We are seeking a highly skilled and autonomous Legal Services Officer to join our Corporate Governance team, reporting to the Coordinator Property & Legal. This senior professional role involves managing a diverse and dynamic workload, requiring exceptional integrity, ethics, confidentiality, and diplomacy. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, highly developed communication abilities, and expertise in letter and report writing, as well as issue resolution. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and are committed to excellence in legal services, we encourage you to apply.

About the role:

• Manage a diverse and dynamic legal workload with shifting priorities in a highly autonomous role.
• Provide expert legal support within the Corporate Governance team, reporting to the Coordinator Property & Legal.
• Ensure a high level of integrity, ethics, confidentiality, and diplomacy in all legal matters.
• Utilise strong communication, letter and report writing, and issue resolution skills to support Council operations.
• Perform additional duties as directed, within the scope of the role, skills, and training.

What's on offer:

• a base salary ranging from $95,331 per annum with competency-based increments up to $109,716 per annum, plus 11.5% super
• 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
• training and development opportunities
• flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
• generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).

We are seeking:

• A Bachelor of Law degree and a current Legal Practising Certificate.
• Experience in providing legal advice to senior management on complex matters.
• Strong research skills, including legislative interpretation and the ability to present complex information clearly and objectively.
• Experience in property transactions, including purchases, disposals, compulsory acquisitions, leasing, and licensing.
• Knowledge of legislation and key legal issues relevant to local government portfolios.
• Excellent negotiation and commercial skills, with the ability to resolve land title issues and draft legally enforceable documents.

About us:

• Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
• The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
• Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
• Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

Where it's located:

This position is based in Murwillumbah, and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes:

Friday 28 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.

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