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12 Month Contract
The Suncorp Group of
Companies offer a range of financial products and services in banking, general
insurance, life insurance, superannuation and investment products across
Australia and New Zealand. We are a top 20 ASX listed business with over $95
billion in assets, 14,500 employees and relationships with nine million
customers.
Purpose of the
role
- To
provide expert legal advice on various marketing campaigns and initiatives - To
assist the Marketing Team to implement its strategies in a legally
effective manner - To
create and maintain tools to empower the Marketing Team to develop and
“self” approve certain low risk marketing materials - To
administer the Group’s online Marketing Governance tool - To protect
the interests of the Group, its directors and officers
Key
Accountabilities
- Provide
quality, commercial and timely legal advice on advertising and promotional
material covering: - All
regulatory and disclosure obligations - Competition
and other trade practices issues - Channel
issues – print media, direct mail, radio, television etc - Privacy
- Social
media - Codes
of conduct and other standards and requirement eg ACMA, CAD
- Manage
the Group’s online Marketing Governance Tool - Manage and
coordinate legal advice in relation to advertising campaigns offering
products and services of more than one Business Unit - Manage
and administer the guideline/manual and applicable training material to
enable the Marketing Team to produce legally compliant “low
risk” marketing material without reference to the Legal Team - Delivery
of training to Marketing Team (if any) - To work
with Group Marketing on various Group wide marketing initiatives and
strategies - The
main areas outlined above are achieved by:
- Developing
a strong, effective relationships in the Suncorp marketing community - Developing
a strong working knowledge of Suncorp products and services - Liaising
with other legal teams as required - Advising
on particular campaigns - Drafting
documents (including marketing guideline/manual) - Advising
on documents - Keeping
up to date with legislative, regulatory and industry changes liaising
with external lawyers, marketing advisors and advertising agencies.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience
- Current
Practising Certificate - Admission
as a Solicitor or Barrister in any Australian Court - Must
have at least 3 years’ experience practicing as a lawyer in the areas of
law specified below under the heading knowledge in either private practice,
corporate practice or government. - Experience
in the financial services industry, ideally banking or insurance - Experience
providing legal services across diverse environments - Excellent
negotiation skills – able to persuade and negotiate - Good
research skills - Good
technology skills, including working knowledge of social media channels - Well-developed
analytical skills - Problem
solving ability - Ability
to identify legal issues and apply legally acceptable solutions within
required timeframe - A
specific and detailed working knowledge of the following areas of law and
regulation; - ASIC
Act - Corporations
Act - Other
relevant Marketing laws and Regulatory Guides - Competition
and Consumer Laws - Insurance
Contracts Act - Privacy
and discrimination laws - Relevant
Codes of Practice
- A good
working knowledge of the following areas of law; - Intellectual
property law - Telecommunication
and information technology laws - Contract
Law
What’s on offer?
In return you will
benefit from joining an outstanding, highly regarded team who are motivated and
passionate about what they deliver to the business and who are afforded
autonomy and accountability in their day-to-day work. Suncorp offers genuine
professional development opportunities with a competitive salary and a range of
corporate and lifestyle benefits.
Please note
applications close 3rd Sept 2015 candidates will be screened prior to this date
so prompt applications are encouraged.
For more information
please contact Gemma Barber on email gemma.barber@suncorp.com.au
