AddressAbout us
Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of Australians?
Approximately 50 Australians die every day from heart disease, and as Australia's leading heart health charity, we are committed to changing this!
We do this through:
- Funding high-impact research, supporting emerging and leading heart health researchers
- Working to improve heart disease prevention, detection, care and support for all Australians
- Advocating to governments and industry for increased funding and resources for heart health
- Building community awareness about living a heart-healthy lifestyle through public health awareness campaigns, accessible information and resources
- Supporting health professionals in their work to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage heart disease.
How can you make a difference?
The Legal Counsel role is at the heart of the Legal, Risk and Governance Team, helping to keep the whole organisation beating!
As our Legal Counsel, you will liaise with internal stakeholders to understand their goals and objectives, and more specifically their legal, compliance and risk needs and obligations in achieving these outcomes. Working in close collaboration with experienced in-house lawyers, you will provide accurate presentation of legal issues, together with analysis opinions and recommendations.
From working with teams on complex projects, to contributing to internal polices to better the lives and work of our staff, you'll find great satisfaction in putting your legal expertise to work, while developing customer-focused outcomes and maintaining strong working relationships.
If this sounds like the perfect way to use your law degree to better the lives of people in Australia, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
Please see the attached Position Description for a full listing of responsibilities.
- Participate as a member of the Legal function by reviewing, negotiating, advising and managing all aspects of all contracts and due diligence within the organisation.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the Heart Foundation's regulatory environment to ensure that all matters comply with all relevant regulatory provisions and internal policies.
- Advising on a variety of matters including general commercial matters, privacy, wills and estates, data protection and contract law.
- Participate in complex projects across the Heart Foundation, to ensure appropriate regulatory, policy and legal considerations.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures, as well as the development and delivery of organisation wide training for these.
- Working closely with business stakeholders to conduct negotiations and devising arrangements to achieve strategic objectives.
Let's talk about you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- A law degree and unrestricted Australian practicing certificate, with demonstrated knowledge of broad commercial and contract law matters.
- Willingness to use initiative to seek out and undertake further professional development opportunities, learning a broad range of legal, compliance and commercial areas.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide strong customer-focused outcomes across multiple teams, with a proven ability in developing and maintaining strong working relationships, successfully collaborating across internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated initiative and capacity to manage workload in tight timeframes.
Desirable
- Previous experience in an in-house legal team.
- Previous experience in regulatory, privacy and data protection advisory.
- Demonstrated experience advising across different legal areas of an organisation.
- Approximately 2 to 5 years PAE.
Why work with us?
Our team believe in our purpose: we make a difference every day through meaningful work. We promote active living and support our employees to have healthy work life balance.
- Generous salary packaging
- The ability to work from home up to 50% of your working week
- Programs and initiatives that focus on your wellbeing at work.
Ready to apply?
To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter that addresses the responsibilities and your experience by clicking the apply now button below. Please refer to the position description available on our website for further information about the role.
Applications will close on Wednesday 3 July 2024. We can heartly wait to hear from you!
(PS: We may commence shortlisting candidates prior to the closure of this role, so please don't delay submitting your application!)
Be yourself, express yourself
We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We strive to represent the communities we serve and recognise the skills, knowledge and experience a diverse team brings to our organisation. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other diverse groups.
Our commitment to health & safety
Please note that any offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks which must be completed prior to commencement. This may include a national criminal history check, working with children check and other background checks relevant to the specific role.
