Director, Legal, Construction

**About us**

Transport for NSW keeps our State moving by providing safe, integrated and efficient transport systems. We put our customers at the centre of everything we do - and we do a lot. We connect people, communities and industry and manage how they use our road, rail and maritime networks and services, and even active modes like walking and cycling. The work we do connects the journeys you take every day.

We are a state government organisation made up of more than 28,000 people and we're in the middle of delivering the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia's history. We work across planning, policy and procurement, harnessing data and technology to develop smarter and more adaptive transport solutions.

That means job opportunities in metropolitan and regional areas across NSW - and you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

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**About the team**

The Legal, Privacy and Internal Audit branch is within the Corporate Services division providing strategies, solutions and services that make our clients’ working lives easier and their projects more efficient and effective. Our high-performing legal teams work collaboratively across the organisation, partnering to provide critical legal advice and guidance for sensitive, complex, and legal regulatory matters.

**The opportunity**

With the goal of delivering ever greater public value for the people of NSW, our Legal branch has undergone an organisational transformation in response to an unprecedented level of activity with a view to streamlining processes, enhancing the breadth and depth of our internal specialist skill set and investing in our legal operational and practice management capabilities to drive efficiencies.

As a result of significant transformation and growth we are recruiting a Director Legal, Construction and Major Projects, with specialist expertise in major construction and infrastructure projects.

Reporting to the Executive Director Legal - Construction and Major Projects, you will be a senior trusted legal advisor responsible for providing solutions focussed independent advice on construction and projects matters to support the achievement of organisational outcomes, minimise legal risk and deliver on our commitment to our customers, the people of NSW.

The Director Legal - Construction and Major Projects will deliver complex, high quality, high value, timely and solutions-focused legal services, and independent advice as well as supervising a small number of lawyers through empowering leadership.

Other key accountabilities include:

- Providing leadership and expert legal advice to the Secretary and Senior Executives, and leading complex legal work to facilitate the management and resolution of a diverse range of project, operational, legislative, and other legal matters
- Taking a leading role in client teams, identifying legal risks, providing solution oriented legal advice, and drafting and contributing as a senior team member to coordinate and influence outcomes that align to organisational and commercial objectives and parameters ensuring that strategic legal risks are escalated
- In construction and major project procurement, working with project teams to ensure that the organisation’s legal risks are identified, allocated appropriately and managing, while facilitating competitive and value for money procurement outcomes
- Assessing and responding to the impact of changes in the operating environment on relevant legislation, legal, policy and regulatory frameworks to ensure a high level of integration with the broader context
- Building the operational and technical capability of lawyers reporting to you by empowering their development through diverse opportunities supported by appropriate supervision and coaching to ensure skill development

Join a dynamic team of inhouse legal experts partnering with senior stakeholders, advising across a large and diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects in NSW. Supported by TfNSW’ s genuine flexible work environment, you will have the option of working in a hybrid workplace model.

**About you**
- You will be a specialist legal executive with proven expertise as a construction / infrastructure lawyer (front end) advising on challenging issues within an in-house legal function of a large, complex organisation or in private practice providing strategic level advice across a diverse client base including public sector / government
- You will have proven expertise in construction and major project procurement, on either client or contractor side.
- You will be capable of working with a high degree of autonomy and possess strong business acumen, analytical skills, and the ability to make sound commercial decisions within a legal context
- You will have exceptional stakeholder management skills and be accustomed to working with senior stakeholders at the Executive level
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