AddressFootball Australia is situated on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge the histories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building a brighter future together.
Football in Australia is a melting pot of approximately 2 million participants represented by over 200 different cultures, we are proud to be the most diverse and globally connected sport within the Australian sporting landscape.
This diversity in culture, ideas, and experience makes us strong and prepares us to achieve our vision to ‘be a leading football nation where everyone is inspired to live and love the game’. To achieve this, we live by our company values which include:
- Impact On & Off the Field: Challenge the way we think and do to seek ways to grow the impact football has, influence industry thought leaders.
- Inclusive & Diverse Football for all: Football is embedded in the nation's social fabric, follows the story of Australia, be accessible for all
- A United Team: Bringing people together to unleash the power of football and to deliver the vision, we bring the team spirit to the game
- Trust: Building trust across the whole football community, be trusted custodians of the game, act with integrity and objectivity
WHAT WE OFFER
At Football Australia we want to look after our people and below are just some of the many benefits of joining our team:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Birthday Leave
- Study Leave
- Wellbeing & Lifestyle leave
- Paid Parental leave in addition to statutory government offering
- Volunteer leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Partner discounts
- Workplace Banking Program
- Social Activities such as 5-a-side futsal
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the General Counsel, the Legal Operations Manager is responsible for providing in-house operational support to Football Australia Legal & Integrity & Compliance team. In performing this role, the Legal Operations Manager will provide support to the General Counsel, Head of Commercial Legal the broader Legal and Compliance Department to build processes to ensure the wider legal team is constantly improving its efficiency and operations. This role will be required to liaise with key business stakeholders and external legal service providers to ensure that the legal team is set up for success and well supported.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide administrative and operational support to the General Counsel;
- Work closely with the legal team to plan regular and meaningful meetings for the legal team and book and coordinate these meetings as well as assist in the planning of the meetings, agenda and co-ordination of logistics;
- Support the General Counsel and finance team in ensuring robust procedures are in place and being responsible for raising purchase orders, processing invoices, monitoring expenditure and tracking legal budget;
- Coordinate and liaise with outside legal counsel;
- Ensure key operational documents are kept up to date and published where appropriate;
- Support the General Counsel and the wider legal team in planning, coordinating and tracking legal team OKRs/goals;
- Support the General Counsel and the wider legal team in legal projects, project management and developing and preparing presentations;
- Support the General Counsel and the wider legal team in building out and maintaining knowledge;
ABOUT YOU
Experience, Skills and Qualifications:
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills
- Project management experience
- Conscientious worker with high attention to detail
- Advanced working knowledge and experience with MS suite (especially word, excel and PowerPoint) and software applications including sharepoint, workflow management platforms, document management systems and electronic signature systems (docusign).
- Reporting and data analytics skills including experience using reporting and analysis tools such as Power BI and Tableau
- Ideally experience with software and planning tools including Jira; Confluence; MS suite
- High standards of integrity, ability to represent Football Australia interests.
- Able to handle highly confidential and sensitive material with the discretion of an experienced legal professional.
- Ability to develop and format effective written materials used for presentations and/or the summary of research projects, etc.
- Ability to work autonomously and show initiative
- Multi-tasking abilities with a high degree of tenacity and persistence
- Pragmatic, analytical, resourceful and capable of combining legal expertise and common sense to provide pragmatic useful advice in a fast-paced environment;
- Team player, excellent communicator, ability to think through problems and achieve effective solutions, innovative and constantly seeking better ways of doing things.
Additional Requirements:
- Out of hours and weekend work as required
- Full working rights in Australia
- Working with children check (paid/employee) or state-based equivalent
- National Police Check
- International Criminal History Record for each country (other than Australia) in which you have resided for 12 months or more in the last 10 years (if applicable)
- Please note a paid Working with Children Check, National Police Check and International Criminal History Record (if applicable as per the above), is required to be submitted before any interviews are conducted
Application Closing Date: 9 July 2024
Football Australia are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our values and behaviours support and encourage an environment that sees its people drive impact on and off the pitch, are trusting in each other, united to achieve and embrace an inclusive environment.
We encourage applications from people who identify as female or non-binary, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island people, people with disabilities and people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you require support or advice with your application, please contact us.
In submitting an application, you agree to our collection statement. To review, head to the following link: www.footballaustralia.com.au/jobs/collection-statement
