In-House Counsel – Either BNE or ADL.
Are you an experienced and qualified legal professional who’s looking for your next in-house role? Mutual Marketplace is a small but ambitious Procurement, Shared Services and Legal organisation based in both Brisbane and Adelaide.
We are looking for a 5 year+ In-House Legal Counsel to be a key player in our dynamic team.
We provide high-quality, customer-driven shared services to help drive sustainability. We do this by putting our customers at the heart of everything we do and are always innovating, improving, and simplifying how we do things.
Our purpose is to deliver shared services that make business simple. Central to all that we do are our values of Kindness, Ambition, Responsibility and Efficiency.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Head of Legal, this important role provides legal, solution-based advice and requires a high degree of judgement in the commercial application of laws and regulations to the business and its customer base.
Your working week will be busy and diverse and include the following core responsibilities (as an example):
1. Working with and provide legal advice to the business and its customers, including:
- drafting, negotiating, reviewing and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts;
- devising legal strategies to minimise risk to customers and Mutual Marketplace;
- advising on statutory compliance and regulatory issues;
- developing (and updating as appropriate) template agreements, internal policies, other precedents, and processes; and
2. Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external);
3. Monitoring legal and compliance risks and working with the Head of Legal and General Counsel to formulate appropriate mitigation strategies; and
4. Liaising with the procurement team members and other staff as required.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated legal professional with the ability to work independently. They will have a minimum of five years’ experience in commercial and contract law and must hold, or be eligible to obtain, an unrestricted practising certificate. While not essential, experience in the banking and finance sector will be viewed favourably.
In addition, you will:
- be experienced in reviewing, (plain English) drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and associated documents
- possess strong communication skills with natural ability to speak with a wide range of stakeholders, including Mutual Marketplace senior executives and workplace colleagues;
- be experienced in successfully managing stakeholders and their needs
- have strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise tasks and identify commercial risk.
WHY JOIN MUTUAL MARKETPLACE?
When you join Mutual Marketplace, you are joining a supportive, driven team in a collaborative work environment with a great company culture, where you can grow and thrive in the next step of your career.
Our people are at the centre of what we do and in addition, we:
- offer competitive remuneration package – reviewed annually.
- offer flexible work-from-home options. Our core office days are Wednesday and Thursday, plus one other day of your choice.
- provide 5 additional ‘life leave’ days per year.
- provide Employee Assistance Program, supporting you and your family’s health and wellbeing.
- encourage our staff to undertake professional development and training opportunities.
- value work life balance.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please apply via Seek with a covering letter and resume outlining your experience and relevant attributes in relation to the core competencies of this role. The role will be appointed as soon as the right applicant is found – Apply now.
Applicants must have the right to work in Australia. Applicants will be required to undertake appropriate background screening and referees will be sought from candidates following the interview process. For further information or for a confidential discussion please contact Human Resources at mmhr@mmpl.com.au.
Mutual Marketplace is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that celebrates the difference in all our employees. We endeavour to ensure our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all applicants, and if you require any special accommodations to apply for this role, we encourage you to let us know at the time of your application.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Mutual Marketplace collects the personal information you provide in your application, and via the application process, in order to assess your application. During the application process, we are also likely to collect personal information about you from third parties, such as referees when they provide references, academic institutions or training, certification providers, providers of licence and background-checking services, recruiters, and other service providers who assist in the process, and other publicly available sources such as social media platforms. If you choose not to provide us with the personal information requested, we may be unable to process your application.
We disclose your personal information to our workers who assist us in operating our business, third parties to whom you have agreed we may disclose your information, or as otherwise required or authorised by law. We use third-party service providers to operate our business and assess your application, and those third-party service providers may have access to your personal information as a result of our use of their services. Some of those service providers are located overseas, such as LinkedIn and Microsoft located in the United States of America. We take reasonable steps to ensure these third parties have appropriate security for your personal information, and where possible, we require that personal information be held on servers located in Australia.
More detailed information about how you can access and request correction of personal information we hold about you, and how you can make a complaint about a breach of privacy, can be found in our privacy policy, available on Mutual Marketplace’s website.
