The Details:

- Permanent Full Time | 9 day fortnight
- $103,597 pa to $130,980 pa + 12% super (level 5 to 7)
- 72.5hour fortnight
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Strathpine

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Legal Counsel - Planning and Workplace, and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

We’re excited to be growing our in-house legal team and are seeking a talented Legal Counsel to join us.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced planning and environment lawyer looking to grow their career and make a meaningful impact in Local Government.

As part of the collaborative and high-performing legal team, you will strengthen and expand Council’s planning and environment capability while contributing to the team’s broader legal function across property, commercial contracting, construction / infrastructure contracting, governance and dispute resolution.

In this team, no two days are the same. You will:

- While the primary focus of this role is planning and environment law, you will also provide advice from time to time across other areas of local government practice, including governance, property, commercial and regulatory matters, as business needs require.
- Provide legal advice on planning, development assessment, infrastructure charging, environmental regulation and local government decision-making and related legal matters.
- Advise on the interpretation and application of planning legislation, local planning instruments, development conditions and other statutory processes.
- Support Council's planning, environmental, regulatory and operational functions by identifying and managing legal risk.




- Advise on planning and environment litigation, including merits appeals, enforcement proceedings and declarations and assist with other disputes and proceedings as required.
- Instruct and manage external solicitors and counsel in proceedings before Courts, tribunals and other dispute resolution processes.
- Provide legal support for major urban development, infrastructure and community projects.
- Advise on environmental compliance, contamination and other regulatory issues.
- Review and draft legal documents, reports, statutory notices and other legal instruments.
- Develop and maintain precedents, policies, governance frameworks and operational guidance materials.
- Monitor legislative reforms and emerging issues affecting planning, development, environmental regulation and local government operations.

While the primary focus of this role is planning and environment law, you will also provide advice from time to time across other areas of local government practice, including governance, property, commercial and regulatory matters, as business needs require.

Position Description - Legal Counsel

About you

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large and growing in-house legal team during a period of transformation and expansion.

You’ll be part of a collaborative,



people-focused environment where you’ll be supported to develop your skills, strengthen relationships across the business and contribute to delivering contemporary, best-practice legal services.

You will:

- Advise on matters that directly influence the future growth and development of the region.
- Gain exposure to Planning and Environment Court litigation and complex regulatory issues.
- Work on major infrastructure and city-building projects.
- Partner with planners, engineers, environmental specialists and senior leaders across Council.
- Influence strategic decisions that have lasting community impact.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of advisory and litigation matters including Planning and Environment Court proceedings, enforcement actions, negotiated development outcomes and complex statutory interpretation issues.

Local Government offers a diverse and interesting portfolio of work, giving you exposure to a broad range of legal areas while deepening your expertise.

If you’ve ever considered a move into Local Government, this is an ideal time to join us as we grow.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But

📌 Legal Counsel (Strathpine)
🏢 Moreton Bay Regional Council
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