Junior Legal Counsel

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join Vocus as a Junior Legal Counsel, this role be responsible for providing legal expertise to key stakeholders with high value advice, and to support and enhance Vocus’ competitive advantage, business success and market value.

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Drafting and negotiating standard and bespoke contracts
• Advising on marketing, consumer law issues and telecommunications laws and regulations
• Managing litigation and advising on customer, supplier, regulator and third party claims
• Monitoring changes and developments in the legal and regulatory environment
• Improving legal operations, developing templates and tools used by the legal team
• Assisting in the development of policies, procedures and training for staff on relevant legal issues
• Participating with the management team and external advisers in the evaluation, structuring and documentation of future business opportunities
• Maximising opportunities to add value through the adoption of technology and automation 

What you’ll bring to this role

• 1-3 years’ experience in the legal industry (preferably with experience working in-house)
• Outstanding commitment to customer service and internal & external customer experience
• Ability to strategically apply legal knowledge to protect and enhance commercial interests of Vocus
• Results oriented, with a positive and client focused attitude
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Independent, proactive and resourceful working style
• 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.
•  Must hold a legal practising certificate or be in the process of obtaining a legal practising certificate

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.