About the role

Based at our Brisbane Office ideally, however open to suitable candidates from Townsville, Parramatta, Adelaide, Melbourne, the Senior Agreements and On Road Contract Specialist is responsible for supporting the delivery of local On Road requirements for procurement and the ongoing review and reporting of the memorandums of understanding with each jurisdiction.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• Manage existing service agreements and / or memorandums of understanding that exist between the NHVR and other government agencies including the review and monitoring of their performance, preparing performance reports, negotiating required changes and ensuring all obligations and disputes are resolved.
• Lead the development of new agreements or renewal of current agreements as part of an agreed approach to rationalise and harmonise current jurisdictional service agreements
• Build strong and effective internal and external relationships to undertake and manage sensitive commercial negotiations and discussions with customers, contractors, government agencies and other relevant third parties.
• Liaise with NHVR’s Legal Service, Procurement and Commercial services to ensure that all activities comply with NHVR policy, procedure and best practice and that NHVR’s rights and responsibilities under contracts and other legal processes are met.
• Provide high level advice to business areas to ensure the requirements of service agreements and being met and that business areas are aware of obligations under the agreements.

NHVR is currently undertaking considerable transformation, and this is an exciting time to join the organisation.

To learn more, the position description can be found on the NHVR Careers site - https://careers.nhvr.gov.au/jobs/search

About You

As the ideal candidate you will have a depth of experience in a similar position and possess a solutions focused positive mindset.

Motivated to contribute to outcomes, you will be an out of the box thinker, who thrives in contract negotiations.  Your exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills will see you successfully work with a diverse internal and external groups.

To be successful in this role you will possess

• Tertiary qualification in, legal or related business discipline 
• Admitted as a legal practitioner of the High Court or Supreme Court of a State or Territory (preferred)
• Demonstrated experience in commercial contract negotiation, review and amendments.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence broad stakeholder groups with a view of achieving harmonised outcomes and achieving business growth.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate productive working relationships with a network of key internal and external stakeholders.
• High level written communication skills including the ability to assist in the preparation of detailed policy proposals and prepare briefing notes for consideration by Executives and Ministers.

Why join us?

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia.

We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

We offer

• A competitive salary package up to $141,018.55 + superannuation
• Monthly RDO and paid leave over Christmas closure.
• Hybrid working environment – up to 2 days from home
• Up to 14.5% superannuation through a co-contribution scheme
• Leave loading 17.5%
• Wellbeing programs – discounted fitness through Fitness Passport, Discount health insurance, flu vaccine, financial programs including discounted banking products, finance information sessions.
• Salary packaging options including novated lease.
• Discounted IT products including Microsoft and free family password security plan.
• Ongoing training and professional development support
• Professional membership

Application Process

Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements of the role.

Applications close: 30^th May 2025 (applications may close earlier than the listed closing date if suitable candidate/s are identified prior).

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team on recruitment@nhvr.gov.au.

Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.