Senior Legal Counsel

Omnicom Oceania; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Oceania is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team in Melbourne or Sydney. The role covers contract management, advisory services, governance and compliance, and data privacy across the Omnicom Oceania business.

You will report to the General Counsel and work with senior leadership, delivering high-quality, timely legal advice and pragmatic commercial solutions while managing multiple projects and reporting to stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience as a legal counsel in a law firm or in-house corporate environment.
• Tertiary qualifications in Law.
• Current Practising Certificate (or eligible) in an Australian state.
• Strong written and analytical skills with the ability to deliver high quality, commercial and timely legal advice.
• Experience in project management and reporting to stakeholders.
• Self-initiative with high attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and legal research tools.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced setting and build relationships across Omnicom Oceania.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial legal agreements across the Omnicom Oceania business.
• Provide timely, accurate and commercially pragmatic legal advice to all aspects of the Omnicom Oceania business.
• Support governance and compliance initiatives with the General Counsel, including identifying risks and building programmes.
• Develop expertise in data privacy and governance to facilitate business decisions and respond to queries.
• Maintain and organize legal records and databases.
• Assist the General Counsel as needed and prepare briefs, contracts, and other documents.
• Contribute to OO Projects with emphasis on data and privacy deliverables.

Skills

Senior leadership collaboration

Analytical writing

Project management

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Commercial acumen

Education

Law degree

Australian Practising Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Legal research tools

Job description

Omnicom Oceania is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team in Melbourne or Sydney.

Prior experience and Qualifications required to succeed in this role:

• Experience: At least 5 years’ experience as a legal counsel either in a law firm or in an in house corporate environment
• Education: Tertiary qualifications in Law
• Admission: Current Practising Certificate (or entitled to a Practicing Certificate) in an Australian state
• Skills:
• Proven track record in working with senior leadership teams in delivering across your portfolio including building trust and relationships effortlessly across all levels of an organisation
• Strong written and analytical skills including reviewing documents and the proven ability to deliver high quality, commercial and timely legal advice
• Experience in project management and implementing projects, including continuous and detailed reporting to stakeholders
• Self-initiative and a demonstrated high attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and legal research tools
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team environment
• Thrive on managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, and on developing strong relationships with all employees across Omnicom Oceania Pty Ltd

Reporting Structure

• You will report to the General Counsel Omnicom Oceania Pty Ltd located in Sydney, NSW, Australia

Scope

• Entire Omnicom Oceania business (Omnicom Advertising and Omnicom Media) across Australia and New Zealand

Summary of Position & Core Responsibilities

• Contract Management - draft, review and negotiate commercial legal agreements across the Omnicom Oceania business
• Advisory - provide timely, accurate and commercially pragmatic legal advice to all aspects of the Omnicom Oceania business
• Governance and Compliance - together with the General Counsel, identify and develop legal risks, build compliance programmes and ensure the wider Omnicom Oceania business operates within agreed templates and legal processes
• Data Privacy and governance - develop expertise in this area of the law including security, data handling and general privacy knowledge to facilitate business decisions and respond to client and vendor queries
• Maintain and organize legal records and databases
• Provide support to the General Counsel as needed
• Assist in the preparation of briefs, contracts, and other legal documents
• Work on OO Projects, with a special emphasis on data and privacy related deliverables

You are required to focus on the following areas of competency:

• Prioritising legal advice and continuous education
• Draft legal documents with a commercial view and pragmatic approach
• Confidently provide legal advice (formal and ad hoc) across the entire Omnicom Oceania business to all levels move the group
• Manage projects including data collection and privacy and develop a strong interest in this area so as to be able to advise Omnicom Oceania groups without reference to the General Counsel
• Work with the General Counsel, Omnicom Security and data teams and the Finance team on document preparation, collation and management, including client agreements, templates and reporting (eg: government authorities)
• Show an appetite for alterative legal advice models

Values

High commitment to ethics and fairness

Personal growth

• Ensure you live Omnicom Oceania and respective Brand values
• Diarise regular growth plan catch ups with the General Counsel
• Attend all relevant Learning & Development sessions
• Keep up to date on current legal, data & privacy issues
• Make a contribution to Omnicom Oceania beyond those listed in this Position Description
• Attend Brand Health and Wellbeing sessions