AddressDo you thrive in a dynamic business environment and possess a passion for ensuring legal and ethical compliance?
If so, we want you on our team! Sadleirs, a leading Australian family-owned business specialising in freight forwarding, logistics, and warehousing, is seeking a sharp and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our Head Office.
Reporting to General Counsel in this pivotal role, you'll play a key role in safeguarding Sadleirs' legal and ethical standing. Your responsibilities will include:
Key Duties
- Provide support and assist with review and drafting of contracts relating to commercial, property and logistics matters and support the business to manage commercial relationships.
- Provide legal advice to all areas of the business, the Executive and the Board as required.
- Review documentation and consider compliance with relevant legislation.
- Keep informed of pending industry and regulatory changes, trends and best practices and assess the potential impacts of these on organisational processes.
- Provide support and guidance to management team on managing new opportunities and their associated risks.
- Advise the business on insurance related matters, particularly for material contracts or new business.
- Pro-actively identify obligations arising from relevant requirements and standards contained within regulatory systems and internal policies applicable to Australia/NZ business operations, including ACCC, corporations’ law, safety and environmental laws.
- Support the business in conducting or directing internal investigations or compliance matters and review of processes.
- Support training and education of the management team, employees and other stakeholders.
- Assist the Company Secretary with company secretarial matters.
- Support General Counsel to ensure that the Sadleirs group is conducting business in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Current Australian Legal practising certificate or entitlement to hold such a certificate.
- The role will suit a lawyer with 7+ years post admission experience, including experience as an in-house lawyer.
- A keen sense for commercial outcomes and delivering quality legal advice.
- Confidence to run matters and make decisions to achieve pragmatic solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience in logistics or transportation industry is desirable, but not essential.
- The right to live and work in Australia.
Culture & Values at Sadleirs
Sadleirs is a diverse and historic family-owned business specialising in Logistics, Global Freight and Packaging. We have expanded our infrastructure and services to become one of Australia’s most trusted brands.
Our culture is a product of our ‘Family Values’ – SAFE, One Sadleirs, Customer Commitment, Communicate Openly & Honestly, Empowerment and Respect. We use our values to make decisions and therefore we make a deliberate choice about what is important to us and our business.
We strive to recruit like-minded talent, who want to build their success on our Family Values.
Sadleirs recognise the value of diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all minority groups.
What Sadleirs can offer you
Enjoy working for a company that still has old family values with a culture that makes you feel valued:
- Permanent full-time employment direct with Sadleirs
- Comprehensive induction and on-site training
- Option to purchase up to an additional 4 weeks leave annually
- Discounted Gym membership
- Access to our Employee Wellbeing Initiative Program
- Corporate rates for Private Health Insurance
- Other Employee benefits
So, if you are looking to assist in shaping the future of Sadleirs with your legal expertise and strategic advice then we want you to reach out.
We can't wait to meet you!
