Consultant | Education Consulting

Location: Brisbane, Melbourne

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities.

MinterEllison helps our clients to solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary advisory offering, MinterEllison Consulting, where clients seek out our industry-informed independent advisors who understand where strategy meets risk, and how to unlock opportunities.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see www.minterellison.com/-/media//Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-2025.ashx)

Our Team

Wells Advisory merged with MinterEllison Consulting in 2023 as our Education Consulting Practice. We provide specialist consulting advice to senior leaders, encompassing regulation, compliance, governance, strategy, business case development, reviews and audit, transaction support and financial analysis. Our clients include existing education institutions in the higher education and vocational sectors and include universities, TAFE's, research institutes, private education businesses, technology companies and investors.

The Role

We currently have a full-time consulting role available in our Brisbane or Melbourne office with hybrid working arrangements available. The role will specialise in regulation in higher education and requires knowledge of the broader education sector. The role is suited for those with a background in higher education, regulation and / or quality assurance and with knowledge of the legislative and regulatory context for education in Australia.

The level and remuneration for the role will be determined based on the experience and background of the applicant noting that the expectations are currently at a mid-senior role.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• • Contribute to client engagements and form a core part of our consulting team.
  • Deliver high performance outcomes, act as an emerging thought leader on projects, and be a part of the continuous growth of the team and the firm.
  • Hands-on project delivery with contributions to firm building through thought leadership, business development, and project management.
  • Manage multiple parallel client engagements, with projects usually involving client and stakeholder engagement and consultation, solution and design workshops, research and analysis (qualitative and quantitative, as required), and developing high-impact reports/deliverables.

More About You

• • Bachelor degree or higher in any field
  • Experience in strategy and management consulting, or experience within the higher education sector
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the regulatory requirements and landscape for higher education (including broad knowledge of the vocational sector).
  •  Ability to build rapport quickly and create valuable relationships with clients
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with high attention to detail
  • Advanced analytical skills and the ability to synthesise and interpret high volumes of complex information including interpreting regulations.
  • Flexible approach to client engagements.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact Alexandra.Hussain@minterellison.com.