Are you a lawyer who wants to make a difference? This is an opportunity to join one of the world's most progressive NGO's in-house Legal and Governance Team. Save the Children Australia has undertaken a range of transformative changes in recent years, and we need you to help us continue our important work to help change the lives of children in Australia and beyond.

A place to make a difference:

This full time, permanent role is based in Melbourne CBD, with flexible working options available. You will provide high-quality legal advice and company secretarial support to internal Save the Children Australia clients and be part of our Legal and Governance Team, reporting to our Group General Counsel.

You will make a difference by:

• Delivering commercially focused in-house legal advice and support, including advising on acquisition and disposal transactions, fund establishment and management, AML&CTF compliance, funding agreements, intellectual property, data and privacy and regulatory compliance.
• Advising on and negotiating contracts for the Save the Children Australia Group, inclsuing its subsidiaries.
• Providing high quality and commercially focussed legal advice to the Executives and Boards of Save the Children Australia Group.
• Managing the Group's insurance placement.
• Providing support on special legal projects
• Advising on complex contracting models for large donors, including the Green Climate Fund.
• Act as company secretary for the SCA subsidiary boards including:
  • Preparing for and attending meetings of the 3 subsidiary boards and their committees and where necessary, the Save the Children Australia Board.
  • Preparing meeting minutes and managing action registers for subsidiary boards.
  • Maintaining annual board meeting schedules and work plans for subsidiaries.
  • Assisting with director appointments, onboarding and registrations..
  • Working collaboratively with stakeholders including the Company Secretary for Save the Children Australia, Chairs, Boards and CEOs of the subsidiaries.
  • Maintaining ACNC, ASIC and AUSTRAC and ensuring regulatory compliance.

A place to feel valued:

You are a highly motivated and values driven senior professional with excellent commercial acumen, sharp technical legal skills and the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships. You can confidently run your own matters and make good judgement calls. You are highly organised, thrive under pressure, solutions-focused, and keen to do work that directly impacts the lives of children around the world.
This role requires:

• Significant post admission experience as a practising lawyer either in private practice or in-house.
• Current Australian legal practising certificate.
• Company secretarial experience.
• A keen sense for commercial outcomes and delivering quality legal advice.
• Confidence to run matters and make decisions to achieve pragmatic solutions.

A place to belong:

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• A modern, up to date working space. Or the opportunity to work from home (WFH), or both!
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We've established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Committee).
• Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Applications close 4pm AEDT, on the closing date.

Position Description - Senior Lawyer / Company Secretary

For more information about this position, please contact Lindsay Evans on [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Lawyer & Company Secretary enquiry via EthicalJobs or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected]. We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [email protected] for further support.

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