Legal Counsel

DUAL Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Focus on work/life balance

Job summary

A leading insurance agency in Sydney is seeking a Legal Counsel to support compliance efforts and provide strategic legal advice. This role involves drafting documentation, advising on regulatory changes, and engaging with internal stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have legal qualifications and strong communication skills, with 5+ years of experience. The position offers competitive benefits and a focus on work/life balance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' post-qualification experience.
• Experience in drafting legal documents in insurance.
• Ability to communicate complex legal concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and governance advice to business units.
• Review and draft policy and compliance documents.
• Monitor legislative/regulatory changes.

Skills

Legal problem solving

Strong written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Knowledge of insurance products

Education

Completed legal qualifications

Current practicing certificate

Job description

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About the role

We are looking for a Legal Counsel who will provide support to DUAL's legal team and support the continuing growth of DUAL ANZ's compliance hub and business needs. This fast-paced and detailed role sees internal engagement to provide technical product support whilst responding to external compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Providing high quality, strategic and commercially focused legal and governance advice to DUAL's business units, including effectively managing external counsel
• Reviewing and drafting policy wording, product disclosure statements, target market determinations, policy documentation and other financial services collateral
• Monitoring legislative/regulatory changes and provision of advice to proactively identify issues which may impact strategy, operational issues or business processes.

About you

As a skilled problem solver, you bring the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels. You tackle challenges with a logical and structured approach, consistently delivering effective solutions. With completed legal qualifications and a current practising certificate, you ideally have five (5) years' post-qualification experience, along with a knowledge of insurance products, policy wordings, and coverages.

Your strong written and verbal communication skills enable you to collaborate effectively and contribute to shared goals. While experience within an insurance in-house legal team is valued, we also welcome applications from candidates with backgrounds in litigation or claims.

We actively encourage applications from Junior Legal Counsel candidates ready to take the next step in their career, as this role offers a fantastic opportunity to embrace a new challenge and expand their experience in a dynamic and supportive environment.

How to Apply

Are you the right fit for this role and the DUAL Team? Tell us why in a short paragraph that you share along with your Resume to our HR Team.

What you might not expect…

At DUAL we value work/life balance, health and wellbeing, family and giving back, which is why our benefits are reflective of this. We provide employees with a competitive salary and benefits, which will be flexible and dependent on the successful candidate's individual skills and experience.

Our culture: people first

Our core values dictate how we live and work. We're a group with independence and people at its heart and we're a home for talent with a unique culture: the biggest small company in the world.

The focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of the group; Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture and one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. And finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the group has been and will continue to be key.

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Help us think differently. As a business we're on a journey to build an inclusive workplace where our people feel welcome to bring their whole and true self to work, where differences are accepted and where our words and actions are inclusive. Together we are learning, sharing stories, and achieving change.

Job details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Legal
• Industries: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages