Inhouse Legal Counsel
Description
Purpose of Role
As an Inhouse Legal Counsel your primary purpose will be to contribute to the risk management, success and growth of QTC. You will play a crucial role in providing risk aware commercial legal advice to all divisions of QTC. Your role will work closely with all areas of QTC and contribute to the overall success of the company.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Face of the Organisation – presenting a professional and client-oriented approach as an initial point of contact for the legal team.
- Legal advice – provide legal advice in relation to all aspects of QTC’s business including funding and markets, client advisory, It and procurement. Should be able to run matters with some supervision but largely independently.
- Transaction documentation execution – advising and coordinating QTC’s documentation and execution of funding and other transactions
- Information Preparation - preparing and formatting information for internal and external distribution, writing letters and memos, compiling data for reports, creating computerized presentations, writing reports, transcribing dictation, editing, proofreading and other information preparation duties.
- Records Management - maintaining legal records, setting up and managing both electronic and paper filing systems,
Competencies
Behavioural Competencies
Demonstrate contribution to
- Flow of work and information
- Collaboration, innovation and superior results
- Stakeholder requirements
- Alignment with change programs
- Alignment with QTC culture
- Continuous improvement
- Governance and risk management.
Leadership Competencies
- Seeks out others' opinions and diversity of thought in all work interactions.
- Support and coach peers, i.e., using their strengths to help others in a constructive way.
- Genuinely respects others' opinions and values diversity of thought.
Qualifications
Essential
- Tertiary Legal Qualifications
Experience
Essential
- 1-5 years post admission experience in either in-house or in a firm.
Desirable
Preferable experience in Financial Services, Corporate, Projects or Infrastructure