Solicitor - Litigation Risk And Enforcement

Personnel Area: City Admin and Governance

Branch: City Legal

Salary Range: (Band 5) $86,223.00 - $98,138.00 plus 14% Superannuation and 17.5% Leave Loading (Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)

Work type: Permanent Full-time

Our Business

Brisbane City Council is Australia’s largest local government, with more than 9,000 employees, an annual budget of almost $4 billion and assets in excess of $34 billion. As an organisation we are dedicated to ensuring the Brisbane of tomorrow becomes even better than the Brisbane of today. We nurture innovation, value sustainability, and support strong economic growth. 

Our Branch

City Legal provides a range of cost-effective legal services which add value to Council's core business. The City Legal team sit within the City Administration and Governance division of Council and is well known for its progressive, collegial, and service-focused delivery of specialist advice work and documentation that makes a positive difference to the city of Brisbane and its people. 

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel Litigation Risk and Enforcement, you will be involved in civil litigation and disputes, prosecutions AND ENFORCEMENT activities, and advisory work covering a diverse range of projects and legal areas. The key to your success in this role will be your eagerness to learn and ability to manage workflow in a busy and challenging environment with competing interests.

As a solicitor you will have: 

• an ability to actively contribute and, give and receive feedback to maintain a culture of performance excellence
• knowledge and understanding, or a demonstrated ability to develop knowledge and understanding, of the laws relating to, and enforced by, local government
• an ability to provide advice pertaining to the business and functions of local government, with a particular focus on litigation, RISK AND ENFORCEMENT
• have knowledge of contemporary professional literature and case law, with specific reference to the local government environment
• have well-developed communication and negotiation skills including the ability to manage conflicting deadlines.

The successful candidate must be admitted to practise as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and hold or be eligible to hold a current Practising Certificate from the Queensland Law Society.

Benefits of working for Council: CLICK HERE

How to apply: Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.

Working in Council means delivering excellent customer service to the people of Brisbane. 

This role will require a Criminal History Check.

For more information:  Please call Satty Rai on 07 3178 8***

Closing Date: Tuesday 13 February 2024 at 11:55pm AEST

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.

Eligibility for internal roles includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people living with a disability. To determine eligibility for external applicants applying for internal roles, applicants from these groups will be required to complete the diversity and inclusion questions in the application form. Please contact the recruiter for more information.

Employees must apply for internal vacancies using one of the following options:

• While at work signed into the Council network using a Council computer.
• From home using a Council computer connected to the network.
•  rom your home computer using a remote access service e.g., Citrix Workspace, office.com.
• n your mobile device using the SharePoint app.

Note: You need multifactor authentication (MFA) to access from your home computer or personal mobile device.