Principal Solicitor

Is environmental, planning and regulatory law your passion? Do you thrive on leading legal professionals to deliver results? We are currently seeking a Principal Solicitor and if you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Lead the internal legal services team
• Provide expert legal advice to internal business units across a broad range of issues
• Work in a dynamic and customer focused team

About the role

This position is required to ensure legal risk is mitigated and that Central Coast Council is appropriately represented and legally protected.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualification in Law or other equivalent qualification that satisfied the criteria to be admitted as a legal practitioner in NSW
• Admitted or immediately eligible for admission as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Extensive experience and full understanding of the political and social context in which Local Government operates, and the provision of authoritative, specialist, expert and strategic legal advice on complex and sensitive matters
• Recent experience in advising on environmental, planning and regulatory law with extensive experience in Court attendance and knowledge of appropriate Court protocol including experience appearing, with and without counsel, in proceedings in Classes 1, 2, 4 and 5 in the Land and Environment Court of NSW, and in the Supreme Court and inferior courts, with experience in the interpretation and execution of legislative requirements under relevant Acts and Regulations

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary range for this position ranges between $120k - $144k plus 11.5% superannuation
• This is a temporary full-time role
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role 
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.