Conflicts Coordinator

Avant Law is seeking an experienced and proactive Conflicts Coordinator to join our Medical Indemnity Division in Brisbane. The role can also be based out of Sydney or Melbourne for the right candidate. This is a permanent full-time position with hybrid working arrangements.

In this role, you will support the identification, assessment and management of conflicts of interest, helping ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures and professional obligations. Working closely with Partners, Heads of Practice and legal teams, you will play an important role in promoting risk awareness and supporting effective legal operations.

About the Role

Your key responsibilities will include:

Conducting and documenting conflicts of interest searches, ensuring information is accurate and complete.

Identifying and analysing potential conflicts, liaising with stakeholders and escalating issues where appropriate.

Maintaining the conflicts register and preparing reports as required.

Reviewing and updating policies and procedures to support compliance.

Supporting the timely allocation of legal matters.

Delivering training and education on conflicts of interest and relevant processes.

Building strong relationships with stakeholders across a national team.

Assisting with projects, process improvements and administrative requirements as needed. 

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Previous experience in conflicts of interest management.

A sound understanding of conflicts of interest and associated risks.

Strong judgement and the ability to identify and escalate potential issues.

Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

The ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines.

A proactive and collaborative approach to relationship building.

Intermediate Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook skills.

Why Join Avant?

At Avant, we offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, including:

A flexible hybrid working environment.

Great employee benefits and wellbeing initiatives.

The opportunity to work with a collaborative national team.

The chance to make a meaningful contribution to risk management, compliance and legal operations.

Avant is Australia’s leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years. Avant now represents over 90,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.

As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.

We prefer to deal with candidates directly. For further information on this role, please contact Charlotte Boon, Talent Acquisition Specialist on [email protected] for a confidential discussion, or apply via the advert link.