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Salary- Leverage your previous legal experience across the Qld CTP scheme to support Suncorp and its customers.
- A flexible role with a collaborative team.
- Permanent opportunity in Brisbane.
What you'll do
- Providing legal support with complex claims and advising on issues including compliance, indemnity, liability, fraud, quantum and limitation periods.
- Drafting Submissions
- Providing verbal and strategic advice to Insurance claims under the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994.
- Dispute resolution and litigation support driving matters to expeditious, commercially and legally appropriate outcomes.
- Advise on the implications of regulatory change and key legal decisions.
- Provide legal support to other jurisdictions including public liability and NSW CTP.
- Actively identify matters which have the potential to significantly impact the Group's interests and ensure appropriate escalation of such matters.
- Partner with the business to simplify complex legal problems into concepts that can be easily understood.
- Embody the Being @ Suncorp Behaviours as stipulated in the model; Do the Right Thing, Be Courageous, Care for Others.
- Actively promote a 'one team' approach across the Legal & Secretariat community.
- Operate with minimal supervision.
- Proactively manage and minimise external legal spend, ensuring the Group receives value for the services provided and providers are held to account.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives that lead to operational efficiencies.
- Operate within relevant approved Risk Appetite Statements including complying with all laws, regulations and policies.
- Tertiary qualifications in Law - Mandatory
- Current Practising Certificate - Mandatory
- Admission as a Solicitor or Barrister in any Australian Court - Mandatory
- Minimum 5-10 years relevant legal experience - Mandatory
- Experience in insurance and financial services - Desired
- Experience in a major law firm or as in-house counsel - Desired
- Comprehensive understanding of the provision of legal services.
- Strong customer service and relationship management focus.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work across a broad spectrum of matters and jurisdictions and a willingness to leverage existing skills in new areas.
- Ability to deal with confidential or sensitive information in a discrete and professional manner.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Highly ethical behaviour consistent with Suncorp's model litigant policy and values.
- Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as banking and insurance products.
- A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave and unlimited paid emergency response leave.
- Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
- Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council.
- We offer support and various programs for our people: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health & Wellbeing, Study Support, Employee Referral Program, Facilities for nursing mothers, Company share options, Social club, Years of Service Recognition.
We're proud to be a part of the Suncorp Group family alongside some of Australia's most trusted and diverse names in insurance. Together, we share a drive to make the complex simple and bring our customers peace of mind when it matters most while helping to evolve and innovate the ways we can serve our community every day. That comes with all kinds of exciting opportunities for you to grow your own career. Whether you're guiding people through life's biggest moments or providing them with support in times they need it most, you'll be driven forward by our shared customer obsession and supported at every step of the journey.
For over 100 years Suncorp Group has been driven by our guiding Purpose to build futures and protect what matters. To ensure we deliver on that Purpose, we've made a commitment, built on trust, empowerment, and flexibility to help our people unlock their full potential and unleash their best and brightest selves. With the backing and support of some of the most trusted names in banking and insurance, the Suncorp Group family provides our people with every opportunity to grow their career as they make a meaningful difference for our customers and our communities. We're excited about what we can achieve together, working every day to be better, do more and realise the future we want to see just beyond the horizon.
If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for, please apply online today.
