Senior Legal Counsel

Title: Senior Legal Counsel - Sydney - Fixed Term Contract

Location: Barangaroo Australia

Employment Type:  Fixed Term (Full Time)

Business Area:  Legal, CoSec & Corporate Affairs

Division:  Legal

Job Description:

About the team

Servicing more than 350 markets in more than 50 countries, we originate grain from Australia, Canada, the UK and Ukraine, and connect directly with customers through overseas offices in Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and Delhi. With seven ports on east-coast Australia and a joint-venture port in Vancouver, Canada, we offer high-speed long-distance rail export capability.

The Group Legal Team is responsible for legal affairs of GrainCorp Limited and its subsidiaries. The Company has experienced significant growth and the Group Legal Team has been active in various acquisitions including integration, which has created a diversified platform of operations across the globe.

About the role

• Fixed term contract between 9 - 12 mths
• Join a medium sized in-house legal team
• Enjoy role autonomy with varied work
• Hybrid working pattern offered

Based at Sydney's Head Office in Barangaroo with a hybrid working pattern on offer, we are seeking experienced In-House Senior Legal Counsel to partner with the business providing expert strategic legal advice and counsel on legal matters affecting the operations of GrainCorp Limited and its subsidiaries to cover a parental leave contract for up to 12 months.

You will be a;

• Partner and engage proactively with business leaders to understand business priorities and objectives, challenges and risks
• Trusted & respected advisor with strong and effective relationships with key stakeholders, including the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leaders
• Support improved ways of working for the legal team through process improvement, enabling team members to focus on value-add, high impact work
• Proactive approach to subsidiary compliance activities
• Partnering with the business to deliver value in alignment with GrainCorp's functional and divisional strategic goals
• Provision of considered and pragmatic expert legal advice, managing legal risks, with a focus on commercial outcomes

About your experience

Our successful candidates will come to us with the following experience and attributes;

• Tertiary qualifications in law and current practicing certificate in NSW or other Australian state or territory
• Dependant on role, 5 -8 years' experience post-admission in-house, in a commercial environment or in private practice with secondment exposure
• Specialized knowledge of contract law, competition and trade practices legislation, privacy legislation, Corporations Act, knowledge of ASX Listing Rules and other laws and codes of practice as applicable to the sector
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills
• Advanced drafting and writing skills
• Advanced negotiation and strong organization skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement legal skills in corporate and commercial law
• Experience in a variety of matters which could include food safety, property, commercial law, trademarks /copyright law and IP transactions or other
• A team player with the ability to act autonomously