Role Seniority - senior

More about the Chief Legal Officer role at Department of Transport and Main Roads

The Chief Legal Officer role at TMR presents an exciting opportunity for a skilled legal professional to lead a multi-functional branch consisting of the legal, prosecutions, right to information, privacy, and complaints management reporting teams.

As a member of the Corporate Leadership team, the Chief Legal Officer will report to the Deputy Director-General and be responsible for strategically leading and coordinating the activities and performance of specialised teams.

This position requires a candidate who possesses exceptional strategic leadership skills, as well as a deep understanding of the legal landscape.

The Chief Legal Officer role at TMR presents an exciting opportunity for a skilled legal professional to lead a multi-functional branch consisting of the legal, prosecutions, right to information, privacy, and complaints management reporting teams.

As a member of the Corporate Leadership team, the Chief Legal Officer will report to the Deputy Director-General and be responsible for strategically leading and coordinating the activities and performance of specialised teams.

Skills

This position requires a candidate who possesses exceptional strategic leadership skills, as well as a deep understanding of the legal landscape. In this role you will:

provide strategic, independent legal advice to the Executive Leadership Team on high- risk, complex and sensitive matters lead the Legal, Information Access and Prosecutions Branch to develop and maintain high-level expertise in key areas including statutory interpretation, intellectual property, commercial, contracts; workplace, constitutional and administrative law, and litigation that fosters a culture aligned with the Public Sector values to promote professional growth and effective performance management implement modern digital processes, practices, and data analytics to enhance operational efficiency and the performance of the branch develop and implement frameworks and guidelines for effective management of legal and legislative services, and proactive strategies for early intervention in complex, sensitive and litigious matters provide authoritative, strategic, and independent advice on the development, review and implementation of legislative reforms to ensure alignment with government policies and legal framework oversee the strategic procurement of external legal services, maintaining strong relationships with providers to ensure quality and value.

Skills/Experience

To be considered for this role, you will have:

10+ years' post-admission experience (PAE), including demonstrated oversight and leadership of a legal function in a General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Head of Legal or equivalent role experience advising government clients or working within a government setting, demonstrating a strong understanding of public sector operations and the ability to navigate complex, ambiguous and political environments strong, demonstrable values-based leadership skills to manage and develop a large, diverse workforce, building high-performing functions that deliver customer-centric services and quality outcomes superior technical legal knowledge and commercial acumen and the ability to provide high-level strategic and operational advice on a wide range of complex legal and legislative issues exceptional communication and engagement skills to establish and maintain collaborative and effective relationships with a range of stakeholders possess outstanding analytical and conceptual abilities to identify and address complex issues, as well as to develop comprehensive plans and implement and evaluate improvement strategies for the branch, focusing on creating efficiencies and enhancing the effectiveness of systems, processes, and procedures displays sound judgement, values integrity, is agile, adaptable and is outcome focused.

Benefits

Awaiting you is:

the opportunity to put your stamp on the legal function of this major government department good work hours and generous leave entitlements flexible work arrangements; and a competitive salary + 12.75% super, with the possibility of an Attraction Incentive of up to 10% of the superannuable salary of the role for the right candidate.

Applications will remain current for a period of 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/681614/26

Closing Date: Monday, 23rd March 2026

Occupational group Justice & Legal

Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning new things all the time and the Department of Transport and Main Roads team will be there to support your growth.

Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined

Key Responsibilities

• ⚖️ Providing strategic legal advice
• Leading specialized teams
• Implementing digital processes

Key Strengths

• Strategic leadership skills
• Legal expertise
• ️ Communication skills
• Analytical abilities
• ⚡ Adaptability
• Commercial acumen

A Final Note: This is a role with Department of Transport and Main Roads not with Hatch.