Managing Lawyer, Commercial, Ongoing opportunity based in Sydney CBD + hybrid working options

Role: Managing Lawyer Commercial
Location: Sydney CBD, hybrid working options available
Grade: Clerk Grade 11/12
Salary Range: $149,739 - $173,174 plus superannuation
Employment Type: Ongoing opportunity

Are you a senior legal professional with a passion for building and motivating teams?

An exciting opportunity is available as a Managing Lawyer within the Corporate & Commercial stream of our Department of Customer Service (DCS) Legal Division.

The DCS Legal team supports a range of portfolio business clients including Digital.NSW, NSW Fair Trading, the NSW Telco Authority, SafeWork NSW, Service NSW, the Building Commission and the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).

Our lawyers are involved in cutting edge projects such as:

• Whole of government contracts,
• Innovative projects such as Portable Rental Bond Scheme and Digital Identity
• Critical Communications Enhancement Program
• Government Shared Services; and
• Intellectual Property

As a Managing Lawyer you will have carriage and lead on various regulatory commercial matters across DCS portfolio, representing Legal Division in the provision of independent, accurate, timely and expert legal services. You will lead a small team providing legal advice and services in all aspects of commercial law, policy and procurement with opportunities to participate in initiatives across DCS and across Government.

• This is an ongoing opportunity. A talent pool may be created for future opportunities.
• Remuneration of $149,739 - $173,174+ super & leave loading, commensurate with experience.
• Based in Sydney CBD with hybrid working options available.

The professional in this role will need to:

• Provide operational management of a team of lawyers, sharing expertise and insight fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous development.
• Provide strategic, pragmatic, focused and accountable specialist legal advice and strategy across a range of commercial matters
• Confidently lead, conduct, and support complex commercial negotiations to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements and successful delivery of outcomes for major projects.
• Advise, draft, review, and negotiate a range of documents and agreements including supplier agreements, research and funding agreements and other inter and intra agency agreements
• Be adept at working with a variety of stakeholders to interpret and distil complex legal issues in the preparation of contractual and other documentation to ensure that statutory, ethical, probity and other legal obligations are properly addressed.

About you:

• You are admitted as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and hold or, be eligible to hold a current practising certificate as a solicitor.
• You have advanced analytical, lateral thinking and problem-solving skills, including an ability to apply legal principles in a practical way.
• You are a motivated and effective communicator with great initiative. You can work with diverse clients, other lawyers, and have a proven ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with key stakeholders across all levels to support optimal delivery outcomes.
• You are a client focussed team player with great initiative, who thrives managing competing deadlines and priorities in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
• You have strong experience in managing and developing people.

You have a minimum of 7 years relevant post qualification in two or more of the following areas in in either private, in-house corporate or government practice:

• Digital and Technology law
• Corporate and Commercial law.
• Intellectual Property (IP) law
• Trade practices law
• Information access and privacy law

What we need from you:
To start your journey towards becoming one of our Managing Lawyers, please submit a covering letter (maximum two pages) and an up-to-date resume of no more than five pages which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this position. In your cover letter, please share your motivation for applying for this position.

Salary Grade 11/12, with the base salary for this role starting at $149,739 base plus superannuation

Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Nicole Turner via [email protected].

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

Closing Date: Friday 15th August 10am

Careers at Department of Customer Service
A career at the Department of Customer Service (DCS) gives you the opportunity to help improve government services and be part of reform that benefits people across NSW. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service, digital transformation, and regulatory reform. Come join us and influence the future of our great state.

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The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

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