Deputy Counsel, Housing Growth

Responsibilities

• Lead legal input across a pipeline of complex housing development and acquisition projects
• Provide legal advice to deliver sophisticated property, construction, and financing transactions
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Housing Growth, Finance, and Executive leadership
• Provide strategic legal support on procurement, tenders, and partnership models for housing transactions
• Advise on the structuring and delivery of innovative funding approaches, including blended and government-backed financing
• Lead and develop a high-performing specialist legal team
• Act as a trusted adviser on high-value, high-impact transactions

Requirements

• Bachelor of Laws or equivalent legal qualification with a current unrestricted practicing certificate
• At least 10 years post-admission experience in financing, property development, construction, infrastructure, or complex transactional law
• Proven experience working on sophisticated financing arrangements and multi-party deals
• Ability to navigate complex negotiations and deliver commercial, risk-aware outcomes
• Credibility to operate with senior executives, Boards, and external partners
• Strong transactional mindset with high attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities across a dynamic deal pipeline

Preferred Qualifications

• Postgraduate legal qualification (e.g., LLM in property, construction, or finance law)
• Membership of or qualification from the Australian Institute of Company Directors or Property Council of Australia

Benefits

• Competitive Senior Executive Package
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits to reduce your tax
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities and the ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Extra leave, including Mission Australia Thank You Day and Work Anniversary Day off

About the Company

Mission Australia is a national Christian charity motivated by a shared vision of an Australia where everyone has a safe home and can thrive. Since 1859, we have been standing alongside people in need, offering real hope and delivering homelessness crisis prevention, social housing, and essential support services across the country.