Omnicom Oceania is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join the Melbourne team.

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 setting, 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

Location

- Located at Omnicom Oceania’s offices in Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 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

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📌 Senior Legal Counsel (Melbourne)
🏢 Omnicom Oceania
📍 Melbourne