Junior Legal Counsel

About Us:

At Fitness Passport, we are driven by a clear purpose – to make fitness more accessible, so more people can lead active and healthier lives. Established in 2006, we’re a corporate health and fitness program partnering with the public sector, corporate employers, and leading fitness facilities across Australia and New Zealand, providing members with access to a wide range of gyms and wellness resources.

As we enter an exciting new phase of growth, Fitness Passport is executing an ambitious strategy while keeping our member experience a top priority.

The Role:

Fitness Passport is looking for a Junior Legal Counsel to join our growing legal team.

We operate a single-lawyer legal function today. That means our Legal Counsel carries everything from enterprise contract negotiation and privacy regulatory strategy through to board governance, plus a lot of the operational work a bigger team would split out.

This role exists to change that. You’ll be given real ownership early, but not thrown in alone – you’ll have direct, regular access to our Legal Counsel, and anything novel or high-risk is escalated, not absorbed. You’ll take on the day-to-day legal workload across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, building your own expertise across contracting, privacy, compliance and legal operations while supporting the Legal Counsel on strategic projects – think CLM rollout, ESG and sustainability reporting, and our expansion into new markets. Within your first 12 months you should expect to be running standard deals end to end, helping keep the business across regulatory change in our three markets, and acting as the first call for everyday legal questions.

You don’t need in-house experience, and you don’t need to know New Zealand or Singapore law before you start – we will build that with you. What matters more is that you are a careful drafter, you ask good questions, and you want to learn quickly.

What you will be doing:

• Contracts, front to back: Review and redline commercial agreements against our templates and playbooks, draft first versions of standard agreements and deeds, and help maintain our contract template library and negotiated precedents register across all three jurisdictions.
• Supporting live negotiations: Prepare issue trackers and clause comparisons, sit in on negotiations under supervision, and see agreements through to signature – including checking signing authority and running e-signature workflows.
• Research that matters: Track legal and regulatory developments across privacy, consumer law and employment law – Australia first, with New Zealand and Singapore as you build up – and turn them into plain-English briefings that lead with “here’s what this means for us,” not a wall of legal analysis.
• Privacy and compliance: Help run our privacy compliance program – data processing records, privacy impact assessments, incident intake – and answer routine privacy queries from the business, escalating anything novel or high-risk.
• First point of contact for the business: Be the first person departments come to with everyday legal questions. Answer what’s in scope, escalate what isn’t, and write the guidance notes and FAQs that mean people stop having to ask twice.
• Legal ops: Keep our registers, matter records and policy library in order, work alongside our contract administration team in the Philippines, and help us keep improving how the legal function works – including where AI-assisted tools can help. 

About You:

• 2-3 years PQE, with a law degree, current admission to practice in Australia and a current practising certificate (an unrestricted practising certificate would be great!).
• Private practice experience in a commercial, corporate or tech team, or prior in-house exposure. You’ve drafted contracts, done legal research, and advised real clients (internal or external).
• A genuine self-starter – given an unfamiliar problem, you work out the first few steps yourself and come back with a proposed answer rather than a question.
• Confidence reviewing and redlining standard commercial agreements, NDAs, services and supplier agreements, and the usual liability, indemnity, insurance and termination clauses.
• A working knowledge of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and exposure to Australian Consumer Law or employment law, plus genuine appetite to build cross-jurisdictional capability.
• Strong research skills and the ability to turn dense analysis into something short, clear and decision-ready.
• Commercial judgement – you can tell material risk from immaterial risk, and you’re comfortable finding a way to “yes, with conditions” rather than defaulting to “no.”
• Clear, confident communication, written and spoken, with both legal and non-legal audiences.
• Sharp attention to detail across multiple documents, versions and tracked changes.
• Strong Microsoft Word skills (styles, tracked changes, comparisons), and an interest in CLM, e-signature and AI-assisted legal tools.
• A collaborative mindset – comfortable in a lean, fast-moving environment, and quick to flag the things that need a second opinion.

What You’ll Love:

Fitness Passport is officially a Great Place to Work® – again!    We’re proud of our culture, and even prouder of the people who make it what it is.

At Fitness Passport, we’re not just about providing access to great gyms and wellness facilities – we’ve also created a fantastic place to work. Our company values of Collaboration, Growth, Respect, Integrity and Wellbeing define our culture and the principles we use to operate our business.

We don’t just talk about wellness – we live it! Our BeneFit Passport Rewards Program and values-driven culture support your well-being inside and outside of work.

Here’s what’s waiting for you:

✅ Your very own Fitness Passport membership – access thousands of fitness facilities because we believe in what we offer

🌿 3 paid well-being days per year – because rest and recharge matter

🏡 Hybrid & flexible work – our Sydney-based team enjoys three days a week in our head office

💻 Generous WFH allowance to support our hybrid model

🏋️‍ Ongoing wellness perks – think fitness challenges, guest speakers, and more

👶 Paid parental leave to support you and your family

🧠 Mental health support through Clear Head & our Employee Assistance Program

🏆 Rewards & recognition – Earn Hero Points and get rewarded for your impact!

🎉 Regular social events to stay connected and celebrate wins

🐶 ‘Pawesome’ incentives like bring your dog to work day

How to Apply:

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You’ll need existing rights to work in Australia. Fitness Passport is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and we’re glad to make adjustments at any stage of the process – just tell us what you need.

We can’t wait to meet you!