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About AON Australia

Aon is dedicated to empowering businesses by offering advice and solutions that enhance decision-making for the benefit of both clients and the communities they impact. Through a collaborative approach, Aon ensures clients receive informed guidance, fostering confidence and clarity to make strategic decisions that protect and promote business growth on a global and local scale.

Your role

The Graduate Solicitor (Commercial) will be a member of the Aon Law Division reporting to the Senior Corporate Counsel (Commercial). The Contract Paralegal will provide professional support to the Senior Corporate Counsel (Commercial) and a team involving primarily commercial and transactional legal services.

What your day will look like:

• Drafting and revising commercial contracts including but not limited to service level agreements, supplier agreements, partnering and association agreements, and confidentiality agreements.
• Applying established contract terms and guidance and making accurate decisions and recommendations on contracting positions.
• Assisting brokers, clients, and markets in resolving issues related to contract wordings.
• Reviewing commercial documentation and related correspondence for completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
• Contributing to and maintaining a library of contract clauses.
• Monitoring statutory positions, regulatory guidelines, judicial decrees, current wording issues, and industry trends affecting Aon's contracting risk tolerance.
• Ongoing administration and variation of contracts.
• Building collaborative and productive working relationships with colleagues and other stakeholders within and outside Aon.
• Communicating legal requirements, processes, and procedures effectively to the Business.
• Good time management and interpersonal skills.
• Positively and robustly promoting Aon’s values and leadership model.

Training & development

Aligned with its commitment to Aon United, the company emphasizes the provision of a global learning experience that empowers colleagues to excel in their roles, encourages collaboration, and ensures mutual support. Aon is dedicated to fostering career growth and providing individuals with the resources to achieve their full potential within the organization.

Benefits

Aon, as an organization, goes above and beyond in providing fair and competitive pay and rewards to its colleagues. The firm is dedicated to offering a comprehensive benefits program that prioritizes work-life balance and overall well-being. Colleagues at Aon are not only acknowledged and valued for their distinct perspectives and contributions but are also presented with abundant opportunities for career development.

Career progression

AON Australia's people are the heartbeat of their firm. Their passion for clients is what unites them, drives them, and brings out the best in them. Across Aon, they create a culture of opportunity for their colleagues — driven by collaboration and innovation. Ultimately, Aon colleagues are more relevant, more connected, and more valued in ways that enable them to achieve their full professional potential.

To learn more about careers at AON Australia, watch this video.

Work-life balance

Aon is deeply invested in creating a flexible, hybrid, and agile workplace, leveraging substantial technological investments. The company is dedicated to continuous evolution, promoting collaboration, and accountability among leaders, and empowering colleagues to actively contribute to shaping a diverse, collaborative, supportive, and inclusive work environment.

Company culture

Aon emphasizes the importance of diverse and inclusive teams, recognizing that they foster enhanced insights, and better solutions, and ultimately contribute to long-term success. The company values creating an environment where colleagues feel a sense of belonging and can bring their authentic selves to work, enabling them to reach their professional potential. Aon is committed to ongoing efforts to achieve greater diversity representation, celebrating progress and actively working towards workforce inclusivity that mirrors the communities it serves.

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About you

Skills and experience that will lead to success:

• Soon to be qualified or newly qualified Bachelor of Laws Degree or paralegal studies
• Prior experience as a solicitor or significant experience as a paralegal in-house or at a law firm
• Demonstrating a track record of success, you will be curious, keen to learn, and eager to challenge the status quo with fact-based recommendations.
• Maintaining and holding strong relationships with colleagues, management, and external advisers.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyse and discern issues, risks, and solutions.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately and manage multiple engagements, processes, and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Communicating legal requirements effectively and coherently to Business.
• Building and maintaining collaborative and productive working relationships internally and externally of Aon.
• Experience working in a fast-paced team

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page

• jobs.aon.com
• aon.com
• glassdoor.com