Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Counsel

• Join a leading renewable energy company in this fast growing sector
• Manly office with ocean views! enjoyable hybrid environment, with great benefits
• Permanent, full-time, immediate start

About Us

Spark Renewables is a leading renewable energy company, developing and building projects to lead the renewable energy transition in Australia.

Our development pipeline has picked up pace with our flagship Dinawan Energy Hub project (wind, solar, BESS) having been awarded Access Rights and other key projects being actively pushed towards financial close.   To support that, we are growing our legal team and are now hiring two key roles, a Senior Legal Counsel and a Legal Counsel to complement our existing team.  We’re looking for team members who are passionate about renewables, making a difference, and who align with our core values of integrity, authenticity and excellence.

The Opportunities

Reporting directly to our Chief Legal Officer, both roles will provide critical legal support across our portfolio, including our operational Bomen Solar Farm and our growing pipeline of solar, wind, and BESS projects across the National Electricity Market.

You will be involved across the full project lifecycle, drafting, reviewing, advising and negotiating across the spectrum of legal issues and contracts related to development (including land agreements, grid contracts and PPAs), financing, construction, and operations.

These are hands-on roles that offer the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams and external advisors and stakeholders in a fast-paced and purpose-driven environment.

What we’re looking for:

We are recruiting two roles – Senior Legal Counsel (>8 years) and Legal Counsel (3-6 years PQE):

Senior Legal Counsel

• The successful candidate will have worked for several years in private practice or in-house environments on major infrastructure projects (ideally renewable energy projects) and have a deep understanding of the legal issues and contracts relevant to bringing a project through its development phase into construction, and then operation
• Substantial experience advising on, drafting and negotiating contracts in a range of the following areas is required: land agreements, project approvals, procurement/construction contracts, grid connection contracts, PPAs, M&A agreements and project finance agreements. That is, the successful candidate will come ready to hit the ground running in key workstreams.
• This role will support our operational Bomen Solar Farm in relation to asset management, O&M and related contractual advice.
• Experience with government contracts (especially LTESAs, CISAs or Access Rights agreements), will be well regarded.
• Experience with governance and compliance activities (e.g. NER, SOCI,[MT1]  FIRB) will be well regarded.

Legal Counsel

• The successful candidate will have experience in advising on legal issues and drafting and negotiating a range of agreements relevant to renewable energy projects (e.g. NDAs, land agreements, project approvals, consultancy agreements and procurement contracts). Experience in the energy industry and with energy specific contracts will be well regarded, particularly experience with construction contracts.
• This role will support governance and compliance activities in the team, and experience with these activities (e.g. NER, SOCI, FIRB) will be well regarded.
• This role will provide legal research support across a range of issues relevant to renewable energy projects.
• Experience with government contracts (especially LTESAs, CISAs or Access Rights agreements), will be well regarded.

Both roles

• You thrive in a fast paced, agile environment without compromising attention to detail and the quality of your work.  Your communication skills, both verbal and written are strong.
• You are comfortable taking ownership of your deliverables and you work just as well in a team as you do autonomously, and you have a flexible approach to change.  You are collaborative by nature and are willing to tackle multiple tasks and to support larger or more complex matters as they present which may include extended and complex negotiations.
• You approach your role with a low ego, high integrity growth mindset, striving to develop your own skillset, and being alive to finding opportunities for the company to refine its systems and processes to optimise its efficiency and productivity – we welcome innovation (including the use of AI) and seek candidates who show initiative and bring a desire to achieve best practice.

Why you’ll love working with us: 

We believe our culture is second to none, and our exceptional retention rate is testament to that. We are a team of passionate professionals from diverse backgrounds, united by our focus on sustainability and our purpose to build Australia’s renewable energy future.

Our team is supportive, and we have an open-minded, forward-thinking, and inclusive culture. We offer a range of employee benefits including flexible work arrangements, a hybrid work environment, great office location in Manly with ocean views, and a strong focus on professional development and health and wellbeing.  You also get the opportunity to work on impactful, future-focussed projects.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion:

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our company and celebrate difference in all that we do. We believe our people are our greatest asset and by supporting and incorporating their diverse talents, knowledge, perspectives, and experiences we can strengthen our relationships within our community and influence real change.

We are committed to building a team that represents a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, gender, skills and abilities. We are also committed to fostering meaningful change within our organisation and community, including First Nations communities, through the implementation and embedding of our Reconciliation Action Plan.

You can find out more about the great work that we do here  Spark Renewables.

How to Apply

If this role sounds like you, please apply by providing a covering letter specifically addressing the selection criteria together with your CV.