Senior Principal Solicitor, Land, Planning & Environment

Managing Principal Solicitor, Land Acquisition, Planning and Environment; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 167,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

The Victorian Government Solicitor's Office (VGSO) invites applications for a senior, strategic legal practitioner to lead the Land Acquisition, Planning and Environment team as Managing Principal Solicitor. You will shape legal strategy, advise across government, and foster strong client relationships in public law.

Offering a flexible hybrid work arrangement, VPS 6.2 salary band, and the opportunity to influence public sector legal services, this role requires extensive experience and

Qualifications

• Senior legal practitioner with more than six years' practising experience in public law.
• Strong understanding of government structure, culture and sensitivities.
• Proven ability to deliver strategic leadership and manage teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialised legal expertise across government in land acquisition, planning and environment law.
• Provide strategic leadership to a team while ensuring high quality and responsive legal services.
• Proactively advance client strategies and grow existing and new government client relationships.

Skills

Public law expertise

Strategic leadership

Client relationship management

Job description

The Victorian Government Solicitor's Office (VGSO) invites applications for a senior, strategic legal practitioner to lead the Land Acquisition, Planning and Environment team as Managing Principal Solicitor. You will shape legal strategy, advise across government, and foster strong client relationships in public law.

Offering a flexible hybrid work arrangement, VPS 6.2 salary band, and the opportunity to influence public sector legal services, this role requires extensive experience and