Corporate Counsel - LEDR (Fixed-Term Contract)

Company Description

• Take your career further than you ever imagined with diverse roles and opportunities for personal and professional development
• Enjoy work-life balance with flexible working options, and well-being initiatives that prioritise your health
• 12-month fixed term contract

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. 

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. 

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.

Job Description

At TAL, our purpose is to help Australians live a life filled with choices, options and freedoms for longer. As a Corporate Counsel, you’ll play an important role in supporting that mission by providing trusted legal guidance that helps our business make informed decisions, manage risk and deliver positive outcomes for customers. Working closely with stakeholders across TAL, you’ll combine your legal expertise with a deep understanding of our business to navigate complex challenges and contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference. This is an opportunity to influence outcomes, build strong partnerships and create lasting impact.

In This Role You Will:

• Manage litigated matters in partnership with external legal counsel
• Manage disputes lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and other external complaints bodies
• Provide legal advice and support to the Claims and Underwriting teams, as well as other business areas as required
• Deliver training and legal guidance to Claims and Underwriting stakeholders
• Provide legal advice and support to Risk and Compliance on matters relating to the Life Insurance Code of Practice
• Support the Internal Dispute Resolution team with legal advice and guidance
• Partner with other Legal teams to review product documentation and a range of commercial agreements and documents

Qualifications

• Admission to practise law in Australia with at least 3 years' post qualification experience
• Experience working within financial services or another regulated industry
• Knowledge of insurance law and its practical application in a business environment
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Law
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative approach to working with others
• Well-developed organisation, time management and prioritisation skills, with a proactive mindset

Additional Information

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  

• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  

• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. 

• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  

• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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