Senior Legal Counsel

We’re Momentum Energy – a power company owned by Hydro Tasmania, Australia’s largest generator of renewable energy. We’re on a mission to make energy simpler, and more human for customers. And it starts with our people: as we grow, we’re nurturing a culture of belonging, where diverse views and experiences are embraced and everyone is valued and respected. We encourage applications from qualified candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, abilities, genders and sexual orientations and are happy to adjust our recruitment processes, even in ways we may not have thought of before.  Please reach out to us about any adjustments or support you may require.

About the role:

As a member of the Retail Governance team, the Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for providing independent and commercially focussed legal advice and support to all business areas of Momentum. The Senior Legal Counsel will possess advanced legal technical expertise in one or more key areas relevant to the operations of Momentum Energy. This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

• Providing expert legal advice to business units on a wide variety of areas, including consumer law, privacy law, regulatory compliance, and general contract law.

• Represent the Legal Team on business projects including providing advice to the business on applicable legal obligations, corporate governance requirements and commercial interests.

• Engaging with regulators, supporting the business with consultations, requests for information and breach reporting.

• Drafting and negotiation of procurement contracts and energy supply contracts.

• Refine processes and deliver training to empower stakeholders and improve the efficiency of the governance team.

• Providing legal and strategic support to the business in relation to commercial disputes, customer complaints, remediations and regulator investigations.

• Interface with a large number of stakeholders with different priorities, balancing strategic and commercial considerations with legal advice.

As a key member of our Legal Team you will be encouraged and supported to develop your legal knowledge and experience, and will have the opportunity to build capability within the team.

About you and your experience:

• Eligibility to hold a legal practising certificate in Victoria, and
• 5+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE) or you bring prior in-house legal experience.
• Understanding of the Australian energy market, particularly electricity,
• Understanding of regulation in the energy industry, and competition laws,
• Extensive knowledge and expertise of consumer law and privacy law, including relevance to marketing and retail activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant energy industry legislation, policies and systems
• Ability to manage customer expectations and competing demands to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes,
• Influencing and collaboration skills with demonstrated capacity to manage stakeholders at all levels,
• Communication and conflict resolution skills and the ability negotiate mutually acceptable outcomes,
• Communication skills with the ability to listen, understand and modify positions to achieve mutually acceptable outcomes,
• Problem solving and analytical skills covering complex operational problems in the context of ambiguity and change.

Further information can be found on the attached Position Description:  SeniorLegalCounsel.pdf

What's in it for you?

You'll work in an incredibly fun and rewarding business that genuinely values its people and customers.

We are super proud of where we work, our workplace and work culture. We pride ourselves on balancing work and home life and offer a truly flexible work environment, a competitive remuneration package, and the opportunity to play a role in Australia’s renewable energy transformation.

Interested but not sure if you tick enough boxes? At Momentum, we believe in the power of unique backgrounds and skillsets. And really, box-ticking is overrated. So even if you feel you don’t meet all the requirements listed, we strongly encourage you to apply. 

For any recruitment enquiries or for any accessibility or workplace adjustment enquires including alternative ways to apply please contact us at david.talamelli@momentum.com.au or +61 402 681 632.

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