Governance Advisor

Avant is Australia’s leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.
Avant is looking for an experienced Governance Advisor to join our team on a permanent, full-time basis in our Sydney CBD office.
The role is responsible for assisting the Group Company Secretary to execute on the corporate governance of the Avant Group of Companies. The principal purpose of the position is to act as the second appointed Company Secretary of the Avant Mutual Group Limited and selected subsidiaries of the Avant Group along with oversee the embedment of the corporate governance framework for the Avant Group, its Boards and Board Committees.
**The key responsibilities include**:

- Governance: Assist the Group Company Secretary to administer processes, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory obligations while fostering efficiency and collaboration between board and management.
- Regulatory compliance: Maintain charters, policies and corporate records and ensure adherence to ASIC, APRA and other legal requirements.
- Oversight: Manage the day-to-day activities associated with Director Elections, the Annual General Meeting and annual reporting while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.
- Board and Committee meetings: Oversee the co-ordination of Board and Board Committee meetings.

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- This role is ideal for a legally qualified company secretary.
- A Bachelor of Law (or similar) and qualifications from the Governance Institute of Australia and/or AICD.
- Specialised knowledge of the Corporations Act and APRA prudential standards.
- At least 5+ years’ experience as an Appointed Company Secretary of a highly regulated company and 3+ years’ experience as a corporate lawyer or financial services lawyer.
- Overseeing and maintaining Group governance structures, including charters and key governance documents.
- Developing and implementing governance policies, processes and procedures.

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.

Avant now represents 90,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Avant supports doctors so they can serve Australia's diverse communities. Having diversity in our workforce brings valuable perspectives and strengthens our ability to support healthcare professionals.
Our inclusive workplace is somewhere everyone can succeed.