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Form of workMore action is needed to reduce emissions and manage climate change. At the SEC, we are building an enterprising and dynamic team to accelerate Victoria’s transition to renewables and help achieve Victoria’s renewable energy target of 95% by 2035.
We are working together for renewable, affordable reliable energy for all Victorians.
Your role
As the Senior Legal Counsel, Consumer and Commercial at the SEC, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of legal services to the SEC’s consumer energy product business and across its corporate support function.
We are looking for a candidate who can offer practical solutions to complex legal issues while dealing with stakeholders in an honest, authentic and kind way. In this role you will be a trusted business advisor with a passion for legal excellence and be a person who cares about team culture.
Ways of working
The SEC values gender equity and workplace flexibility. We aspire to being an inclusive and diverse workplace.
This role can be worked flexibly through flexible working arrangements such as job sharing, flexible work hours and part time work arrangements.
We encourage applications from parents and carers returning to the workforce, from candidates with a disability, and from anyone seeking flexible work arrangements.
What you will do:
- Provide expert and Commercially relevant legal advice on legal and regulatory issues affecting the SEC.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders across the SEC’s consumer product and corporate teams to lead the drafting, review and negotiation of Consumer and Commercial contracts and agreements.
- Lead the identification of legal risks associated with the SEC’s consumer activities, including its obligations under contract, privacy, competition and consumer law.
- Liaise between executives and other team members, external professional advisers and external stakeholders to lead the effective and efficient delivery of legal services to the SEC’s Product, Corporate and Procurement teams.
- Provide effective management of external legal services and legal procurement, in-house matter management, knowledge management.
- Build capability across the internal legal team and the broader SEC business.
Must Have:
Your capabilities and areas of expertise that matter most for this role are:
- An Australian lawyer holding or eligible to hold an Australian practising certificate under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria).
- 6+ years' experience as a practising lawyer in a public, private or in-house role, with demonstrated experience in commercial & contracts law.
Our preferred candidates will demonstrate attributes including but not limited to-
- Experience within competition, consumer or privacy law.
- Experience within, or advising to, an energy or renewable energy business.
- Ability to lead the delivery of legal services to clients.
- Great relationship building, negotiation and collaboration skills.
- Strong team focus and cares about team culture and is deliberate in working to maintain a safe, diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace.
- Communicates with honesty, authenticity, clarity and kindness, and approaches ideas and people with interest, curiosity and an open mind.
- Values creativity and innovation and prioritises reflection, learning and feedback.
Our empowered workforce
A career with us means you’ll be joining a new and vibrant ‘for purpose’ government-owned renewable energy company that:
- Empowers you to influence how we accelerate Victoria’s renewable energy transition and decarbonise our economy.
- Inspires you through meaningful, challenging work in an environment that encourages leadership and an entrepreneurial spirit.
- Supports your growth through career advancement and professional development opportunities.
- Provides hybrid work arrangements, with around 3 days working in Melbourne or Morwell, with flexible work options to meet individual circumstances, providing greater choice and autonomy.
We have an exciting and ambitious road ahead with a focus on:
- Investing in renewable energy and storage projects that accelerate the transition and deliver commercial returns.
- Supporting households to go all electric to reduce their emissions and energy bills.
- Building the renewable energy workforce our energy transition requires.
We will also play an important role in helping Victorian households to reduce their energy bills and emissions by offering simple and effective solutions to help them switch to electric.
The energy transformation will create thousands of jobs. The SEC will play a role in attracting and training our future renewable energy workforce, including through the SEC Centre of Training Excellence.
How to Apply
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We are also deeply committed to building an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and people with disability, people from the LGBTIQ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. We strive to create a respectful and collaborative workplace culture that allows all employees to thrive.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job, but we recognise that there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. At the SEC we offer more than a job. We provide a platform for growth, encouraging you to bring your whole self to your role. However you identify and whatever your background, please apply if this is a role that excites you.
For further information and to explore this opportunity further please contact ***********@delwp.vic.gov.au
Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and/ or a cover letter (optional) addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience will be relevant to this role.
Applications close at midnight on 28 April 2024
Other things to know
- Applicants must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit to be eligible to apply.
- To receive this information in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) or if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please reach out to ***********@delwp.vic.gov.au
- The SEC affirms that the collection and handling of applications and personal information will be consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014
