• Job title: Senior Legal Counsel
• Employment Type: Permanent full-time
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
• Location: Hybrid, office based in Richmond, Vic
  

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Contact: Matthew Claughton, HR Business Partner [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Legal Counsel enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we're on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

At Mercy Health, you'll become part of a proud history built on over 100 years of expertise, skill and care.

As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will work in a friendly and collaborative legal team reporting to the General Counsel. You will partner closely with business leaders on both project and BAU activities, particularly in commercial and property law matters arising in the hospital, aged care, retirement living and home care context.

Some of your daily work will include:

• Commercial Contracts: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts.

• Property Transactions: Advising on property acquisitions, disposals, and leasing arrangements.
• Construction: assisting Mercy Health's in-house construction team to prepare construction contracts in the aged care and seniors living context.
• Disputes Resolution: provide legal advice and represention in relation to disputes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal teams, senior management, and external legal providers.
• Continuous Improvement: Develop legal precedents, training, and process enhancements.

What you'll bring

We seek a proven leader with experience at Senior Associate level with demonstrable success within a complex, diverse and evolving environment. To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in law
• Current Victorian practicing certificate
• 7-10 years experience

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.