Title: Managing Principal Lawyer
VIDA Roads
VPS 7 Managing Principal Lawyer
- Hybrid working environment in a team which genuinely values flexibility.
- 3 year maximum term full-time role, VPS 7 $188,297 - $256,088 + super & benefits.
- Specialist wanted to focus on planning, environment and land issues on landmark Victorian projects
About VIDA ROADS
VIDA Roads is delivering a massive investment in the state’s roads. We’re delivering major new road projects across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria while improving the roads people rely on every day.
The West Gate Tunnel Project will give Melbourne a second freeway link between the west and the city – providing a much-needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and a vital second river crossing.
North East Link will fix the missing link in Melbourne’s freeway network with new 6.5 km tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. We’re also overhauling the Eastern Freeway and completing the M80 Ring Road at Greensborough.
Road Programs are also delivering dozens of new roads, bridges, road widening projects and major freeway upgrades.
Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.
Join us in building better connections for Victoria by:
- Providing high quality and pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of legal areas, with a key focus on land planning and environment, compliance and regulatory issues.
- Collaborating closely with other Legal team members, broader multi-disciplinary project teams, external advisors and other stakeholders to provide best-for-project and best-for-program solutions.
- Taking a portfolio approach, considering issues and impacts across VIDA Roads and VIDA and ensuring a consistent approach is adopted.
- Leading, mentoring and guiding employees within the legal team and undertaking people management responsibilities as required.
- Managing external legal resources efficiently.
- Proactively establishing and maintaining trusted relationships and competently influencing or negotiating with relevant senior internal and external stakeholders to ensure VIDA Roads’ and projects’ objectives are met and strengthen strategic approaches to legal matters arising on major transport infrastructure projects.
This is a rare opportunity to shape Victoria’s road infrastructure on key major construction projects at the point where land, planning and environment and construction strategy meets delivery.
This position will be the lead for the legal advice on land, planning and environment matters for a suite of complex projects. The role is well suited to a specialist lawyer, with experience on planning and environment matters preferred. There will also be opportunities to expand experience to support other matters including relating to regulatory, interface and delivery matters.
About You
- Admitted, or eligible to be admitted, as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of Victoria.
- Holds, or is eligible to hold, a practising certificate.
- Strong experience in providing legal advice and preparing legal documentation at a senior level on complex construction or infrastructure projects.
- Works with minimal supervision, taking on responsibility for legal advice and drafting whilst managing, supporting and developing other team members.
- Strong understanding of legal issues which may be expected to arise in a complex and dynamic government project environment, including in relation to:
a. land, planning and environment matters, with planning and environment specialisation preferred;
b. major infrastructure project delivery;
c. applicable legislation, regulatory and compliance matters; and
d. stakeholder engagement. - Sound awareness of current and emerging best practice in the procurement, construction delivery, risk management and legal fields.
This is a 3 year maximum term opportunity.
The role is based in the CBD and there may be a requirement to travel and spend time at one or all our site offices occasionally.
For more details about this opportunity, please take a look at the Position Description here.
What can we offer you?
We are committed to creating a workplace that inspires and engages you – we want you to be a powerful contributor to this wonderfully diverse and dynamic organisation. Our offering continues to grow but here
is what we already have in store for you:
- VIDA Roads welcomes flexible working arrangements.
- Access to annual health checks, including skins checks and flu shots.
- Access low-cost gym memberships for yourself and family at over 200 facilities via Fitness Passport.
- Access to Thrive Gateway, our employee benefits platform is your once stop shop for wellbeing as well as savings and discounts at hundreds of retailers.
- We're committed to supporting our team members and their families in improving mental health and wellbeing. Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counselling and advice for our team members and their families for work and personal issues.
- Annual salary increases and incremental performance-based payments over the course of your employment.
- Leave loading of 17.5% payment on top of your base salary when you take annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave.
VIDA Road’s commitment to Gender Equality
- As part of VIDA Road’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are making gender equality a key priority at VIDA Roads.
- We are actively looking to attract and promote women into non- traditional roles and putting support structures in place to help them succeed,
- As part of part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, VIDA Roads has launched a Gender Equality Action Plan – a blueprint for improvement and our progress will be tracked annually. Watch Dian, one of our talented Senior Project Managers share her thoughts on why diversity is important and what involvement she has had in the VIDA Roads Gender Equality Action plan!
Need more information?
Sharon Hatton – Business Partner, Talent Acquisition – Sharon.hatton@vida.vic.gov.au
How to Apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, apply now via the ‘Apply’ button and follow the prompts. Applications to include a CV and preferably Cover Letter and will not be accepted via email. There is no need to provide any type of response to Key Selection Criteria separately, but we do encourage you to outline relevant experience and motivation for applying in your cover letter.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which include a national
police check and misconduct screening.
To be part of something meaningful and leave a positive legacy connecting Victorian communities,
apply for a role with us today.
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