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Avant Mutual is Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.
Avant Mutual is looking for a Legal Counsel to join our team on a 12-month, fixed-term contract for a parental leave cover. This role can be based in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide with a hybrid working arrangement.
In this role you will be assisting our Senior Legal Counsel with the provision of corporate, commercial and financial services legal advice and governance advice to all of Avant's businesses. This role is tasked with understanding our legal and regulatory obligations and various industry issues insofar as they impact the Avant Group and/or its members and policyholders.
The key responsibilities include:
- Undertake the review of marketing material to ensure legal compliance.
- Provide corporate legal, commercial and governance advice to all of Avant's businesses.
- Contract drafting, review and negotiation.
- Insurance product advice and documentation.
- Statutory interpretation and advice on legislative reform impacting Avant's business.
- Litigation support for corporate litigation.
- Legal Advice on complaints and potential disputes, including at AFCA.
- Staff legal training.
- Provide support to senior Lawyers, the General Counsel & Office of the CEO.
- Tertiary qualifications (LLB or equivalent).
- Current NSW (or other Australian State) Legal Practitioner Practising Certificate – mandatory
- Minimum 3 years' post qualification experience in a mid or top-tier firm.
- Private practice experience in providing commercial legal advice.
- Previous experience working in an insurance and/or Australian financial services environment (beneficial).
- A pragmatic and commercial focus (including understanding of the commercial environment of the general insurance market).
- Highly developed stakeholder and people management skills.
- High level of written and spoken language skills.
- Understanding of the commercial environment of the general insurance market.
- At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.
- We value our people by offering an inclusive workplace with a diverse range of benefits, flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities. Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance.
- Your development is our priority and we have a variety of learning and development programs that will support you in your career.
- We offer support to our people via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health and Wellbeing programs, Tertiary Education Sponsorship and Support.
- We have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected and make a real difference to the lives of others.
As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
For further information please contact Lisa Craddock, Talent Acquisition Business Partner on lisa.craddock@avant.org.au. To be considered for this role you must apply through the online portal.
Why work at Avant?
At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.
We value our people by offering an inclusive workplace with a diverse range of benefits, flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities. Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance.
Your development is our priority and we have a variety of learning and development programs that will support you in your career.
We offer support to our people via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health and Wellbeing programs, Tertiary Education Sponsorship and Support.
We have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected and make a real difference to the lives of others.
For further information, please contact our Careers team at careers@avant.org.au.
Please note: Avant Mutual is a vaccinated employer. Prior to the commencement of your employment by Avant, you are required to be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus or have a medical certificate stating that you cannot receive a Covid-19 vaccination for valid medical reasons.
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- Seniority levelNot Applicable
- Employment typeContract
- Job functionLegal
- IndustriesInsurance
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