Legal & Governance Assistant

What Makes Us, Us

We want to be the most trusted wellbeing company in Australia, and this means our focus on wellbeing starts with our people. We support our employees Real Wellbeing so that they can better support our members’ and customers’ wellbeing journey. 

At Australian Unity We’re for real wellbeing. For us, real wellbeing means so much more than physical health. It’s about your standard of living, your personal relationships and being connected to your community. It’s about what you want to achieve in life, while having the security to get out and do what makes you happy.

We’re bold, warm and honest. We make a real difference to people’s wellbeing.

Your New Role Looks Like This:

The Legal and Governance Assistant will support the General Manager, Legal & Governance – Wealth & Capital Markets(W&CM) as an executive assistant and provide broad support to the W&CM Legal and Governance team. This is a pivotal role that requires exceptional time management and organisational skills, high level of confidentiality, a proactive and flexible attitude, maturity, attention to detail, the ability to work autonomously to oversee a diverse range of support functions across the business

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Support the General Manager, Legal & Governance with diary management, booking of travel, arranging of meeting, organisation of calls and entry of purchase orders and payment invoices.
• Support with preparation of non-complex legal documents and communications
• Engagement with external legal service provides and monitoring of external legal fees
• Support the W&CM Governance team to coordinate the development of materials for the W&CM related Boards, joint ventures and committees including agendas, packs and action items by ensuring a timeline for preparation is communicated and adhered to
• In consultation with the WCM Governance team, where requested, maintain governance calendar of recurring board and committee items
• Manage stakeholder interactions in a professional manner. Follow through with resolutions, referring matters to internal officers where appropriate and keep the GM informed of progress.
• Proactive management of the W&CM Legal, Governance and Regulatory Assurance Intranet, Teams and SharePoint Online sites.

About You:

• Prior experience in a legal secretary or assistant role is an advantage
• Experience working agilely in complex environments
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and perform a range of support and organisational functions at an executive level
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks to tight deadlines and the flexibility to handle constantly changing priorities
• Strong computer skills – up to date Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel PowerPoint, teams) as well as Microsoft Outlook email and diary management

What’s on Offer:

You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

• Competitive salary + bonus program
• Enjoy additional yearly Well-Being and Community leave days
• 14-week paid parental leave, with equal benefit for both parents PLUS our Bump to Baby
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program – support and assistance for you and your partner at those times in life when you need it most
• Maxxia Rewards - a great range of discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, department stores, attractions, travel, cinemas, restaurants.
• Discounts across the Australian Unity business including Private Health Insurance, General Insurance + more!
• Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform

For further benefits visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/careers/culture

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.