Legal Advisor

Overview of role:

The Legal Advisor, part of the Corporate & Assurance Group, provides expert legal counsel to support Coliban Water's strategic and operational objectives. The role ensures compliance with statutory and regulatory obligations, manages legal risk, and safeguards governance interests. Working across the business, the Legal Advisor advises on contracts, disputes, and regulatory matters, and engages external legal experts as needed to support sound decision-making and uphold integrity and accountability across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

As our Legal Advisor, you'll be accountable for:

• Delivering timely and practical legal advice to proactively manage legal risks across contracts, regulatory compliance, governance, procurement, and commercial matters.
• Providing expert advice on legal rights and obligations relating to privacy, public interest disclosures, integrity and FOI legislation.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable health, water, environmental, procurement, and industrial laws, and implement new or amended legislation relevant to business operations.
• Preparing, reviewing, and assessing contracts, deeds, tenders, and other legal documents to mitigate risk, and support effective contract management practices.
• Managing disputes, litigation, and enforcement processes, liaising with regulators and external legal providers, and maintain key governance registers including conflicts of interest and procurement of external legal services.

About you:

• Tertiary qualifications in law and current Australian practising certificate, with several years of experience.
• Proficient in the delivery of legal services gained within corporate law firm or an in-house legal team for an organisation operating in a highly regulated environment.
• Significant experience in providing successful tactical and strategic advice on legal matters, together with meticulous attention to detail, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to negotiate and work collaboratively and cooperatively with both internal and external stakeholders.

Sound like you? We'd love to hear from you.

Learn more in the position description

Enquiries:

For further information please contact Jessica Dore on or via email at

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter by COB 7 November 2025.

Why join us?

At Coliban Water our people are on a mission to create a better life for our customers and communities – now and tomorrow.

We love what we do and our location in the centre of a region that takes in 49 towns from Trentham to Echuca.

Our commitment to inclusion means you'll feel at home here no matter who you are, who you love, or what you stand for. As part of the team you receive a monthly accrued day off, time off over Christmas, the flexibility to shape your work to suit your lifestyle, and generous parental, carer and workplace study leave policies.

At Coliban Water we balance a small team rhythm with the reach and resources of one of the largest Victorian regional urban water corporations.

What are you waiting for? We'd love you to join us.

Applicants will need to successfully complete all core training requirements in the expected timeframes and may be required to undertake a Police Check, Working with Children Check, Pre-Employment Medicals or Psychometric testing where applicable. Applicants may also be required to produce evidence of their Right to Work in Australia.

We welcome applications from individuals of all abilities. We are committed to creating an accessible and inclusive workplace for everyone, including people with disabilities and diverse abilities. If you need any support during the application process or would like to discuss interview adjustments, please contact Jessica Dore on or via email at

Please indicate any adjustments (administrative, environmental, or procedural) you may need to effectively participate in the recruitment process and/or carry out the requirements of the role you are applying for.

Please note that applicants may be contacted prior to the closing date of this advertisement.