Full job description
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About the opportunity:

An opportunity for a Legal Counsel has become available to join our high performing Australia and New Zealand legal team on a 12-month fixed term contract. We are a small close-knit team who are relied on as strategic and solutions-focused business partners. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced commercial legal professional to be part of a collaborative team which aspires to always provide commercial and value-adding legal advice to its business partners.

Priorities & responsibilities include:

Providing high quality advice in a way that builds trust and inspires confidence on a variety of legal issues;

Proactively supporting the organisation’s ethics and compliance objectives;

Identifying and addressing developments in areas of law and regulation that affect our business; and

Actively participating in projects and initiatives which enable growth while mitigating legal and compliance risk

To succeed, you will bring with you the ability to deal with complex legal and business questions and to communicate effectively across the business. Your excellent drafting skills and strong legal and commercial business acumen will be needed, as will your agility and ability to think and act strategically.

About you:

6 years + post-qualification experience, ideally including a highly regarded private practice environment;

Experience in corporate/commercial law, competition, consumer, IP or employment law/industrial relations will be advantageous;

Excellent academic record; and

Excellent drafting skills

This is a 12-month fixed term contract to commence September / October 2024.


You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic care. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference.

If you are a star performer and ready to embark on your next challenge with one of the world’s leading providers of FMCGs, we invite you to apply.

Benefits

Our Kimberly-Clark employees receive a competitive salary and incentives as well as access to a fantastic range of benefits including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health & well-being activities, volunteering leave and much more.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, ****** orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include reference and background checks