Senior Legal Counsel

1 month ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Seven West Media Full time

Are you a seasoned legal professional seeking a new challenge in a dynamic media company?

Seven West Media is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our team and drive business success.

The Opportunity:

As a Senior Legal Counsel at Seven West Media, you will play a key role in driving business growth. Your responsibilities will include ensuring compliance with legal frameworks, managing risks, and negotiating contracts that align with our commercial objectives.

You will contribute significantly to our company's success by focusing on delivering clear, timely, and strategic legal advice.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing clear and timely legal guidance and advice that non-lawyers can understand, customised to the business's needs.
  • Managing contracts to ensure alignment with corporate goals and to defend interests.
  • Proactively identifying and mitigating legal risks to maximize the company's position.
  • Assisting in implementing new company endeavors and ensuring compliance with legal regulations.
  • Fostering collaborative problem-solving by focusing on practical solutions that align with legal and commercial objectives.
  • Optimising resource allocation to maximize the value of legal services for the company.
  • Assist in team growth by sharing experience and developing legal templates and best practices to improve the team's effectiveness.

About You:

You will be an experienced Lawyer with strong interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, and a collaborative mindset. Your attention to detail, analytical thinking, and proactive approach will be extremely beneficial in our fast-paced environment.

You will have:

  • At least 6 years of experience in PQE, intellectual property, transmission, and digital agreements, with a strategic approach to complicated commercial negotiations.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills, and the ability manage delicate situations with sensitivity.
  • The ability to mentor junior team members and commitment to maintaining company values
  • Demonstrated expertise in managing external lawyers to provide high-quality legal advice at a reasonable cost.
  • A current practicing certificate and be in regular attendance of CPD training to stay up to date with current legal developments.
  • Demonstrates expertise in industry-specific legal concerns and trends, providing accurate and relevant advice.

Why Seven West Media?

We're looking for people like you to join our mission to be the most connected news, sport and entertainment brand in Australia.

Seven West Media is where you can come to make a difference – in your career, in our company and in the lives of 19 million Australians that we reach each month.

At the heart of our culture is the belief that creativity thrives on connection and collaboration – it's where the magic happens. Our offices across the country buzz with energy and inspiring interactions that can transform to magic on screen.

Some of our perks:

  • Recognition and Rewards programs:
    • Our peer nominated "Moments that move us" program recognises and rewards our people who shine bright by living our values every day.
    • Our 7Perks exclusive benefits platform provides discounts to over 500 retailers.
  • Time to manage life events:
    • Community Volunteering, Domestic and Family Violence Leave, Compassionate leave, Personal and Annual leave.
    • Fertility leave: Up to 5 days paid per year
    • Parental leave: Up to 14 weeks for the Primary Carer (dependent on service) and up to 3 weeks for the Secondary Carer (dependent on service)
  • Total wellbeing approach:
    • Nutritional, Exercise, Financial, Legal and Emotional wellbeing support via our EAP, Health and Wellbeing programs, and bespoke onsite events.
  • Learn your own way:
    • Own your learning by accessing our and programs. Decide what and when you learn with a mix of just in time online learning and facilitated programs.
    • Be mentored by the best in the business as part of our SPARK Mentoring program.

Better Together

Our "Better Together" Employee Advocacy Groups drive diversity, and inclusion efforts across the company ensuring that Seven West Media is an authentic workplace where everybody belongs. We're proud to be Australia's first media company to achieve the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality certification and partners with UN Women. In 2023 we launched our RAP as our commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous and First Nations communities and providing education and meaningful accountability for Seven West Media and our people.

Our Values

Our values are our compass. They serve as our roadmap to lead us not just to deliver great work but help to shape everything we do.

Your Professional Adventure Awaits...

Ready to embark on your career adventure? Apply now and become an integral part of shaping the future of Australian media.

The Seven West Media is an equal-opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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