Legal Counsel

at  Cabrini Health

Legal Counsel
Part time, fixed term 12 month contract (0.8FTE)
Cabrini Malvern and Hawthorn & remote working

Cabrini offers:

• Tax savings - Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
• Rewarding career growth opportunities
• Discounted private health insurance and Myki Commuter fares
• Enjoyable workplace culture in a values driven organisation

How you will make an impact
We are seeking a Legal Counsel (with at least five years’ PQE) to join our highly engaged and respected Legal and Corporate Affairs team. Our team seeks to enable Cabrini’s mission and business activities through our strategy for the provision of legal advice, legal risk and compliance management, and advice generally to Cabrini Health management, Executive and Board.
The role is predominantly based at Cabrini’s Research building in Malvern and the corporate office in Camberwell, with a hybrid working model with remote working option.

Reporting to the Group Director Legal & Corporate Affairs and Senior Legal Counsel, key responsibilities include the following:

• Providing counsel and advice across a range of legal domains with a particular emphasis on contract/commercial, employment and health law
• Interpreting/applying legislation, codes and standards (including privacy)
• Monitoring the terms and conditions of engagement of legal advisers and the services provided by these advisers

About you

You will be a qualified legal practitioner and demonstrate the following:

• Qualified legal practitioner
• Current valid admission to practice as solicitor in the State of Victoria
• Top quality private practice and/or in house counsel experience
• Expertise in contracts, contract and commercial law, company law, employment law and related industrial relations matters and interpreting/applying legislation, codes and standards (including privacy laws)
• Medico-legal experience an advantage
• Experience in the not-for-profit sector and knowledge of not-for-profit law in Australia an advantage
• Ability to provide credible, trusted, pragmatic and value adding legal services, with concern for quality and standards
• Proven self-starter with desire for empowerment and accountability
• Problem solving skills – able to identify problems, identify solutions and make recommendations to solve problems

Applications must include a cover letter and address the key responsibilities and professional experience.
Enquiries to: Group Director Legal & Corporate Affairs Paul Vine on 0401 050 076
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s south east. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, we have been providing quality, compassionate care to our community for 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini. Wherever we work, we are compassionate, connected people transforming lives together. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Cabrini is an equitable and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a safe environment for children and vulnerable people.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

• Providing counsel and advice across a range of legal domains with a particular emphasis on contract/commercial, employment and health law
• Interpreting/applying legislation, codes and standards (including privacy)
• Monitoring the terms and conditions of engagement of legal advisers and the services provided by these adviser