Senior Manager, Legal Services – Data Protection & Privacy

Senior Manager, Legal Services – Data Protection & Privacy

Job No.: 641891

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment 

Remuneration: $152,636 (HEW 10A, plus 17% superannuation) and an annual incentive payment of up to a maximum of 10%, at the discretion of the University 

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The Opportunity

The Senior Manager, Legal Services – Data Protection and Privacy is a senior legal contact within the data protection and privacy stream of the OGC. 

The incumbent supports the Director, Legal Services – Data Protection and Privacy in the provision of specialist data protection and privacy legal advice and services to all areas of the University. The role assists in maintaining the University’s sophisticated data protection framework for compliance with both Australian data protection and privacy legislation and the requirements of the international legislation with which the University must comply.

Areas of work within the stream include advising on the privacy aspects of major research projects, clinical trials, technology platforms for research, and student administration. The team also works on matters dealing with data subjects’ rights, data protection by design and by default, cross-border data transfers, automated processing and]management of data incidents. 

As the successful candidate you will:

• Provide timely, accurate and practical high-quality legal advice, research, documents and services to management and staff on day-to-day and complex legal matters in the areas of data protection and privacy
• To a high standard, review, or draft in plain English, and negotiate and settle a wide range of agreements, contracts and other legal documents
• Ensure the provision of effective negotiation, transaction and project management support to relevant business units, and higher management
• Support the development and implementation of initiatives, improvements to the service delivery model and solutions to improve the effective operation of the OGC and strategic delivery of legal services to clients
• Be proactive and responsive to changing priorities and demands by applying judgement to prioritise work of self and effectively manage client expectations in a high volume legal office

About you

To be successful in this role, you will be a qualified legal practitioner with specialist privacy expertise and extensive experience in working in a legal practice setting. You’ll enjoy working in a complex environment managing a busy portfolio of high-quality legal advice and services in the area of data protection and privacy. You have a proven ability to work autonomously and proactively to manage complex legal matters, taking ownership of outcomes and resolutions to issues, working within tight timeframes and in an extremely fast-paced, multi-faceted environment. 

If you are a highly motivated senior lawyer looking for a new challenge, and would enjoy being part of a supportive team of professional staff, please apply now!

This role is a full-time position; with the ability to work remotely two days per week.

This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold a current valid Police Check.

Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria. For instructions on how to apply, please refer to “How to apply for Monash Jobs ”.

Enquiries

Megan Fincher – Director, Data and Privacy, Office of the General Counsel, +61 3 9905 5221

Position Description

 Senior Manager, Legal Services- Data Protection and Privacy

Closing Date

Monday 3 October 2022, 11:55 pm AEDT

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