Full-Time Legal Counsel (Privacy)

What you’ll do

• Provide practical privacy law advice to the Australian business.
• Develop and implement privacy policies, procedures, and training predominantly in the Australian business.
• Conduct privacy impact assessments and report on risks.
• Support the implementation of a data scanning and consent management tool.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments and take corrective action when necessary.
• Investigate and respond to privacy incidents.
• Work closely with the Risk and Data teams and with a group of Privacy Champions across the business.
• Stay up to date with privacy laws and regulations.
• Liaise with overseas privacy functions as needed.

What we are looking for

• Demonstrated inclusive and interpersonal attributes that connect you to our behaviours (we change the game, we own it, we step in, we are curious, we don’t take ourselves too seriously).
• Strong experience as a lawyer in the privacy space.
• Unrestricted Australian practising certificate.
• Experience in contract drafting and negotiation.
• Sound knowledge of recent Australian Privacy Act reforms.
• Ability to create privacy training material.
• Ability to manage privacy-related compliance activities.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with data mapping tools or consent management platforms viewed favorably.
• Exposure to international jurisdictions, international privacy compliance and frameworks (particularly GDPR and CCPA) and technology businesses viewed favorably.
• Experience with privacy audits, gap analysis and follow-up, together with privacy tools and practices viewed favorably.

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