- Corporate Services
- Legal, Risk and Compliance
- Melbourne
- Full Time, Permanent
- Leading National Health and Education member-based organisation
- Full time, permanent opportunity with Melbourne / Sydney location and WFH options
- $128,661 p.a, plus 14% Superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading
- excellent drafting and oral communication skills.
- strong generalist/commercial advisory experience with exposure to a combination of IP, privacy, administrative law and charitable law.
- demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective professional relationships.
- demonstrated ability to provide pragmatic advice, write in a simple, informed manner about complex matters with strong analytical ability .
- ability to multi-task and balance priorities in a complex fast paced environment.
- a law degree from an Australian institution or equivalent.
- hold a current Australian practicing certificate.
- 5+ years post qualification in a private practice (in-house experience highly desirable).
- high ethical standards and integrity in all working relationships.
- Provide legal advice to the RACGP, including:
- o general legal advice including statutory compliance, data privacy, property and insurance.
- o commercial advice and negotiation of a range of contracts (including grants).
- o appropriate management of legal and commercial risks, including redrafting of relevant documentation.
- o intellectual property, including trademarks, copyright and IT matters.
- o corporate advice including constitutional interpretation and compliance.
- o scope and deliver projects to improve governance of RACGP and implement strategies.
- o general risk management, statutory and regulatory compliance and day to day advice and support.
- o FOI and regulator requests.
- o advice on relevant aspects of health law and medical practitioner regulation
- Support the development, delivery and implementation of LRC employee training.
- Assist in the maintenance of the RACGP's compliance registers.
- Anticipate the business' requirements and recommend ways of satisfying client expectations in legally compliant, innovative ways.
- Represent the legal team by participating on project teams across the RACGP.
- Assist in providing oversight on legal and business operations including identifying business and commercial risk.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the LRC team to identify opportunities for improvement in the areas of governance and legal compliance.
- Maintain an awareness of external governance and legal compliance trends.
- Be a champion of compliance across the RACGP.
- 14% superannuation
- Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period
- 17.5% annual leave loading for EA employees
- Hybrid working arrangements
- High-profile health and education organisation where progressive leadership, innovation integrity, collaboration and accountability are valued.
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Legal Counsel - Melbourne, Australia - RACGP
Description
6/5/2024
About the RACGP
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is the voice of general practitioners (GPs) in our growing cities and throughout rural and remote Australia. For more than 60 years, we've supported the backbone of Australia's health system by setting the standards for education and practice and advocating for better health and wellbeing for all Australians.
We foster the future of general practice through our profession-led, community-based training model for the Australian General Practice Training Program and other training pathways. We train GPs to deliver quality, whole-person care to patients across Australia, support their ongoing professional development and provide a point of connection for GPs serving communities in every corner of the country.
We're committed to diversity and social inclusion and encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If you require any support or adjustments to participate in any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know in your application.
About you
As our Legal Counsel, you will be an excellent communicator in both drafting and oral communication skills and posses a positive "can do" attitude with a willingness to take ownership over matters and issues. You have a track record of building strong working relationships with your colleagues and are considered a trusted advisor.
To thrive in this role, you'll have:
About the opportunity
Reporting to the General Counsel / Head of Legal Services, you will provide support and assistance to the RACGP business units to manage legal and commercial risks under the general supervision of the General Counsel and Senior Legal Business Partners.
In addition, you'll:
The Benefits
To apply
Click on the 'Apply' button to submit your CV and cover letter as one document.
Please apply as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications as they are submitted, and interviews will commence with suitable applicants who have applied.
Towards the end of the process, applicants will be asked to complete pre-employment screening, which may include reference checks and/or a National Police Check. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
For a copy of the position description, visit
RACGP internal applicants, please notify your current manager of your application for any internal RACGP opportunities.
We respectfully will not be accepting any applications from recruitment agencies for this role.
Applications close : 17th May 2024
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