and non-legal)
- comprehensive training in professional marketing and communications, people management, client interaction and research
- the opportunity to learn about the legal industry, various practice areas and work with legal practitioners who are recognised experts in their field
- up to four rotations of six months within specialised teams servicing our practice areas and industry groups
- mentoring and coaching by senior professional services marketing specialists.
It's not just about the law - corporate social responsibility
Minter Ellison is one of the pioneers of corporate social responsibility in the Australian legal profession. As a founding participant in the annual Corporate Responsibility Index, and until this year the only law firm to take part, we were proud to be awarded a prestigious Gold ranking in 2008 and 2009. This year, we ranked third overall in Australia, compared with some of the country's best companies.
Our Community Investment Program includes pro bono legal services, community partnerships, donations and volunteering and all staff, including graduates, are encouraged to participate.
We are also committed to sound environmental practices, implementing annual carbon reduction targets and participating in the Australian Government's Greenhouse Challenge Plus initiative as part of a firm wide program to promote environmental responsibility.
Interested?
We are looking for recent graduates (any discipline) who are:
- energetic team players
- computer literate
- highly skilled researchers with excellent attention to detail
- strong communicators
- highly organised, can multi task and prioritise work to meet tight deadlines
Your application should include your resume and academic transcript. In your covering letter briefly describe (1/2 page max) something interesting you have done outside uni which you think will help you in your career.
To find out more about designing your career in business at Minter Ellison please contact:
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