Manager, Corporate Legal

• Full time, permanent role
• Geelong office location, with flexible hybrid working
• Offering a competitive base salary of circa $160,000 plus super and benefits

Care in Action

With a career at the TAC, you’ll be helping us look out for the lives of everyone who travels on Victoria’s roads. That’s care in action.

Find out more about our shared purpose, and what drives every one of us.

Right now, we’re seeking a Manager, Corporate Legal who will play their part in this shared purpose, while also supporting the progress of clients and colleagues so they can achieve great things. That’s truly rewarding work that will help us continue to deliver life-critical services where it matters. 

About the role

The Manager, Corporate Legal is a key leadership position responsible for guiding and mentoring a team of Solicitors within the TAC’s Corporate Legal function. You will manage your own portfolio of commercial, non-litigated, and strategically significant litigated commercial matters, providing practical, solutions-focused legal advice that supports the TAC’s strategic objectives and transformation agenda, aligned with the Make Every Day Matter Strategy and our role within the Victorian community.

More than a legal expert, you bring strong business acumen and sound judgment - supporting your team in managing workloads, while enabling the broader organisation to recognise when legal input is essential. You guide stakeholders to the appropriate support and encourage efficient, confident, and informed decision-making across the business.

You will also oversee the Delegations and Authorisations Framework, ensuring ongoing compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.

About the Team

This role sits within the newly established Corporate Legal & Compliance branch, making it an exciting time to join the Finance & Governance division, a team committed to ensuring the TAC is financially sustainable, operates efficiently, and is governed effectively.

You will lead a team of motivated Solicitors who are eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the evolution of the function.

You will report to the newly appointed General Counsel, a strong, strategic, and hands-on leader who will support you in achieving your goals and delivering impact across the organisation.

What we’re looking for

Supportive & Strategic People Leader

You’re an experienced people leader with the ability to manage, coach, and develop a high-performing legal team. You align your team’s focus with TAC’s broader strategy and divisional priorities, bringing a proactive and innovative mindset. You’ll play a key role in identifying and implementing improvements that lift the effectiveness and impact of the branch.

Experienced Legal Professional

You hold tertiary qualifications in Law, a current Victorian Practising Certificate, and admission as an Australian Lawyer. You bring substantial experience in commercial (non-litigious) law, with a strong track record of managing complex legal matters across both operational and strategic levels. Your advice is clear, practical, and aligned to business outcomes.

Pragmatic & Trusted Stakeholder Partner

You are collaborative and skilled in building strong internal relationships. With sound commercial acumen, you take a pragmatic approach, knowing when to support, guide or empower stakeholders to own their responsibilities, enabling confident, risk aware, decision making across the organisation.

Why you’ll love it here

There’s more to work than a competitive salary and amazing employee benefits. As our newest Manager, Corporate Legal, you’ll also:

Make a positive difference

Every day the work you do at the TAC contributes to something bigger. As part of an inclusive, supportive team you’ll find real purpose in achieving goals, together.

Be rewarded for great work

We value our people, offering a corporate incentive, salary packaging and a reward and recognition program.

Grow and go places

We’re invested in your progress. When you work for one of Victoria’s largest and leading workplaces, you’ll receive extensive internal opportunities for development and access to the LinkedIn Learning Digital Hub.

Ready to put care in action? We’d like to hear from you.

Click apply to submit your Cover Letter and Resume. If successful, you’ll progress to a phone interview and/or interview. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.

For more information, read the attached Position Description or contact Hannah Egan, Shared Services Specialist at Hannah_Egan@tac.vic.gov.au for a confidential discussion. Applications for this role will be accepted up until 11:55pm on August 3^rd 2025.

If we can do anything to help make applying for this role easier, please let our People, Culture & Engagement Team know at People_Culture_Engagement@tac.vic.gov.au. If over the phone is better for you, our number is 5225 7500.

A safe place to work

We’re committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of employees. This extends to inclusion, diversity and accessibility in our employment practices, and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, men, women and gender diverse people, culturally diverse, and LGBTIQA+ people to apply for roles.

Child Safety

At the TAC we are committed to the safety of children and young people. For more information regarding our commitment to child safety, please visit our website.