Legal Counsel

•    Coverage all Adecco Group businesses and brands (Adecco, Akkodis and LHH) in Australia and New Zealand. 
•    To work collaboratively with other functions to ensure all commercial opportunities are in compliance with the internal policies and our commercial interests are maximized. 
•    Identify and implement opportunities to improve the role of the ANZ Legal team within the Adecco ANZ business.

The Legal Counsel is a member of the Adecco Group ANZ Legal and Compliance function.  
They are responsible for ensuring the provision of day to day legal support for the Australia and New Zealand operations and responsible for ensuring that Adecco’s commercial interest is protected in the contract negotiation and all employees are compliant with all applicable laws, regulations and internal policies.    

About Us
Where should we start? We are the world’s leading recruitment expert with more than 32,000 passionate full-time employees in over 5,200 branches across 60 countries. We are committed to connecting organizations with the talent needed to make them succeed.
Adecco Solutions are solutions designed with client outcomes in mind. Encompassing BPO, RPO, MSP, Talent and Project services, the Adecco Solutions business is fast becoming a market leader in innovative thinking. We are seeking experienced individuals with an innovative mindset, client first mentality and desire to deliver innovative solutions. We'll customize a scalable, technology-driven, game-changing solution to help our client’s work more efficiently. Working with our agile Centralized Delivery Solutions team to offer our clients best in class solutions!

About The Role
Business Partnering
•    To provide business partnering support to the Adecco ANZ business, including reviewing various contracts, RFPs/RFTs, statutory interpretation,  drafting legal documents and providing strategic advice 
•    To provide business partnering support to the back-office functions
•    Deal with a large number and variety of legal matters including governance, privacy and information sharing, commercial, suppliers, intellectual     property, employment and dispute resolution in a hands-on, pragmatic and efficient manner. 
•    Assist with early warning on any emerging issues, including legal or regulatory changes
•    Ensure that work is progressed in a proactive and commercial way offering solutions and alternative approaches where appropriate 
•    Demonstrate high levels of visibility across Adecco ANZ business 
•    To manage the workload, demonstrating efficiencies in terms of cost and time.

Governance and Control
•    Ensure that a consistent legal governance and risk framework is applied across all entities and that all Group policies are complied with.
•    Ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. 
•    Ensure appropriate escalation of issues and matters requiring approval. 
•    Support management in designing and implementing controls and procedures to mitigate identified compliance risks.
•    Support the Data Privacy Officer to ensure compliance with data privacy laws in Australia and New Zealand.
•    Assist with the development of templates, policies and guidance.
•    Provide training to the business.

About You
•    Qualified lawyer in Australia with 3-4 years PAE legal experience in contract-heavy organisations with matrix stakeholders and prompt turnaround     times 
•    In-house experience is preferred
•    Must be internal/external customer centric
•    Ability to present and communicate complex legal and other information clearly, accurately and in a way that can be understood by the relevant     audience
•    Experience in commercial negotiations with proven drafting and negotiation skills
•    Flexible, adaptable, able to challenge the status quo, sound commercial sense and the ability to make pragmatic decisions
•    Proactive and independent attitude and result oriented approach.

On Offer
We empower our people to carve their own career paths their way. After all, it's only natural that a people-focused organisation should be focused on its own people too. We will offer all the training, tools, motivation, and inspiration you need to achieve exactly what you want from your career. If you can make an impact, we'll provide the career development opportunities you need to achieve your potential and thrive.
The Adecco Group is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Posting date: 28-01-2026