Legal Counsel - 12 month FTC
The opportunity
As a Legal Counsel in-house at Linesight, (12 month FTC) you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
- Define and lead the contract review process that forms part of Bid Approvals
- Review existing contracts and identify favorable opportunities for Linesight
- Review and manage our portfolio of Insurance cover
- Identify and grow a network of local legal partners to provide support globally
- Develop and review various commercial contracts and MSA agreements, obtaining local advice as required
- Manage claims made against the business and the provision of information through any arbitration processes
- Be an advocate for legal, compliance and risk management best practice, designing and implementing policies and delivering training to the business
- Remain up-to-date with changes to legislation, rules and regulations that affect the business in our global markets
- Advise Executive board on legal matters as they arise and put forward clear recommendations for approval
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are a Qualified Solicitor with experience in commercial contract law related to the construction and professional services industries
- Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
- Love a dynamic environment with the chance to lead your own priorities and deadlines
- Have strong problem-solving skills, business acumen and a commercial mindset to create balanced solutions and recommendations
- Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
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All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Corporate Services
An extensive range of corporate services expertise is required for an organisation of our scale and reach to be successful, and we have fantastic teams of professionals across a range of functions such as tax and finance, marketing, operations, and people and organisational development. Whether at the earliest stages of your career, or an experienced professional, we are committed to nurturing, supporting, mentoring, and stretching our people, so that you can maximise your potential and meet your career aspirations in your field of expertise.
Life at Linesight
