Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $113,022 - $136,747
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Legal
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/VBA/CS/1904099
About the Role:
The Building & Plumbing Commission is seeking skilled and passionate Legal Advisor professionals to join its Dispute Resolution Division. We currently have an ongoing opportunity available, located in Melbourne's CBD with hybrid work arrangements.
Reporting to the Principal Legal Adviser, the role of Senior Legal Adviser is to provide accurate and practical legal advice to the Chief Dispute Resolution Officer and specialist legal support to the operation of the Dispute Resolution Division of the Building and Plumbing Commission.
This is a dynamic, people-focused role that requires empathy, legal insight, and strong facilitation skills.
What we are looking for
For a detailed overview of responsibilities, please refer to the position description via careers.vic.
About the BPC
The Building & Plumbing Commission (BPC) is Victoria's new regulator for building and plumbing.
It brings together the Victorian Building Authority (VBA), Domestic Building Dispute Resolution Victoria (DBDRV), and the domestic building insurance function of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA) into one organisation.
Key functions related to building and plumbing regulation will come together under one roof, including registration, inspection and compliance, practitioner discipline, dispute resolution, and domestic building insurance. These services will now part of the BPC and will be fully integrated over the next 12 months.
Commitment to Diversity
We celebrate the diversity of our workforce.
The BPC values the benefits all our differences make and takes inclusion seriously. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Women, including into leadership and non-traditional areas; Neurodivergent people, People with Disability; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse/Marginalised people; Sexually and Gender Diverse people and from people at all stages of their careers. In short, we welcome people from all backgrounds and communities.
We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible. If you have any accessibility requirements or need adjustments, please contact us using the details below.
Flexible work arrangements are available we encourage you to discuss any preferences during the recruitment process.
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Important information
Only electronic applications submitted via careers.vic.gov.au will be accepted.