Senior Legal Counsel (Fixed Term - 12Months)

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK operates market-leading online employment marketplaces, including Jobstreet and Jobsdb in Asia. SEEK has been helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and helping organisations succeed for over 25 years.

Founded and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, SEEK has grown into a multinational technology company with over 3,300 employees and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

SEEK’s presence spans Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Additionally, SEEK has minority investments in employment marketplaces in China, South Korea and Bangladesh.

SEEK develops and applies innovative data and technology tools to facilitate high-quality matching and improve reliability of marketplace information.

In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, SEEK was recognised as one of Australia’s Top Ten Places to Work in Technology in the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards. SEEK was also named a 5-Star Employer of Choice by HRD Asia in 2024 and won four accolades at TalentCorp’s Life at Work Awards 2023 in Malaysia.

Job Description

As a Senior Legal Counsel at SEEK, you'll be part of a fast-paced and supportive environment where you can make a real difference. You'll work on complex challenges that have a direct impact on people's lives, helping us evolve our business and reach new heights.

The role will include:

• Providing legal advice and strategic business guidance on a diverse range of matters across SEEK’s APAC businesses.
• Working autonomously and owning key business stakeholder relationships across the SEEK Group.
• Demonstrating sound judgment in identifying and mitigating legal risks and ensuring SEEK’s businesses are proactively informed and compliant with relevant legislation.
• Assisting in developing legal resources and tools and collaborating with other members of the legal team to develop and deliver key legal function outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• You will provide legal advice on a diverse range of matters relevant to the SEEK business. You will primarily support the following SEEK teams: Product, Sales and Customer Service.
• In supporting the SEEK Product team, you will be responsible for things like:
  • Providing advice on new product ideas from a legal perspective.
  • Drafting product terms and conditions.
  • Considering the application of a wide variety of laws to the employment marketplace context.
• In supporting the Sales and Customer Service teams, you will be responsible for things like:
  • Managing complex sales negotiations.
  • Improving our processes to more efficiently manage sales negotiations.
  • Responding to advertiser queries and complaints.
• You will assist our Strategic Sourcing team in reviewing and negotiating procurement contracts.
• You will manage and/or assist with internal SEEK legal projects, including preparing and presenting compliance workshops, managing and updating precedents, standardising and improving documentation processes and identifying opportunities for the legal team to further support the business in its pursuit of key objectives.

The Team

• You will be an integral part of the SEEK legal team, which comprises the General Counsel, Heads of Legal, Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Counsel and Legal Administration. This role
• The legal team is an APAC team and part of SEEK’s broader Finance & Business Services function.
• Key internal relationships include SEEK’s Governance and Risk teams and other business teams referred to above.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Significant experience at a top tier / boutique law firm or equivalent in-house experience, with exposure to and experience in a range of corporate/commercial matters.

Other Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and varied tasks, including excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a broader team.
• A ‘common-sense’ approach when handling legal matters that balances legal requirements with commercial considerations.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and an ability to manage a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience with IT/Saas Contracts, privacy legislation and in an online technology business would be advantageous, however not mandatory.

Additional Information

At SEEK we offer:

• Flexible hybrid working arrangement
• Casual dress – every day

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.