Senior Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Hostplus Full time

How will you make an impact?

Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members dignified retirement?

In this role you will provide invaluable practical and commercial legal advice, empowering us to achieve our strategic objectives while upholding the highest legal standards.

The opportunity

As a Senior Legal Counsel at Hostplus, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring our legal strategies align seamlessly with our corporate vision. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you'll provide invaluable legal support across a spectrum of superannuation and corporate governance disciplines, from contracts and employment to mergers between superannuation funds. Your role will be instrumental in driving Hostplus’ continued success.

  • Provide comprehensive legal support to advance strategic and commercial objectives.
  • Deliver high-quality and timely legal advice to the business, ensuring clarity and accessibility.
  • Address emerging legal issues affecting the Fund and develop proactive solutions.
  • Develop and refine policies, procedures, fact sheets, and guidance notes to support operational excellence.
  • Draft and negotiate a diverse range of commercial agreements, capturing business objectives and technical nuances accurately.
  • Review and draft regulatory documents including product disclosure statements, financial services guides, and more.
  • Craft member communications, marketing materials, and press releases in alignment with legal requirements and brand standards.
  • Conduct internal staff training sessions and programs to enhance legal awareness and compliance.
  • Oversee work conducted by external counsel, ensuring deliverables meet expectations and budget constraints.
  • Provide supervision, mentorship, and development opportunities for junior team members.
  • Assume the role of 'General Counsel' during periods of absence to maintain continuity in legal operations.
  • Foster strong relationships between the Legal team and other business units, promoting collaboration and synergy.

About you:

  • You’ll be legally qualified with strong technical legal skills and in-depth knowledge in superannuation or Finance industries (knowledge of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) and APRA prudential standards)
  • Exceptional ability to influence others and develop strong working relationships
  • Robust negotiation, drafting and stakeholder management skills
  • Common sense judgment and a proactive, problem-solving approach
  • Ability to operate autonomously and to apply sound commercial and risk judgement to various situations
  • Ability to triage multiple priorities and work in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment

What can we offer you?

Our employees are passionate about what we do and are proud to be part of an organisation which helps everyday Australians achieve a brighter future. We value diversity of thought and have an open and flexible workplace. Some industry leading benefits we offer include:

  • Hybrid and flexible work environment
  • 15% superannuation
  • Additional paid leave over Christmas and New Year
  • Additional 5 days paid “flex leave”, so that you can take time out when you need it
  • 18 weeks paid parental leave
  • 3 days community service leave
  • 4 weeks paid gender affirmation leave
  • Access to long service leave at 5 years
  • Access to subsidised financial advice
  • Dedicated per person development budget to support your growth

Just to name a few

About us

At Hostplus, we passionately provide our over 1.7 million members with the best possible service; constantly looking for new ways to deliver better value while helping members get the most out of their super. We are inspired to help our members achieve greater security for their future and ensure they retire with dignity.

Your role at Hostplus will make a difference, whether you're in marketing, financial advice, operations or any of our other divisions - you'll be contributing to ensuring our members retire with the best possible outcomes, and what better feeling is there than knowing your role helps someone to retire with dignity and security?

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our members, and the communities we operate in.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, religions, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTIQ+ people, those with a disability, neurodiverse individuals, women, and people with a cultural or linguistically diverse background. If a reasonable adjustment is required to assist you during the recruitment process, please reach out to us via email at talent@hostplus.com.au

How do I apply?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the prompts to make an application.

We have an important duty to our members, all appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Check.

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