Senior Legal Counsel

Will you actively create a healthier future for tomorrow?

At Medibank we're encouraged to think big. We have a clear purpose to impact better health outcomes for our customers, patients and our community.

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About the role:

The Privacy Legal Team at Medibank is a key business partner across the Medibank group and a part of the broader Trust, Legal & Compliance (TLC) group.

Reporting into the Head of Privacy Legal, a great opportunity has become available for a Senior Legal Ito join TLC.

The Senior Legal Counsel will be part of a legal team of highly regarded privacy and data/cyber protection experts that work closely with the business.

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for providing strategic, high quality, commercial and timely legal services across Medibank Group, supporting Medibank's compliance with privacy laws, regulations and internal policies, and management of privacy risks.

You will primarily be accountable for:

• Supporting the Head of Privacy to deliver a fit for purpose privacy legal function to support Medibank Group and implementation of Medibank's Privacy Management Plan/roadmap.
• Advising on privacy issues and risks in relation to commercial projects and proposals, complaints/disputes, and compliance with key legal obligations
• Provide quality, practical, timely privacy legal services across a wide range of business activities including, supporting strategic projects and business initiatives related to personal data; reviewing and preparing privacy impact assessments and providing specialised privacy, data protection and related legal advice
• Shaping the internal privacy framework and education program (including providing cultural leadership, conducting training, preparing relevant policies and procedures, and designing self-service tools)
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders at a senior level at Medibank.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, guidance and support within Medibank, including guiding less senior members of the Privacy Legal team and act as a role model/champion for privacy and data protection.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• 7+ years' post qualification experience (PQE) and substantial experience gained within a large commercial law firm or the in-house legal team of a large or complex organisation
• A minimum 3 years' experience specifically practicing privacy law (including the federal Notfiable Data Breach scheme).
• A strong understanding of and experience with the interrelationship of privacy and areas such as consumer laws, marketing, data governance and data security.
• Extensive experience in providing pragmatic, high quality, privacy law advice to both operational staff and senior stakeholders.
• Previous exposure to legal incident and compliance management; health records/health services; and/or negotiation and management of legal disputes would be an advantage.
• The proven ability to balance working autonomously and largely unsupervised while in a collaborative team environment, supervising and coaching more junior Legal Counsel if required and supporting the development and success of other team members.
• The ability to undertake objective and critical analysis, prioritise based on legal risk, navigate through multiple priorities in parallel, and excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and influencing skills.

A career with us

At Medibank, we believe work is something we do, not somewhere we go. Our modes of working - Collaboration, Connection and Concentration - help inform how your day is structured and where you choose to work will vary, depending on your role and requirements.

The wellbeing of our employees is our priority. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you. Virtual interviews are always on offer and will not adversely impact your application.

We offer a range of great benefits such as subsidised private health insurance, rewards and discounts, and health and wellbeing initiatives. To find out more, click here.

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