THE ROLE

As a Senior Solicitor in the Corporate stream of the Corporate and Construction team, you will be required to provide timely legal advice and prepare contracts and advice for our clients, which includes senior executive members within the department and portfolio ministers supported by the department. Your advice must be explicit, accurate and appropriate to meeting the client's needs. You will also be required to assist in monitoring and reporting on the performance and quality of advice of contracted legal firms in meeting the needs of the department's clients.

The Corporate stream of the Corporate and Construction team is responsible for providing practical, outcomes-focused legal advice and support across a broad range of areas such as contract law and tendering,



information technology and intellectual property law, employment law (including OHS), general commercial law, and litigation that arise from these areas of practice.
The Senior Solicitor role will report to the Managing Principal Solicitor of the Corporate stream in the Corporate and Construction Team. The role is also key in supporting less experienced staff.

Accountabilities Include

- Provide authoritative advice on complex legal and policy issues, and provide high level briefings and correspondence.
- Advise on tendering, contracts and commercial matters,
- Draft and negotiate contracts.

📌 Senior Solicitor (Melbourne)
🏢 Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing
📍 Melbourne