Group General Counsel / CoSec
Core
Lead the legal function and governance for Save the Children Australia and its related entities, providing strategic advice to the Board and Executive while ensuring regulatory compliance and risk management.
Role type
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Builds
Legal advice, governance frameworks, compliance programs, and risk management strategies for a child-focused non-profit.
Domain
Non-profit / Child welfare / International development
Required skills
Strategic legal leadership, governance and company secretariat expertise, enterprise-wide risk and compliance management, privacy and AML/CTF regulatory knowledge, whistleblower investigation management, team leadership and development, complex contract negotiation, stakeholder engagement with Boards and Executives.
Preferred skills
Experience in not-for-profit, charity, or international development sectors, knowledge of safeguarding and child protection issues.
Technologies
Legal research tools, governance software, compliance management systems.
Responsibilities
Provide strategic legal advice to the Board and Executive; oversee governance and statutory reporting; drive compliance, risk, and policy management; act as Privacy and AML/CTF Officer; lead whistleblower investigations; manage and develop the Legal & Governance team.
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership