Manager, Legal Services

Overview
Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time
Salary: $138,631 - $162,076
Grade: VPS 6
Occupation: Legal
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/VI0041A
Integrity Oversight Victoria (IOV) is seeking a highly motivated and experienced legal professional to join our team as Manager, Legal Services on a fixed term basis. Managing the legal team, and reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, this leadership position oversees the delivery of high-quality legal advice and support across a high performing organisation with a positive culture.
If you have excellent people and stakeholder management skills, can demonstrate skills in complex legal research and analysis, and have experience providing authoritative advice on complex and sensitive matters in an administrative, regulatory or law enforcement setting, please apply.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, the Manager, Legal Services leads the Legal Services team to provide authoritative legal advice on complaint, investigation, inspection and monitoring activities in line with our Integrity Response Guidelines. You'll play a lead role in supporting IOV to operate as a budget independent agency, advising on a broad range of corporate and governance obligations. We require a dedicated, highly skilled and well-rounded legal practitioner to lead the Legal Services team and work with IOV's management team to support our multi-disciplinary approach to integrity operations.
IOV is unique in Australia for the depth and breadth of its oversight remit which is regularly expanded. Given our position as the lead oversight body in the Victorian integrity system, the role will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel to manage interesting, highly sensitive and complex matters requiring the capacity to address matters through first principles and produce robust legal advice to support outputs which can withstand agency, public and parliamentary scrutiny and lead to both agency and systemic improvements.
The position is fixed term to November 2026. Part time hours (0.8 – 1.0 FTE) can be negotiated. While some working from home can be accommodated, the role does require regular attendance in the office to access secure and sensitive material.
For more information regarding this position, please see the attached position description.
How to apply
Please click the “Apply now” button on this advertisement and ensure that your application includes the following to be given full consideration:
resume
covering letter outlining your interest in the position and
succinct response to the Key Selection Criteria of no more than two pages in total.
Closing date for applications is 11.59pm, Sunday, 17 August 2025.
Other relevant information:
For further information regarding Integrity Oversight Victoria please visit our website at www.integrityoversight.vic.gov.au
For enquiries regarding the position please phone the contact person listed in the position description.
Integrity Oversight Victoria values the contribution of all employees and fair and equitable treatment of all people is integral to all activities. As such, Integrity Oversight Victoria will make reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities.
Employment of successful candidates will be subject to:
Reference checks, completion of a pre-employment misconduct screening declaration and consent form, and a pre-employment criminal record check.
Undertaking an oath or affirmation as prescribed in Section 30 of the Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011.
A Negative Vetting 1 security clearance is mandatory and will be required to be obtained once engaged and maintained for the duration of employment with Integrity Oversight Victoria.
Integrity Oversight Victoria is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information. Personal information received during the recruitment process will be managed in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. Integrity Oversight Victoria recruitment processes include considering and responding to your job application. In some circumstances, in order to assess your suitability for the role, we may seek to contact one or more referees who are not specified in your application. Any proposal to contact an unspecified referee will be discussed with you first and your consent will be sought before doing so. A failure by you to provide consent to contact unspecified referees may, in some circumstances, result in your application not being considered further. You may request access to your personal information by contacting Integrity Oversight Victoria.
Applications close Sunday 17 August 2025 at 11.59pm
Posted
1 August 2025
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