Legal Counsel
Amber Electric
Legal
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Posted on Monday, August 26, 2024
⚡️ About Amber
Amber is a new way to buy and sell power, designed for a world powered by renewable energy. We give customers direct access to the real-time wholesale electricity price as it varies every 5 mins. We then provide the technology to shift energy usage to the times when cheaper renewables are available in the grid and export to the grid at times when the price is highest. It’s a cheaper way to buy power, a more rewarding way to sell power, and the fastest way for Australia to reach 100% renewable energy.
We have thousands of customers who love what we are doing and a great product that will play a significant role in driving Australia towards a renewable future. We are backed by Australia’s leading VCs (including Square Peg Capital and Main Sequence Ventures), impact-focused investors and individuals, and most recently by Commonwealth Bank, NRMA and Gentrack.
We’re now at a critical moment in taking the business to real scale as we disrupt a huge market for the better. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and a great culture of people who love coming to work to build a better world. You’d be a part of a rapidly growing team of over 100 with expertise across energy, technology, marketing, and operations.
💻 About the Role
Interested in a purpose-driven role at a start-up?
We’re looking to hire an in-house Legal Counsel. As a key contributor in the Legal team you will:
- add value by helping all areas of the business to make commercial decisions in the best interests of Amber
- be approachable and supportive in working with other teams to shape projects that drive Amber forward
- be a trusted partner in helping people at Amber achieve their goals.
🔋Legal Counsel Responsibilities
- Provide practical legal advice on a variety of issues including consumer protection, data privacy and security, and guidance on operational processes to make sure they are compliant with energy laws and regulations
- Work with our technology and marketing teams to deliver new products and initiatives that help shift Australia to 100% renewable energy
- Draft and review commercial contracts and legal documents with 3rd parties and our customers
- Brief external counsel when necessary
- Respond to requests from regulators and provide feedback on regulations designed for a flexible, 2-way energy grid, along with internal guidance to operationalise new rules
- Prepare and deliver training materials to up-skill the Amber team
- Help drive Legal team efficiencies and improvements over time
The work of Amber Legal is varied and changing as the business evolves so ^these^ are just some things you can expect to work on
🎯 Key Requirements
- Bachelor of Laws and admitted to practice within an Australian jurisdiction
- 1-3+ years prior experience as a practising lawyer, or experience in a legal capacity, in one or more of the following fields: energy, regulatory, commercial, corporate, technology
- A good understanding of the regulatory framework applicable to electricity retailers across the National Electricity Market, or the ability to quickly acquire this knowledge
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Willing to engage critically with legal and commercial risks and opportunities
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- You’re a people person - you love both working with people and helping people
- You’re empathetic - you care and want to understand others
- You’re an excellent communicator - you know the right words and tone to use, whether you’re expressing something to a team member or external stakeholder
- You’re a problem-solver - you embrace challenges, think on your feet and work strategically to find solutions
- You’re persistent - you will be working in a fast-paced and changing environment and work well in difficult situations
At Amber, we want to hire self-starters who are eager to learn and are comfortable working in a constantly changing environment. Some of the key traits we are looking for in this role:
💚 Benefits
- Be part of a growing technology start-up that will shape the future of renewable energy in Oz
- We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and a great culture of people who love coming to work to build a better world
- You’d be a part of a rapidly growing team of over 100 with expertise across energy, technology, marketing, and operations
- Flexible working hours with work from home arrangements and a central hub in Melbourne CBD
- We offset 100% of your carbon footprint for as long as you work with us (via Nul)
- Equitable gender-neutral parental leave policies
- An external Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for mental health support
- Competitive salary and shares in Amber
- Annual Learning & Development budget to support your personal growth
This is a full-time or part-time role based in Melbourne. We’ve embraced a flexible work-from-home culture with the majority of the team spending a few days a week catching up at our office in the CBD when possible.
🌈 If this kind of work gets you excited, we'd love to hear from you!
Even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements listed above, we still encourage you to apply. We're open to all backgrounds and encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
✍️ How to Apply?
Please submit:
- your resume
- cover letter explaining why you’re made for this role & why you’re interested in working at Amber (no more than 1 page)
Our process will generally be:
- screening interview with our talent team
- take-home case study that should take no more than a few hours
- panel interview with Amber’s Senior Legal Counsel and a member of the Management team
- final chat with one of our Co-Founders and Co-CEOs