Senior Legal Counsel - RAC

About us

Established in 1840, we are Australia’s first wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services for our members and the community.

As a social enterprise, we’re motivated by our purpose to positively impact the wellbeing of millions. We reinvest profits to deliver products and services sustainably that matter most to our members, customers and the Australian community.

For us, Real Wellbeing encompasses the whole experience of life. It’s about feeling supported in your health, connected with your community and empowered to live life on your terms.

Your New Role Looks Like This:

Join a purpose-driven organisation where your legal expertise will make a real impact. As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of the Residential Aged Care (RAC) business at Australian Unity, providing high-quality legal advice across regulatory, operational, transactional, and compliance matters. Your insights will help drive strategic and commercial success while ensuring the highest standards of governance and care for our residents.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Strategic Legal Counsel: Provide timely, independent, and commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of issues affecting the RAC business.
• Regulatory & Compliance Expertise: Guide the implementation of governance, legislative, and compliance requirements for aged care providers.
• Risk & Dispute Management: Support responses to regulatory inquiries, complex disputes, and litigation to achieve the best outcomes for Australian Unity.
• Contract Negotiation & Advisory: Draft, review, and negotiate legal agreements, including service contracts, procurement deals, IT agreements, and property leases.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with key business leaders to balance legal risk with commercial objectives, ensuring smooth decision-making processes.
• Property Support: Advise on leasing, property management, and redevelopment projects, ensuring alignment with legal and business priorities.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify operational efficiencies and governance enhancements based on past legal experience.

About You:

• Tertiary qualifications in law
• 8 or more years of relevant experience in private practice or an in-house legal function
• Admission as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of an Australian State or Territory
• Current practicing certificate
• A sound understanding of legislative and compliance requirements and their application and effect upon business operations
• Experience in managing legal support staff or junior lawyers
• Experience dealing with senior management and regulators
• Excellent project management, writing and presentation skills

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.