Job Description:
Mars: Where your Tomorrow Starts Today!
Mars is a family-owned business that has been making products for people and their pets for more than 100 years. We’re behind some of the best loved brands in the world including MARS®, SNICKERS®, EXTRA®, ECLIPSE®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, DOLMIO®, BEN’S ORIGINAL ® MASTERFOODS ® and ROYAL CANIN® ORIJEN® ACANA® we are dedicated to making a positive impact on people and the planet.
Join us in building a sustainable future where people, communities, and the planet can truly thrive.
Role Title: Paralegal
Location: Melbourne, Victoria (ANZ for internal associates)
Hours: Permanent, Full time
Segment / Business Unit: Pet Nutrition / ANZ / DAPAC
Reporting to: Associate General Counsel – ANZ & East Asia
About the role
Are you a proactive, highly organized legal professional ready to grow your career? We are seeking a Paralegal to provide vital administrative, legal, and operational support to our busy DAPAC Petcare Legal Team.
In this role, you will act as a key coordinator, driving functional excellence, supporting contract workflows, managing legal processes and assisting lawyers with a broad range of commercial and legal matters.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within a high-performing in-house legal team while gaining exposure to a diverse range of legal, compliance and business matters across the Asia Pacific region.
Key Responsibilities
- Contract & Legal Support: Draft and review basic commercial agreements (NDAs, supply/sales contracts) and marketing materials under lawyer supervision.
- Legal Operations & Finance: Coordinate outside counsel billing, manage legal invoices, track budgets, and maintain matter-tracking systems.
- Compliance & Risk Management: Assist with ethics and compliance training logs and coordinate risk assessment processes (PRIMP/BRA).
- Digital & Tech Adoption: Support and promote the use of legal technology and AI productivity tools (such as Microsoft Copilot) to improve workflow efficiency.
- Knowledge Management: Maintain self-service resources, templates, and reference materials on the internal Legal Hub.
- Stakeholder Support: Conduct legal research and serve as a reliable, collaborative point of contact for routine business inquiries.
What You'll Bring
We are seeking a highly organised, proactive and self-motivated individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities simultaneously. The ideal candidate will have strong administrative and project management skills, excellent attention to detail, a service-oriented mindset and the confidence to work independently with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Proven experience in a paralegal, legal specialist, or legal support role. Experience in a law firm, multinational corporation, FMCG, or highly regulated environment is highly regarded.
- High proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) and an eagerness to learn and adopt new digital tools.
- Exceptional attention to detail and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to handle confidential and privileged information with absolute discretion.
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
Why you’ll love working for Mars:
- Purpose: Help craft beloved brands with a legacy of over 100 years of local manufacturing making products that people and pets will love all while helping to build a more sustainable future.
- People: A culture that values your contributions, fosters leadership, and recognises the impact you make. Your work truly matters here.
- Development: Shape your career with personalised development and real opportunities to grow from day one.
- Enjoy a team and business environment that is invested in helping you manage and grow your energy for work and life.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in a paralegal, legal specialist, or legal support role
- Experience in a law firm, multinational corporation, FMCG, or highly regulated environment
- High proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
- Eagerness to learn and adopt new digital tools and AI productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot)
- Exceptional attention to detail and project management skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
