Senior Solicitor

Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing is seeking a Senior Solicitor in the Corporate stream of the Corporate and Construction team. The role involves providing timely legal advice, preparing contracts and advice for clients including senior executives and portfolio ministers, and monitoring the performance of contracted legal firms.

The Corporate stream covers contract law, tendering, information technology and IP law, employment law (including OHS), general commercial law, and

Qualifications

• Senior Solicitor with experience in corporate and construction law.
• Ability to provide authoritative advice on complex legal and policy issues.
• Experience drafting and negotiating contracts and advising on tendering and commercial matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative advice on complex legal and policy issues and prepare high-level briefings.
• Advise on tendering, contracts and commercial matters.
• Draft and negotiate contracts.

Skills

Contract drafting

Tendering advice

Commercial law

Legal research

Job description

THE ROLE

As a Senior Solicitor in the Corporate stream of the Corporate and Construction team, you will be required to provide timely legal advice and prepare contracts and advice for our clients, which includes senior executive members within the department and portfolio ministers supported by the department. Your advice must be clear, accurate and appropriate to meeting the client's needs. You will also be required to assist in monitoring and reporting on the performance and quality of advice of contracted legal firms in meeting the needs of the department's clients.

The Corporate stream of the Corporate and Construction team is responsible for providing practical, outcomes-focused legal advice and support across a broad range of areas such as contract law and tendering, information technology and intellectual property law, employment law (including OHS), general commercial law, and litigation that arise from these areas of practice.
The Senior Solicitor role will report to the Managing Principal Solicitor of the Corporate stream in the Corporate and Construction Team. The role is also key in supporting less experienced staff.

Accountabilities Include

• Provide authoritative advice on complex legal and policy issues, and provide high level briefings and correspondence.
• Advise on tendering, contracts and commercial matters,
• Draft and negotiate contracts.