Legal Counsel

• Challenge yourself to make each iteration better than the next
• Together we’ll go the extra mile and deliver on ambitious goals
• Full time permanent position based at our Mascot Campus

At Qantas, we represent Australia to the world. Our diverse country is known for our spirit, mateship, and a can-do attitude. It’s in us to be our best. We see it as our responsibility to take ownership and drive outcomes, ensuring we make a contribution to taking the organisation forward.

The Qantas Legal team reports to the General Counsel & Group Executive, Office of the CEO (OCEO) and works across the Qantas Group, supporting this market leading, global organisation. We’re a high performing team with broad expertise and we each have the opportunity to add value and make an impact on the business.

In this Legal Counsel role, you will be part of the Legal Team dedicated to providing legal support to the commercial airports, leasing, property development and ground operations parts of the business, while simultaneously assisting the Group maintain compliance and its reputation in the market.

You will provide high quality and solution focused legal analysis and advice for projects, transactions and business initiatives, which also reflects the Qantas Group’s risk framework and policies. You will negotiate, draft and review a broad range of commercial documents for a diverse range of projects and stakeholders within the business, providing tailored and timely support to your internal stakeholders.

You will be responsible for briefing business managers on risks and recommendations; and maintaining effective working relationships with external lawyers, other counterparties and colleagues.

Reporting into one of the Heads of Legal, you will both work with other Legal Team members and collaborate with members of OCEO and internal stakeholders, contributing to and growing the Legal Team’s capability within the Qantas Group 

You’ll have –

• A current Practising Certificate in an Australian state or territory.
• A minimum of 3+ years PQE, across property or construction law disciplines, while experience in general corporate and commercial law disciplines would also be considered.
• A mix of Tier 1 law firm or large corporate in-house experience is preferred. 
• Proven and successful experience in contract drafting and high level negotiating skills, and providing pragmatic commercial advice.
• Experience in managing the delivery of legal services in a fast-paced environment with a high volume of transactions and the ability to juggle competing demands and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to provide legal services unsupervised (within a team-oriented business environment) but also to co-ordinate with both in-house and external resources.
• Demonstrated experience in developing close working relationships with clients to achieve business objectives.
• Confident and effective interpersonal and communication skills, capable of relating well to people at all levels in an organisation and the ability to confront difficult issues.

Why Qantas?
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel:

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.

Application close: 24th February 2025

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Talk to us about how this job could be flexible for you.