In-House Commercial Counsel | Contracts & Negotiation

Vocus Group; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study assistance programs

Health and wellness offerings

Generous leave options (anniversary, 5

Purchased leave

Parental leave

Volunteer leave

Study leave

Vocus leave

Job summary

Vocus Group is seeking a Legal Counsel to provide practical legal support on regulatory, commercial, and contract matters. You will independently review and negotiate contracts on standard terms and third-party terms in line with playbooks, escalating complex issues to senior lawyers where needed.

You’ll partner with sales, finance, and operations to enable business objectives, create guidance notes, and manage matters from intake to closure.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with 2-5 years PQE, preferably including in-house or commercial contracting experience.
• Ability to work independently but know when to clarify.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial judgement and practical risk-based advice.
• Strong communication skills across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Organised approach to matter management and competing priorities.
• Comfort with legal workflow, CRM and document management systems.
• Ability to adapt to new and complex areas of law and regulation.
• Ability to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely advice on straightforward legal and regulatory issues, applying playbooks, precedent positions and risk guidance.
• Review, advise on and negotiate customer, supplier and operational contracts on standard and third-party terms independently within agreed boundaries.
• Identify non-standard or higher-risk positions and elevate with clear options, recommendations and impact assessment.
• Partner with sales, commercial, operational, finance and delivery teams to support transactions and business objectives.
• Create or update guidance notes, clause positions, checklists and FAQs for recurring legal issues.
• Manage allocated matters from intake to completion, including status updates, document control and closing actions.

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Commercial judgement

Independent work

Communication

Matter management

Adaptability

Quick learner

Education

Law degree

Tools

CRM

Document management systems

Job description

Vocus Group is seeking a Legal Counsel to provide practical legal support on regulatory, commercial, and contract matters. You will independently review and negotiate contracts on standard terms and third-party terms in line with playbooks, escalating complex issues to senior lawyers where needed.

You’ll partner with sales, finance, and operations to enable business objectives, create guidance notes, and manage matters from intake to closure.