Legal Counsel

Details

Wesley Community Services Legal Team

• full-time role (open to 4 days for the right candidate)
• based in Pitt Street Head Office, Sydney CBD
• attractive salary packaging benefits

About us

Wesley Community Services Limited (operating as Wesley Mission) is a high profile, multi-faceted Christian organisation making a real difference in the community. We work with the most disadvantaged in our community by providing over 200 services ranging from aged care, homeless services, child and family care, counselling, employment, training and education, and health services.

About the role

Wesley Mission is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Legal Counsel to join its small but dynamic Governance, Legal and Risk team. The Legal team is critical to the work of Wesley Mission and the organisation’s commitment to providing exceptional and caring service to the people it serves.

Reporting to the Head of Legal, this newly created role of a second Legal Counsel provides a range of services within the internal legal function, working as a respected and trusted partner in tandem with the various business and service areas.

This exciting role provides the opportunity to practice across a broad and varied set of legal areas, including:

• Providing practical and high-quality legal advice and assistance to internal clients, including by drafting and negotiating significant customer and supplier contracts and managing the contract development, review and execution process.
• Reviewing and identifying key risks in tender and contract documents and helping manage these risks accordingly.
• Providing legal support for organisational projects, including risk and compliance, property development, and IT projects.
• Collaborating with the business, external stakeholders and external advisers to resolve claims and disputes.
• Proving advice on aged care, retirement villages and community housing.

Qualifications

• Admitted as a solicitor to practice law in New South Wales.

Essential criteria

• Post-admission legal experience of not less than 5 years.
• Broad commercial law background, ideally with experience in advising on commercial contracts, tendering and procurement.
• Capacity to recognise and manage legal risk.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills to gain the acceptance of ideas, cooperation with others, and the ability to modify styles and techniques to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals.
• Capacity both to take responsibility for individual projects as well as work collaboratively both within the Legal team and with the partner service areas.
• Relevant experience working in an in-house legal function or similar.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in organisational governance.
• Experience in managing claims and litigation.
• Experience in procurement and legal project management including review and implementation of changes to legal practice management systems.
• Experience/strong interest using AI in the delivery of legal services including Microsoft Copilot.

Why consider this role in particular?

• You will not be pidgeon-holed into a narrow set of legal tasks – it will grow your legal skills and give you a diverse range of challenges.
• You will be part of a high performing team where you can continue to learn and grow.
• Wesley is making a real difference to thousands of lives – you can be part of this.

Closing date

Monday 20 October 2025 (unless an earlier appointment is made).

Apply now

Please submit a copy of your CV/resume and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria to: legal@wesleymission.org.au.

Wesley Mission is a Christian organisation requiring all staff to affirm its values and code of conduct.

The suitable applicant will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks for appointment to positions within Wesley Mission (including provision of a valid Working with Children Check clearance number and National Criminal Record Check). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.