Legal Counsel (Privacy)

Company Description

Are you ready to be a big part of something big? 

At carsales, we're all about making buying and selling a great experience. For 25 years we’ve been evolving with the new economy to help people choose how they move today and tomorrow. 

When it comes to your career, we want to provide big opportunities to help you make a big impact. But for this to be possible, we strive to feel small. Small enough to quickly change tack, small enough to learn from different departments and small enough to connect authentically with leadership. 

Not something you’d expect from one of the country’s biggest tech companies, is it? 

And one of the best parts? We give you the autonomy to choose the working location that best suits your lifestyle – Office, Hybrid or Anywhere. 

Our Legal team is small but mighty, made up of highly skilled specialists in their field who support the business to reach its goals whilst minimising risk.

This is your opportunity to join as a Legal Counsel (Privacy) on a Fixed Term contract, working with a wide range of stakeholders to provide privacy legal advice and coordinate a variety of privacy compliance activities.

What’s on offer: 

• A place where you can move your career forward, where you’ll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen, and the chance to do work that makes real, significant impact in the world. 
• We’re proud to be recognised as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, a Family Friendly Workplace, a WORK180 endorsed employer for women and WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team including a leadership team that’s you’ll actually have face time with. 
• 22 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, six weeks paid gender affirming care leave.

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Provide practical privacy law advice to the Australian business.
• Develop and implement privacy policies, procedures and training predominantly in the Australian business.
• Conduct privacy impact assessments and report on risks.
• Support the implementation of a data scanning and consent management tool.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments and take corrective action when necessary.
• Investigate and responding to privacy incidents.
• Work closely the Risk and Data teams and with a group of Privacy Champions across the business.
• Stay up to date with privacy laws and regulations.
• Liaise with overseas privacy functions as needed.

Qualifications

What we are looking for?

• Demonstrated inclusive and interpersonal attributes that connect you to our behaviours (we change the game, we own it, we step in, we are curious, we don’t take ourselves too seriously).
• Strong experience as a lawyer in the privacy space.
• Unrestricted Australian practising certificate.
• Experience in contract drafting and negotiation.
• Sound knowledge of recent Australian Privacy Act reforms.
• Ability to create privacy training material.
• Ability to manage privacy-related compliance activities.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with data mapping tools or consent management platforms viewed favourably.
• Exposure to international jurisdictions, international privacy compliance and frameworks (particularly GDPR and CCPA) and technology businesses viewed favourably.
• Experience with privacy audits, gap analysis and follow-up, together with privacy tools and practices viewed favourably.

Additional Information

A few other things we want to let you know about... 

• carsales is an equal opportunity employer and we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support. 
• We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time (3-4 days per week) basis (dependent on factors such as candidate availability and experience, and our business needs). We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process - if you want to know more just ask. 
• We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant. 
• Successful candidates joining the carsales family are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis. 

So come and join our team - because every role is a big role in our plans to go big.