Legal Counsel

About the role

We are excited to welcome a Legal Counsel to M&OP’s newly created legal function. This is a unique opportunity for a practical and commercially minded legal professional to provide support to a wide variety of stakeholders.

The role of Legal Counsel will have responsibilities across a broad range of commercial and government activities, working with a wide variety of stakeholders to help provide practical, constructive, timely legal advice and support. This role reports to the Head of Legal, bringing professional skills and motivation, and passion for the sports and entertainment industry to assist the business in meeting its objectives. This role will assist in legal negotiations and will work closely with the Head of Legal in ensuring that all M&OP legal agreements are fit for purpose and adequately cover all legal risk.

Melbourne & Olympic Parks precinct is host to six premier venues, including Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena, John Cain Arena, AAMI Park, Kia Arena, and CENTREPIECE. The precinct also includes the professional sporting and administrative facilities, as well as recreational spaces such as the National Tennis Centre, Outdoor and Indoor Tennis Courts, Olympic Park Oval, and more.

Here are some of the things you’ll have the opportunity to be involved in:

Legal Support and Advice

• Provide operational legal advice and support to department and business unit leaders, assisting with negotiations where required.
• Assist in the management of relationships with legal panel service providers, ensuring positive, ongoing engagement and support is achieved.
• Provide support, training and mentoring to staff to improve individual and organisational understanding of the M&OP’s obligations and legislative environment.

Legal Documentation, Templates and Precedents

• Assist in the development and maintenance of MOPT’s legal template agreements.
• Assist in the development and oversight of a contract negotiation and departure procedure.
• Ensure agreements are up to date and accurate, and departures are managed in alignment with precedent, Trust appetite and the Trust’s obligations and purpose under the Act.

This role is equivalent of PQE 1-4 years (with salary dependent on experience).

What you will bring to the role

You can balance competing demands like a pro
You’re detail orientated and equally appreciate the importance of keeping your eye on the bigger picture. A fast pace, ‘lots of balls in the air’ kind of environment is one you thrive in – it’s your quick thinking, tenacious and innate solutions orientation spirit that keeps you on track.

You strive to continuously improve
You are curious and look for better ways of doing things that balance productivity and outcomes. process and systems efficiency balanced with quality outcomes plays a big role in your decision making and you actively advocate improvement projects that improve the experience and outcomes for everyone.

The Customer is at the Heart of Everything You Do
You care deeply about the customer experience. Whether it is working closely with one of our Venue Managers on a hirer agreement for an event in their Venue, or a guest coming to see their favourite artist at one of our venues – you consider their experience at every aspect of your role.

You love a little bit of lots of things
In this role, you will have room to shape it. What we do know is – in our fast-paced, excitingly complex and GROWING organisation – no one day is the same. To thrive, you will love jumping into things that might not necessarily be ‘in your job description’. You seek out these opportunities for your own growth and development.

A bit about us

Melbourne & Olympic Park (M&OP) is an iconic, multi-venue precinct with few parallels globally. We showcase Melbourne to the world during the Australian Open and deliver hundreds of entertainment, sporting and community events each year across our world class venues.

At M&OP we are passionate about delivering world class customer experiences every person, every event, every time. How do we do this? By seeking out the best talent to build a high performance, integrated team who are passionate about creating exceptional experiences for our guests.

If you’d like to know a little bit more before applying reach out to Taryn Evans via email .au

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 22 OCTOBER 2023

Melbourne & Olympic Parks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. For further information on Melbourne & Olympic Parks visit our careers page at www.mopt.com.au/careers/employment-opportunities/

Please note successful applicants will be required to undertake a pre-employment screening. This includes but not limited to a national police check and working with children check. M&OP may withdraw an employment offer in the event of an unsatisfactory screening result.

Please note M&OP operates a direct sourcing model so we ask that agencies do not get in touch regarding this vacancy.
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