Council Solicitor
Temporary Full time until 31 December 2026
Band 8 Salary Range: $63.40 - $70.63 per hour plus superannuation
Location: Morwell, Victoria
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Council Solicitor to provide trusted legal advice across the organisation. Working within the Governance team, you'll be the go-to legal expert for a broad range of matters, helping Council make informed decisions, manage risk and meet its legislative obligations.
In this varied role, you'll provide practical and commercially focused legal advice, review and negotiate contracts and agreements, interpret legislation and support governance activities. You'll work closely with leaders and stakeholders across the organisation, translating complex legal issues into clear, easy-to-understand advice that helps drive positive outcomes. You'll also manage relationships with external legal providers when specialist advice is required.
This is a great opportunity for a proactive lawyer who enjoys working across diverse legal matters and making a meaningful contribution to the organisation and community.
About You
You are an experienced legal professional who combines strong technical expertise with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. You have a proven ability to provide practical legal advice on complex matters and can translate legal concepts into clear, accessible guidance for a range of audiences.
You are highly organised, exercise sound judgement, and thrive in an environment where you can work autonomously while partnering closely with leaders across the organisation.
To be successful, you'll have:
- Current unrestricted Australian legal practicing certificate entitling to practice law in Victoria.
- Extensive experience in the provision of legal advice, particularly in contracts law.
- Excellent communication skills including presentation skills and the ability to prepare high quality written reports, policies, action plans, correspondence and other documentation as required. Strong judgement and a practical, solutions-focused approach.
Successful applicants will be required to apply for and satisfactorily obtain a National Police Check and Working with Children's Check.
Go Further at Latrobe City Council
A career with us begins with a desire to empower and make positive change within our Latrobe City Community. At council you will get stuck into interesting work and experience growth as you see the impact you make unfold right in front of you.
Why work for us?
At Latrobe City Council we are an equal opportunity employer who invests heavily in our employees.
We offer a range of training and Personal Development opportunities including a Structured Leadership Development Program and study assistance.
Our salaries are competitive, and we offer benefits such as salary packaging and access to our health and wellbeing programs.
We want you to join our team and provide the best services possible for a fast-growing regional municipality in the heart of Gippsland.
To apply
Please apply (and submit your responses to the Key Selection Criteria) via the Latrobe City Council website.
Applications close 11.59pm Sunday 26 July 2026.
Contact: Alba – Manager Governance on 0428 851 901 for a confidential discussion.
Child Safe Organisation
Latrobe City Council has a zero tolerance to any form of child abuse and is committed to the safety, wellbeing, and empowerment of children. We create and maintain a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, volunteers, and contractors. Our recruitment practices reflect this.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Latrobe City Council we value workforce diversity and inclusion, where individual uniqueness is embraced. We value diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality services to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexuality.
At Latrobe City Council we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. Council's Indigenous Employment Program is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted at [email protected] or by calling 1300 367 700.
We at Latrobe City Council strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Careers team via email at [email protected] or call 5128 6113 noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.
