Job Description
Airservices is seeking a highly capable and self-directed Senior Legal Counsel (Privacy & Regulatory) to lead our privacy function and contribute to broader regulatory matters.
This is a senior, standalone role reporting directly to the Principal Legal Counsel and operating as the organisation's privacy subject matter expert.
You will not have direct reports, but you will be the go-to authority on privacy across the organisation - advising the CEO, Executive Team, and business units, and shaping our privacy culture and compliance posture.
This role offers a rare prospect to own and uplift the privacy function while expanding into diverse regulatory areas, including aviation and environmental law.
Lead the privacy function end-to-end, including:
- Responding to privacy queries,
- Conducting Privacy Threshold Assessments (PTAs) and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs),
- Managing privacy incidents and breach responses,
- Review and enhance Airservices' privacy framework, policies, and procedures,
- Provide strategic and operational privacy advice to senior leadership and business units,
- Design and deliver training and awareness initiatives to build a culture of privacy compliance,
- Maintain strong relationships with regulators, including the OAIC,
- Oversee organisational privacy reporting and compliance obligations,
- Support broader regulatory and environmental legal matters (approximately 30% of the role once embedded),
- Manage the legal team's triage process (drop box) to allocate and prioritise incoming matters,
Required Skill Profession
Lawyers, Judges, And Related Workers
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