Senior Legal Counsel

Job Reference: 20277 

Why You Will Be Excited About This Role

At Healius, we all have one thing in common – we are passionate about making a difference to the health of Australians. And right now, it’s a pretty exciting time to join us, as we transform into a stronger, more agile organisation focused on creating excellent customer and patient experiences, smarter ways of working, and continuing our focus on being a great place to work.

Our Legal team plays a critical role in enabling trusted, compliant and commercially sound outcomes across the organisation. This is an opportunity to contribute your property and leasing expertise within a large, complex national healthcare business, where legal advice is practical, commercial and closely connected to business decision‑making.

This is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract maternity leave cover, based in our Sydney CBD office. The role provides exposure to a high‑volume, fast‑paced property and leasing portfolio, working closely with business stakeholders and a high‑performing Legal team. It is well suited to an experienced property lawyer who enjoys operating in an in‑house environment, balancing commercial priorities while supporting critical healthcare operations across Australia.

About Us

Healius has an expansive network of over 80 medical laboratories and 2000 patient collection centres operating across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. We provide 1 in every 3 pathology services in Australia, extending from exclusively servicing some of Australia’s largest and most complex private and public hospitals, to small Indigenous Australian communities. This means that you will be working in a business large enough to offer you job stability & security, interstate mobility and the opportunity to fulfil your career ambitions.

What You Will Be Doing

Reporting to the Head of Legal – Property & Commercial, you will support the business primarily across property and leasing matters, with some exposure to broader commercial work across the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide accurate and timely legal advice to stakeholders and executives on a wide range of property and leasing matters, including:
  • retail and commercial leases
  • lease negotiations, variations, options, renewals and extensions
  • make good obligations, incentives and deeds of consent
  • assignments, subleasing and licences
  • agreements for lease

• Draft, review and negotiate leases, agreements for lease, deeds and other related legal documentation.
• Apply effective legal and commercial risk management techniques and provide proactive advice on legal issues.
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties including landlords, tenants, agents and their legal representatives, as well as regulators, public authorities and external counsel.
• Manage a high‑volume, fast‑paced portfolio, including complex matters involving multiple stakeholders and competing timeframes.
• Potentially assist with general commercial legal matters such as NDAs, procurement, service level agreements and B2B agreements.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant property, commercial and regulatory legislation.

What Type of Person Will Be Successful

To be successful in this role, you will be a senior property lawyer with strong leasing experience and a clear commercial, in‑house mindset, comfortable working at pace and partnering closely with business stakeholders.

You will ideally bring:

• A minimum of 8 years post‑qualification experience, gained in‑house or within a firm advising corporate clients.
• Solid experience across retail and commercial leasing, including agreements for lease, renewals, incentives and make good obligations.
• Experience managing a high‑volume portfolio, with the ability to prioritise multiple matters under tight timeframes.
• A track record of running matters end‑to‑end, including drafting, negotiating and concluding transactions.
• Experience working closely with business stakeholders, providing practical, commercially focused advice.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence negotiating with counterparties and external advisers.
• A high standard of professional ethics, integrity and attention to detail.
• A professional and collaborative working style, with the ability to take direction and contribute positively to team culture.

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Benefits, Perks and Wellbeing

As part of working for Healius, you will have access to a range of benefits & perks including:

• Benefits platform - Reduce the impact of the cost of living with everyday savings with 500+ of Australia's most-loved brands, (from the weekly grocery shop to premium perks like holidays).
• Fitness Passport – Access top fitness centres & pools across Australia at a subsidised rate.
• Corporate health insurance discounts, banking benefits and novated leasing salary packaging.
• Career growth and development opportunities with access to a comprehensive library of online courses and learning paths via our e-learning platform.
• Confidential health and well-being support through our Employee Assistance Program, available to all employees and their family members.

Our Commitment to Diversity And Inclusion

Healius is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Healius is a part of the Commonwealth Government's Veteran Employment Committment (VEC) and has been recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter. Veterans and candidates with Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience are encouraged to apply.

How To Apply

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