Legal Counsel

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

Some of the key benefits for the position and employment at Programmed, include:

• Competitive compensation: Receive an attractive base salary aligned with your experience.
• Exclusive employee perks: Access discounts and benefits with over 600 retailers, including Coles, Woolworths, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, The Good Guys, JB Hi-Fi, BCF, SuperCheap Auto, and many more!
• Salary sacrifice benefits: Take advantage of novated vehicle leasing, income protection insurance, and other financial perks.
• Investment in you: We're passionate about personal and professional growth, offering access to certificates, webinars, mentorship, and practical training to help you thrive in your career.
• Your well-being, our priority: Strong safety culture, generous paid parental leave and access to our Employee Assistance Program, including tailored well-being initiatives designed to support your personal and family needs.

About The Opportunity

We are seeking a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join Programmed on a 9‑month fixed-term basis to support a period of increased demand across the Group. Working closely with the Group General Counsel and senior lawyers, you will  provide high-quality legal support with a strong focus on commercial contracts, while also contributing to broader strategic and legal operations initiatives.

This opportunity is well suited to a lawyer who enjoys operating with autonomy, partnering closely with the business, and providing practical, solutions-focused advice. In addition to supporting sales and operational teams with business-as-usual matters, you will play a key role in improving consistency, efficiency, and governance.

The role offers flexibility, with a part-time option available (0.8 FTE – 4 days per week), allowing you to make a meaningful impact at work while maintaining balance outside of it.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality legal advice and contract support..
• Negotiate, draft, and review commercial contracts to support business growth and operational delivery.
• Assist with complex contract management issues, including disputes..
• Provide general legal advice on matters including  claims, privacy law, ESG, policy drafting, infrastructure and PPP matters, and property leasing as required.
• Partner with sales, operations, and corporate stakeholders to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused legal solutions.
• Support strategic legal initiatives and contribute to improvements in legal processes and ways of working.

About You

You are a proactive and adaptable lawyer with a can-do attitude, who enjoys engaging with the business and helping teams succeed through clear, practical legal advice. You are comfortable working independently, while also valuing collaboration within a broader legal team.

You will also have:

• Current legal practicing certificate in Victoria.
• Proven experience negotiating and drafting commercial contracts.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
• A pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to legal risk and problem solving.
• A genuine interest in partnering with the business to support growth and operational outcomes.
• Cultural alignment with our core values: Personal Safety Leadership, Care & Empathy, Customer Service, Diversity, Inclusion & Equality.

We recognise that no candidate will meet every requirement. If this role excites you and you’re passionate about working at Programmed, we strongly encourage you to apply.

About Us

Programmed is a leading provider of Staffing, Facility Management, and Maintenance services.

We employ over 30,000 people every year across a broad range of industries and partner with more than 10,000 customers, small and large.

We work in partnership with many of Australia and New Zealand’s leading businesses across major industries including Mining and Resources, Oil and Gas, Government and Defence, Education, Aviation, Health, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics.

We provide the people, knowledge, expertise and support to help our customers and communities grow and succeed.

Work With Us

Submit your application today and join us on our mission to build outstanding people, strong customers, and great communities.

Our Commitment

Programmed and PERSOL supports a workplace culture of zero harm and encourages this in all that we do.

Programmed and PERSOL strives for diversity, inclusion and equality of our people. We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We encourage people of all cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation or abilities to apply.

To learn more about working with Programmed and PERSOL, we encourage you to visit our website.