Reference: 1663591

About the Role

Curtin Legal Services invites applications from accomplished legal professionals for the role of Senior Legal Counsel. This position offers a unique chance to provide comprehensive legal advice and services on a wide range of governance and administrative matters.

Our Legal

Services team is instrumental in identifying and managing legal risks, enabling the University to achieve its strategic goals.

This position will oversee legal governance, compliance and legislative changes, and the development and maintenance of governance frameworks, policies, by-laws, constitutions, and guidance notes. The role will also support our Senior Leadership team by providing expert interpretative and strategic governance legal advice, ensuring the University adheres to high standards of legal and ethical practice

Your responsibilities will include

- Provide high level interpretive and strategic governance advice for the University including to Council, the Vice-Chancellor, the Chief Legal Officer and other executive managers.

- Support the University to address and mitigate legal risk arising from governance and regulatory matters and be actively involved in anticipating and responding to areas of emerging need, including enabling the University to achieve TEQSA compliance and meet HESF standards.

- Interpret and advise on the University’s statutory and legislative compliance responsibilities.

- In response to legislative changes, assist with drafting and negotiating amendments to governing legislation, by-laws, governance frameworks, policies and procedures, contract templates, committee constitutions, and guidance notes.

- Provide training, induction and continuous improvement development in relation to governance to the University’s secretariat function, faculties, internal stakeholders, Council and Committees.

- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on complex and innovative projects.

- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to promote legal awareness across the University.

- As required,



provide legal advice on a range of legal queries spanning the University’s global operations, including those with strategic partners and involving academic matters.

- Liaise with and manage our relationships with external law firms.

Who we are looking for/Selection Criteria:

- Relevant legal qualifications, with admission to practice in Western Australia and hold an unrestricted practising certificate.

- Extensive legal experience (6+ years of post-admission experience) preferably in policy, compliance and drafting.

- Effective communication and interpersonal skills with staff and clients at all levels, including the ability to maintain confidentiality.

- Demonstrated problem solving and research/analytical skills including the ability to obtain and interpret information and make specific legal recommendations.

- Ability to work autonomously, harmoniously and co-operatively as part of a team to provide quality client services.

This Continuous opportunity attracts a salary package of G09 $142,841 - $150,891 per annum + 17% superannuation.

Role Requirements

1. As this is a continuing (permanent) role, you will require permanent work rights in Australia to be considered

2. Successful applicants are subject to a National Police Clearance, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin’s satisfaction

About Curtin University

Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2025 rankings. We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence,



and impact are essential to everyday life.

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Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/

What We Offer You

Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more.

For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/

Join Us!

If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:

- Up-to-date Resume

- Cover Letter outlining your interest and demonstrating how your background meets the position’s selection criteria (noted above) - no more than two pages,

If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on [email protected] or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Applications will not be accepted via this email address, and late applications will not be accepted.

Applications close: 9pm (AWST), Sunday 11th of September 2026.

Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.

Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, remove the advert, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time.

📌 Senior Legal Counsel (Bentley)
🏢 Curtin University
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