Legal Counsel – Commercial And Contracts

Job Description:
We are currently recruiting for a Legal Counsel – Commercial and Contracts.
In this role you will be part of the valued in-house legal team for the St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) Group, working closely with Group General Counsel to provide strategic and legally sound advice to support SVHA business activities and commercial decision making, highlighting business risks and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
Key responsibilities include:

• Drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts including healthcare and aged care related, IT/ technology, private health insurance, property and construction, procurement and general commercial
• Providing general and regulatory advice with a focus on the health and aged care industry
• Assisting with:

• corporate governance and legislative compliance
• developing legal precedents, policy, processes and workflows
• strategic corporate initiatives related to legal, risk, governance and privacy
• briefing and instructing external legal advisers including efficient matter management and maintaining relationships

Selection criteria for this position include:

• Tertiary qualification in law
• Admitted to practice in at least one state jurisdiction in Australia
• Unrestricted practising certificate in at least one state jurisdiction in Australia
• Prior experience in a leading law firm and/or as an in-house counsel in a large complex organisation.
• Experience in major contracts and transactions and contract drafting

The following will be viewed favourably:

• experience gained in a corporate healthcare or aged care environment and/or advising healthcare, aged care and home care clients
• experience in advising on IT/ technology, private health insurance, property and construction, procurement
• Experience in risk, compliance and governance including assisting with Board processes
• Experience in dispute resolution

This position will be offered as a full time permanent role based out of our Sydney or Brisbane offices.
For more information, please refer to the position description.
About St Vincent’s
30,000+ employees work across diverse healthcare settings including critical frontline roles at St Vincent’s Health Australia. Our shared goal is outstanding care and we are looking for a Legal Counsel to make every employee successful in this goal.
St Vincent's Health Australia is the largest diversified health care organisation within Australia's not for profit Catholic health care sector. St Vincent’s is a clinical, research and education leader and operator of private hospitals, public hospitals and aged care services in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland .
As a valued employee of St Vincent’s we can offer you:

• Tax saving salary packaging benefits through Smart Salary
• Access to health and wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, employee assistance program and discounted private health insurance
• Flexible working arrangements, including working from home
• A friendly team environment with a great community care spirit.

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist: Review the following documents:
Contact Details: Group General Counsel, Paul Fennessy, Paul.Fennessy@svha.org.au
Alternate Contact: Senior People Partner, Hannah Manton, hannah.manton@svha.org.au
Closing Date: 12 March 2024 11:59pm
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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