Title:  Principal Lawyer

Major Road Projects Victoria
VPS 6 – Principal Lawyer

• Deepen your experience on unique and dynamic projects you’ll be driving on for decades, working with brilliant and collaborative legal and delivery teams.
• Multiple roles - 3 years fixed term, VPS 6 - $138,631 - $185,518 plus super & benefits.
• Genuine flexibility and part-time arrangements supported.

About MRPV
 

• Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Come and be a part of our centre of roads excellence.

Join us in building better connections for Victoria by:

• Providing expert legal guidance on the planning and delivery of major transport infrastructure.
• Enjoying complex, meaningful work in a team of lawyers supporting either the delivery of North East Link or the procurement and delivery of a portfolio of Roads Program projects.
• Embedding yourself in dynamic project environments, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams to support the delivery of Victoria’s most significant road infrastructure.
• Providing high quality and pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of legal areas, including project delivery and construction issues, land planning and environment matters, project interfaces and stakeholder arrangements. 
• Applying your specialist legal skills working with an excellent and supportive Commercial and Legal team on complex and sensitive legal matters and advising on significant project issues in a dynamic environment. 
• Developing, drafting and reviewing a range of documentation and briefings for a range of internal and external audiences. 
• Playing an active part in the broader MRPV legal team, effectively utilising specialist skills and sharing knowledge. 
• Proactively establishing and maintaining trusted relationships within MRPV and broader the Victoria Infrastructure Delivery Authority, and with a range of other relevant stakeholders

About You

      You are a seasoned legal professional who brings:

• Extensive legal experience in at least one of:
  • planning and environment law
  • infrastructure and construction (front or back end) for public or major corporate projects
  • procurement or delivery of major projects
  • claims management and disputes
  • property law for public projects.
• Significant post-admission experience in private practice, government, or in-house legal roles
• A genuine passion for public infrastructure and delivering outcomes that matter to the community.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in law and admitted, or eligible to be admitted, as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of Victoria is mandatory.

Multiple roles of 3 year fixed-term and one role of 12 month fixed term available.

Part-time and alternative flexible working arrangements will be genuinely considered.

Allocation of projects / work to align with skill-set of successful applicant.

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:

• MRPV welcomes flexible working arrangements. 
• These are championed from the top in the Commercial and Legal team.
• 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

      Need more information?

      Karolina Morris – Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – karolina.morris@roadprojects.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.