Manager Legal And Compliance

About the Role

The Manager Legal and Compliance is responsible for the direct management of the legal team and the compliance function, providing high-level Legal and Compliance advice, managing disputes, drafting and reviewing contracts and other legal documentation. The Manager Legal and Compliance supports internal stakeholders on legislative and Compliance developments and obligations to ensure alignment across the business and resolution of issues to deliver greater business efficiency.  This role will support the General Counsel/General Manager Governance and Assurance and will be required to act up into that position on occasion. This role requires commercial acumen, the ability to be agile and responsive to the business’s requirements, and a willingness to work with stakeholders and internal clients at all levels. 

Key duties include:

• Research, prepare and review legal documentation including commercial agreements. 
• Provide targeted and commercially focused legal advice in relation to the diverse areas of the business, including agreements, property, workplace health and safety, projects, environment, disputes and external relations.
• Provide leadership and management strategies for litigation, claims and disputes.
• Provide practical and targeted advice on legal concepts, including interpretation and application of relevant legislation. 
• Support and undertake investigations, where required, into significant incidents and have oversight of the compliance of reporting to regulatory agencies in relation to such incidents.
• Manage day to day relationships with external law firms.
• Management of and contribution to, Fremantle Ports’ compliance function, including creation and maintenance of appropriate legislation registers, compliance frameworks, compliance education and reporting and allocation of accountabilities and awareness of obligations. 
• Ensure applicable legal changes are reported to the Board and Board Sub-Committees (Audit and Risk Management and People, Safety, Environment and Community) and Executive Team.
• Management of direct reports, including formulation of team objectives, operational plans and targets to achieve corporate targets.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Law. 
• Legal practising certificate with at least 8 years’ PQE and in-house experience.
• Extensive knowledge of legislative and statutory compliance environments.
• Extensive experience in applying governance-related principles and their application in a business environment.
• Well-developed leadership skills with previous experience managing legal teams.
• High level attention to detail with experience in the crafting of policies, procedures, reports and other written documentation.
• Experience in any of the following would be an advantage: ports and maritime environments, construction, property, disputes and projects.

About Us

Fremantle Ports is a government trading enterprise with proven commercial success and a highly regarded reputation with its partners, the community, and other stakeholders. The Port of Fremantle is a vital transport hub, supporting Western Australia's economic growth by facilitating more than $40 billion of trade in 2022/23. Fremantle Ports acts as both a landlord, and the operator of its own import and export facilities in Kwinana.

At Fremantle Ports, we are proud to have a clear set of four values that set expectations about how we will behave: collaboration, accountability, respect and excellence. These are brought together and further supported under the acronym of CARE.

Benefits

Fremantle Ports can offer attractive employee benefits including free onsite parking, 22 days annual leave per annum, flexible working arrangements, onsite gymnasium, active social club and access to health and wellness programs. 

Location: Fremantle, WA

To Apply

If you think you have the right skills and experience for this position, please click ‘Apply Now.’ Further information is detailed in the employee job description. For specific queries, please send the Recruitment Team an email via ***************@fremantleports.com.au - applications sent direct to this email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: Tuesday 16th April 2024 at 5:00pm AWST.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

FREMANTLE PORTS IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS TO APPLY