Senior Legal Counsel (Contracts and Procurement)

• Provide expert legal advice on contracts, procurement, and commercial law within a complex stakeholder environment in the emergency management sector.
• Work with internal stakeholders at all levels supporting the delivery teams for a range of major IT, telecommunications and other initiatives.
• Full-time, hybrid, ongoing role based at Burwood East

About Triple Zero Victoria

Triple Zero Victoria (TZV) provides the critical link between the Victorian community and the state’s emergency services agencies. It provides Victoria’s 24-hour emergency call-taking and dispatch services for Police, Fire, Ambulance and VICSES.  

This integration of emergency services communications within Triple Zero Victoria is unique in Australia and rare worldwide. The team at Triple Zero Victoria is deeply committed to the community it serves and is among the most dedicated and highly skills in its field.

About the Role

The Senior Legal Counsel (Contracts and Procurement) supports the Legal Services department and contributes to strategic decision making and legal risk management across TZV. You will work with internal stakeholders at all levels within the organisation and provide expert legal advice on contracts, procurement, and commercial law, to support the delivery teams for a range of major IT, telecommunications and other initiatives. You will be expected to lead complex legal contractual and related negotiations with external suppliers to achieve the best outcomes for TZV and provide practical, comprehensive and commercially focused legal services and solutions to TZV.

Reporting to the Director, Legal Services, this role operates within a complex stakeholder environment in the emergency management sector. The Senior Legal Counsel (Contracts and Procurement) will identify innovative solutions to balance stakeholder requirements and ensure TZV’s compliance with public sector regulatory and policy frameworks. The nature and size of the Legal Services department will mean that you will be accountable for leading matters allowing you to make a significant contribution to their outcome and your personal and professional development.

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Provide timely, expert, and authoritative legal advice on complex matters, to executives, senior management, and other internal stakeholders with a strong focus commercial law, contracts and procurement, including having an authoritative understanding and knowledge of the Financial Management Act 1994 (Vic), relevant Ministerial Standing Directions and the Victorian Government Purchasing Board requirements for procurement.
• Lead complex legal contractual and related negotiations with external suppliers.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements for a range of goods and services (with a focus on IT and ICT enabled initiatives) with suppliers and advise on contract management issues.
• Draft, review and continuously improve template agreements and guidance materials for use within TZV and provide guidance to TZV’s Commercial & Procurement Management team and internal stakeholders regarding use of these templates.
• Protect TZV interests by proactively identifying legal risks and practical solutions to address those risks, whilst leading the development of a positive culture of legal risk management.
• Monitor and review legal practices and processes within TZV, identify and contribute to implementing continuous improvement initiatives, and build staff capability through the development of guidance materials and training materials.

About You

The ideal candidate will be an Australian Lawyer holding a current unrestricted Australian practising certificate under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria), with a minimum 10 years’ post qualification experience. They will also have the following experience, skills and attributes:

• Significant experience in providing high level and authoritative oral and written advice, which is clear and practical, on a range of complex legal matters, with a strong focus on commercial, contract and procurement matters.
• Significant demonstrated experience in negotiating and drafting complex contractual and commercial arrangements. 
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills and the ability to formulate and implement innovative and pragmatic solutions to meet business needs. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage, influence, and operate comfortably and contribute at all levels of TZV.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, both independently and in a multi-disciplinary team, in a fast-paced environment with tight timeframes, and lead and manage several projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written communication skills, including experience in autonomously preparing legal advice, on complex legal issues using clear and concise language.

What We Can Offer You

You will be supporting a critical service to the Victorian community and will be rewarded with a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements and employee benefits including:

• Employee assistance program for employees and eligible family members
• Discounted health insurance, banking services and gym membership
• ‘Memberlink’ discount card, accepted by 1,000's of retailers and services providers
• Free staff parking at all our sites
• Salary packaging options after an initial service period

Triple Zero Victoria is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our workplace. We encourage and celebrate diversity in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for our roles. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the Victorian community in which we live.

How to Apply

Click the ‘Apply’ button which will direct you to the Triple Zero Victoria Careers Portal. From here you can submit your application, which should include a current resume and cover letter outlining your interest in the role and linking your experience to the position.

Please note: all applications must be submitted via our Triple Zero Victoria Careers Portal. We kindly ask that you do not send your application by email as we require you to complete a mandatory application form to accompany your application.

For a confidential discussion, please email Careers@triplezero.vic.gov.au.

Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted.

Applications must be submitted by 11.59pm, Sunday 6 July 2025.

Other Relevant Information

Applicants must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or a Permanent Resident. If you have applied for an ongoing position, you can only be considered for a fixed term period of employment that does not exceed your visa term. Employment will be subject to providing evidence of your Australian working rights.

Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Pre-employment Medical Declaration, with employment subject to a National Police Check clearance.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Triple Zero Victoria's Careers team via Careers@triplezero.vic.gov.au.