Executive Director Legal - CSW, WSA & Operations (up to 4 years fixed term opportunity)

You’re a leader who takes ownership and actively creates positive change.

You have the opportunity to lead Legal Excellence at Sydney Metro!

In this role, you'll:

Join the Legal and Audit Division of Sydney Metro that provides legal services covering a broad range of matters across Sydney Metro project delivery and operations to ensure resources, frameworks and strategies align to organisational requirements. The division ensures that legal advice and services provided support the achievement of overarching organisational objectives in a highly regulated environment and comply with all legislative and regulatory requirements.

Lead and develop one of Sydney Metro’s legal projects branches to provide expert legal advice and the delivery of legal solutions covering a range of legal services across Construction and Major Projects, PPPs, Project Procurement, delivery, operations and claims management.

Engage and partner with the Chief Legal Counsel and other Senior Executives, including Board members, and key internal clients to provide a significant contribution to achieving the delivery of agency programs and goals, including leading complex negotiations and providing legal advice and solutions in response to complex problems and legal risks.

Lead and guide a team, ensuring high quality legal advice is provided, robust governance and risk frameworks are in place, and project management principles are applied.

Maximise the value and quality of legal services delivered by the division by optimising the mix of internal and external service delivery, by ensuring staff potential is maximised, staffing capacities are fully utilised, work is high quality, and corporate processes and systems are fully implemented.

Ensure systematic and strategic risks and legal issues are identified and raised with the Chief Legal Counsel and proactively work with senior managers to facilitate solutions.

This is a full-time Temporary Opportunity of up to 4 years Transport Senior Service Executive TSSE2A level role offering an attractive remuneration package, the role is based at our George St office. NOTE: Face to face interviews are expected to be held on Monday 7 Sept and shortlisted applicants are required to make themselves available.

Please view the Role Description and information pack. 

About you 

• You currently hold a NSW practising certificate.
• You have demonstrated significant legal experience.
• You hold Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline.
• You have strong stakeholder management skills with experience in leading a function within a high reliability / high risk working environment, a large and complex industrial and/or public sector organisation.
• You lead by example with the ability to drive change and to motivate team members towards achieving business objectives.
• You have the ability to work in a matrix-style reporting environment where it is essential to have a good understanding of customer orientation and the operational demands that come with service delivery.
• You can demonstrate knowledge and expertise in at least two of the following:
• • Administrative or regulatory law
  • Commercial law
  • Construction law (front end, back end and/or PPP)
  • Liability litigation or inquiries
  • Major procurement of works, goods or services
• You have proven capability to obtain highly developed skills in other practice areas

Who we are

Sydney Metro is Australia's biggest public transport project and first fully-automated metro rail network, connecting customers and transforming the way Sydney travels. Our new generation of driverless trains are fast, safe and reliable, and link with Sydney's existing public transport network to provide seamless journeys. Our 46 state of the art, fully accessible metro stations and precincts are designed to meet the evolving needs of our customers and communities.

With the City and Northwest Metro lines already in operation, works continuing to bring the Southwest line into operations and works well underway on the West and Western Sydney Airport lines, Sydney will enjoy a fully operational Metro network by 2032.  

Join us

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