Full Time In-house Solicitor

$90,000 – $120,000 per year

Community Engagement Pty Ltd is committed to nurturing a diverse and vibrant workplace. We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people of culturally diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ/+, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin, as well as people with disabilities.

This role will require the successful applicant to work alongside a director to meet key commercial outcomes and provide sound 'best practice' advice that can be relied on when making business decisions.

1. Interpret, analyse, administer, and provide in-house advice on the law, with a focus on real property, mineral, and environmental law.
2. Drafting and reviewing Environmental Impacts Assessments (EIA) and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Prepare settlement agreements and obtain the signatures of parties in land access disputes between exploration and mining companies and landholders.
3. Representing clients in mediation and arbitrations relating to land access disputes in the mining & energy sectors. Conducting mediations between stakeholders in the mineral & energy sectors.
4. Research statutes and previous court decisions relevant to cases involving real property law, mineral law & State Significant Development Applications (SSD’s).
5. Drafting and reviewing Environmental, Social Governance plans & strategies and ensuring compliance with legislative requirements, regulations, corporate governance, and Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules.
6. Briefing External Legal Counsel

• Admitted as a legal practitioner in NSW (or other Australian State)
• 3+ years of post-qualification experience
• Ability to prioritise and operate in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups
• Strong business acumen in which you are able to make commercial based decision
• A proactive, solutions-oriented approach with a focus on achieving outcomes
• Management experience in the mining and energy sectors

Please send your CV to info@businessnest.com.au. Please include the job role title in your email.