Senior Legal Counsel

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join Vocus as a Senior Legal Counsel in our Melbourne or Sydney office, this role will be to provide legal support to Vocus on the integration of an acquired business and assets, providing advice and support on various types of contracts including procurement and customer contracts. Following integration of the acquisition, the role will transition to support Vocus’ business as usual

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Advise on, draft and negotiate procurements contracts including contracts for procurement of IT, technology, network and corporate related products and services.
• Integrate new customer contracts to enable Vocus to continue to sell to these customers
• Proactively engage with all types of internal and external stakeholders in relation to the integration and in the ordinary course
• Following the integration, provide legal support and advice to Vocus to grow its business, resolve disputes and regulatory investigations and manage risk effectively
• Improve legal operations through use of technology and implementing new process and better ways of working

What you’ll bring to this role

• At least 5 years’ post qualified experience and in-house experience.
• Strong contract negotiation and drafting experience necessary, experience with technology framework agreements, infrastructure and IT contracts desirable.
• Experience integrating a business, organisation or assets is highly regarded but not essential
• Ability to strategically apply legal knowledge to protect and enhance commercial interests of Vocus
• Ability to work autonomously
• Results oriented, with a positive and client focused attitude
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Independent, proactive and resourceful working style
• Must hold a legal practicing certificate

Desirable Skills & Competencies

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and willingness to pick up new areas of work and skills
• Negotiation, conflict management skills
• Outstanding commitment to customer service and internal & external customer experience
• Good planning, organisational, analytical and decision-making skills.

What We Offer 

Working at Vocus will give you rewarding experiences and the opportunity to do extraordinary work. You will enjoy: 

• Diverse and dynamic teams with a supportive and inclusive culture. 
• Supportive career development plans with comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities. 
• Flexible hours and a hybrid working environment 
• Generous discounts on power, gas, mobile and internet; plus, discounts to over 400 retailers. 
• Competitive leave benefits, including anniversary leave, purchased leave, parental leave, volunteering leave, study leave, and much more. We also offer a fifth week of annual leave when you hit five years of service! 
• Study assistance programs to excel your personal growth, learning and development. 
• Health and wellness offerings, including access to our wellbeing initiatives that can help you from a financial, psychological, and physical perspective. 

Working at Vocus is never just a job – it’s personal. We’re crazy about our customers and believe our people are the difference. Our wonderfully diverse team and a vibrant culture define us. We care about the impact we have on our people, our customers, and our communities and are committed to operating as a responsible, ethical business. 

We pride ourselves on setting audacious and ambitious goals and believe that we can play our part in changing the Australian telecommunications landscape and make a fundamental difference to people’s lives. 

With us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire teams, work on projects that are shaping the future of telecommunications and become part of a culture that thrives on creativity, encourages new ideas, and provides a collaborative and inclusive environment.  

About Us 

As Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, we own and operate 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia to the world. Through our well-known retail brands, we deliver simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice and energy services with the purpose of Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.  

Ready to take the next step? 

If you like the sound of this role and think you’d do a great job, but are worried you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to back yourself – we know that diverse groups are less-likely to apply for roles they’re not 100% qualified for, but just as likely to succeed at them!  

We are a proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where all our team members feel like they belong. We know diversity makes us stronger and we encourage applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.   

If you feel comfortable, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements upon application, so we can make any adjustments required to support you throughout our recruitment process.