At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal advice on administrative law and statutory interpretation for various projects.
- Company: Commonwealth Agency with a focus on impactful legal work.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and engaging work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth within a supportive legal team.
- Why this job: Make a difference in legal processes and engage with diverse stakeholders.
- Qualifications: Current practising certificate and experience in Commonwealth administrative law.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
We currently have a secondment opportunity within a Commonwealth Agency that is seeking a lawyer with administrative law and statutory interpretation experience to work on a variety of legal projects.
The Responsibilities
- The successful candidate will be required to work as a secondee within the Commonwealth clients’ in-house legal team.
- High level stakeholder engagement skills are required as the successful candidate will be required to provide advice and assistance to a wide range of client areas.
- The successful candidate will provide a variety of legal advice on subjects including:
- statutory interpretation of legislation and sub-ordinate instruments;
- applying administrative law principles to business decisions and advising on process issues;
- providing advice on program legislation;
- responding to legal advice requests related to automated decision making and legislative reform;
- providing advice related to Social Security Law, Family Assistance Law and Health Legislation.
The Requirements
- A current practising certificate (or ability to obtain one) and a current (minimum) Baseline security clearance experience is essential.
- Previous experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including on automated decision making, legislative reform (including Social Security Law) would be highly regarded.
Senior Lawyer – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation in Canberra employer: Limber
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