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; and
- 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 Melbourne, VIC, AU
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Senior Lawyer – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation in Melbourne employer: Limber
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