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At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
We are currently recruiting for a Manager Disputes within our legal team. Working closely with the Head of Legal (Disputes), the Manager Disputes will manage several of BHP’s most material disputes and regulatory engagements globally.
The Manager Disputes will be responsible for providing high quality technical advice to inform key company decision-making processes, proactively and independently managing legal risk and exposure associated with major disputes and related costs through the provision of quality, timely and cost-effective legal representation in conjunction with external legal services providers, and for monitoring and advising on relevant external developments.
This role is expected to deliver independent, strategic advice across all the subject areas covered by the Disputes team, balancing commercial, reputational, and legal risks and opportunities. Occasional travel domestically within Australia and internationally (when permitted) is required.
Your accountabilities include:
- Lead the management of material disputes and regulatory engagements for BHP, including:
- Managing an internal team of three permanent lawyers (plus secondees from time to time) and external counsel teams.
- Developing and implementing case strategy and overseeing the preparation of key court, inquiry and investigation filings, reports, correspondence, and advice.
- Internal stakeholder engagement, including with Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Group Governance and Group Reporting.
- Deliver independent, strategic advice across a range of subject areas, balancing commercial, reputational, and legal risks and opportunities.
- Disputes-related input into key company decision-making processes and the management of significant disputes-related risks and opportunities.
- Establish and maintain relationships with senior client groups and stakeholders.
- Support the Head of Legal (Disputes) with stakeholder reporting and briefings and managing a global team of disputes and regulatory professionals.
About You
The successful candidate will contribute to the success of BHP by providing specialist, strategic legal advice to enable the business to achieve its commercial objectives in compliance with applicable laws and consistent with the BHP Charter.
As a successful candidate you will possess the following:
- Deep technical understanding of Australian law and legal process (foreign legal experience and qualification is advantageous).
- Demonstrated experience in global disputes (litigation / arbitration) and regulatory investigations. Investigations experience is advantageous.
- Experience in the resources industry is highly regarded.
- Law degree and admission to practice in Australia, with current practising certificate.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English (Spanish is advantageous), including the ability to succinctly communicate legal strategy, risks, and opportunities.
- Strong understanding of emerging issues and disputes-related risks.
- Ability to lead and deliver very large legal projects involving cross-functional teams.
- Outstanding judgement in balancing competing financial and reputational priorities.
- Ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills.
- Commercial and strategic acumen.
Application close on Sunday, 31 Mar 2024
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].
