Senior Legal Counsel

Joining the Metcash Family 
At Metcash, you’re part of something bigger. You have all the perks of a small business heart, without missing out on the big business support. 
Being part of something bigger means you’re part of a strong purpose, where the work you do makes a big difference to independent business and local communities. It opens a sea of opportunities to develop yourself, grow your career, thrive your way and make your mark. And you’ll be part of our high performing team, where you reap the rewards of our collective success now and into the future. 

About the Opportunity 
Reporting to the Head of Legal (Food), this is an exciting role which offers a wide variety of commercial legal work, including support and advice to our Food & Liquor business pillars.
***This role can be considered Part time (4 days per week)***

In this Role 

• Provide legal advice and support for matters affecting the Metcash food & liquor pillars, including;
• Transactional: joint ventures, store acquisitions and disposals, commercial contracts (retailers, suppliers, service providers) property, technology and data, intellectual property, credit, financing and security arrangements with retailers
• Disputes and Investigations: litigation, disputes, insolvency/debt recovery, regulatory investigations 
• Advisory and Compliance - providing legal advice in relation to areas of law and compliance obligations (existing and new) affecting Metcash Food and Liquor (e.g. competition and consumer law, privacy, product safety, quality and labelling and liquor licensing)
• Supporting implementation of compliance frameworks and processes for compliance obligations (existing and new) 

You’re Likely a Match If 

• LLB (or equivalent);
• Current NSW practicing certificate is essential 
• 5+ years PQE in private practice and/or in-house roles
• Excellent contract, transactional and general commercial legal skills
• Knowledge of the legal and regulatory landscape in Australia (and other jurisdictions, as applicable) in relation to areas of law and compliance obligations affecting Metcash Food and Liquor (new and existing)
• Solution focussed mindset with ability to make sound judgement calls balancing risk and commercial objectives
• Solid influential skills with the ability to engage, collaborate and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to manage competing priorities and demanding workflow.

Life at Metcash 
🌈 Experience a supportive and flexible work environment. We are a FlexReady accredited workplace!
🌟 Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year.
🌿 Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually.
🌐 An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities.
💼 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers.
🏆 Proudly awarded “Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion”.
🌍 Recognised as 45th in the global "Equileap Top 100" for initiatives on gender equity.
⚖️A neutral gender pay gap of under 5% as published by WGEA 2022- 2023
🥇 Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia.
💸 Incredible value discounts and perks through our team member app, “Our Local”. 

About Us 
Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with revenue 1 exceeding $18 billion in FY23. We’re also an ASX top 100 listed company.
We believe that it is absolutely vital to Australia that there is a sustainable, independent, family-owned business sector. Independent retailers support their local communities. We help them to be the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support across our food, liquor and hardware pillars.

We're dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Joining our team means becoming part of something bigger, a company that actively promotes diversity, champions charitable causes, and supports environmental efforts. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including First Nations. If you have any specific support or access needs, please don't hesitate to inform us when you apply. Rest assured; your personal information will be handled with the utmost confidentiality in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
 

Join us and be part of something bigger!

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