Legal Counsel - Contracts Management

Provide legal advice & essential contract managementsupport to the Group Great culture and autonomy in the role Real Wellbeing starts here What makes us, us Established in 1840, we're Australia's first member-owned wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services to more than 700,000 Australians. Today, while we've grown to a company of nearly 7000 employees, our focus remains the same as it was 180 years ago — to deliver Real Wellbeing for our customers, members and the community. We support your Real Wellbeing so you can better support our members' and customers' wellbeing journey There are four key attributes that set us apart: Good people : We strive to set ourselves apart through the capability, warmth and expertise of our people. Wellbeing experts : Our breadth of capability enables us to provide smart solutions and services across all domains of wellbeing. Long-term commitment : As a member-owned company, we've been focusing on long-term outcomes and single-minded dedication to our members and customers since 1840. Driving positive impact : Everything we do is focused on making a positive difference at a personal, community and societal level. These pillars are infused with our values ofbold,warmandhonest Your opportunity Australian Unity are currently recruiting a new permanent, full time opportunity based at our Melbourne Offices.The Legal Counsel – Contracts Management will provide contract management and legal support to the Group Governance team, assisting with the creation, approval, execution and renewal of legal agreements throughout the contract lifecycle. The role will serve as a liaison between business stakeholders, the legal function, senior executives and third-party vendors and counterparties to facilitate contract creation, negotiation, execution, record keeping, monitoring, reporting and change management using the Icertis contract management system and associated workflows. The role will also provide contract management system operational helpdesk support and training for business stakeholders in all business platforms and support functions across the Australian Unity group. How this role supports the business Provision of in-house legal services through: Giving high quality, technical, professional, independent-minded legal advice on a range of corporate legal matters under the supervision of senior lawyers. Advising the Australian Unity group support functions, particularly with regard to the negotiation and finalisation of contracts. Providing assistance to the governance and company secretariat functions by advising on policies, procedures and corporate governance matters. Supporting the office of the CEO with key legal matters and review of marketing collateral and other publications. Advocating for and supporting compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements across Australian Unity. Demonstrating sound understanding of business principles, business opportunities and ability to make pragmatic legal recommendations. Support the Governance team with: Responding to contract requests and initiating contract approval workflows. Preparing contracts and other legal documents. Ensuring accurate records are maintained for all contracts. Managing allocation and progression of internal approvals within contract management system. Ensuring that contracts are properly executed and recorded within contract management system. Contract lifecycle monitoring and reporting. Conduct basic counterparty due diligence, including company and credit searches. Recording obligations and commitments and assisting vendor managers to monitor compliance with commitments. Conducting reconciliations between contract management system and procurement systems. Performing effective contract management and reporting. Legal matter management, including recording key events and producing management reports using Xakia and other systems. Provide effective and efficient support for Icertis contract management, legal matter management and document management system users within Governance and across the group, including: Assisting legal and business users with queries or workflow issues. Performing contract administration functions such as editing contract records, overseeing approval workflows and producing reporting. Overseeing the resolution of technical issues to ensure the proper and efficient execution of contracts, management of legal matters and storage and retrieval of associated legal documents. Developing learning and support materials for legal and business users. Developing and testing automated contract and other legal templates. Proactively identifying improvements for systems and processes, liaising with stakeholders and technology teams for implementation of improvements, enhancements and upgrades. Proactively identifying and implementing improvements to contract management and digital contracting system processes. Customer Focus: Drive a genuinely customer-centric culture through all interactions with internal stakeholders and external parties. Embed an operationally sustainable system to listen learn and respond to customer and employee feedback. Deliver and continue to enhance the business unit's customer value proposition. About you We are searching for a professional who will join us in striving to live our values of bold, warm and honest, in everything we do. Your expertise and qualifications will include: Tertiary Qualifications in Law coupled with a current practicing certificate Minimum 1 year of experience providing support in an inhouse legal or operational environment including managing contracts and vendors Experience providing high-quality legal matter management and contract management systems support, including technical knowledge of systems such as Icertis,Xakia and NetDocuments. Excellent stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills Experience working agilely in complex environments. Demonstrated ability to complete tasks to tight deadlines and the flexibility to handle constantly changing priorities Demonstrated ability in administration procedures and general business practices. Excellent PC skills using Microsoft Office Suite, contract management and legal matter and document management systems. Vacancy open from Friday 12th January 2024 and will have a closing date of Monday 12th February 2024. Salary Banding for the role: $60,000 - 80,000 inc super + eligibility to participate in our variable compensation program. Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people. #J-18808-Ljbffr