Legal Counsel, HammondCare

HammondCare

Location:
Australia, St Leonards

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Legal Counsel provides a broad range of legal advice and legal services and provides specialist expertise across HammondCare’s businesses. The Legal Counsel works with members of the HammondCare Executive on strategic and operational projects. The breadth of this role requires a strong level of business acumen and relationship building skills.

Job Responsibility:

Provides timely and accurate legal advice to HammondCare on a variety of matters including statutory reporting, corporate, commercial, contracts, property, estates, IT, IP, privacy and others across aged care, health and hospitals business
Monitors Privacy-related correspondence and provides privacy-related advice
Provides expert guidance on policy, risk-management, governance and legislative changes
Assists with legal aspects of projects from NDA to implementation and completion
Ensures that HammondCare complies with its legal obligations in pursuing its strategy
Protects HammondCare interests in contract negotiations
Maintains records on corporate governance, statutory reporting and contracts
Prepares and maintains precedents
Briefs external lawyers and independent consultants as required

Requirements:

Tertiary qualifications in Law and must hold a current practising certificate
Minimum 10 years post qualification legal experience
Commitment to engage and align with HammondCare’s mission, motivation and mission in action
Strong verbal communication, influencing and conflict resolution skills
Practical and perceptive, with good the problem-solving skills
Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
Displays initiative and possesses an attitude of service
Exercises good judgement to make sound, timely and well-informed decisions
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong administrative and computer skills including Word, Powerpoint and Excel
Interpersonal skills - builds rapport and trust quickly, alters approach to suit the situation and diffuses difficult situations in a manner that puts others at ease
Empathy and patience

What we offer:

NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefit (up to $2,650 tax free)
Flexible working options
Discounts on everyday products and services
Discounted healthcare memberships - access to network of fitness centres and pools for employees and families
Free access to independent counselling support for employees and families
Health & Wellbeing programmes
Career and professional development opportunities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 01, 2025

Expiration:
March 31, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Legal Counsel

HammondCare

Location:Australia, St Leonards

Category:Legal

Contract Type:Not provided