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The Legal Officer is a member of the Legal Services team and is individually and jointly responsible for providing and coordinating a broad range of in-house legal services to the Reef Authority. The Reef Authority has two vacant Legal Officer positions. One of these positions has a focus on providing legal services to the Field Management Operations and Strategy Sections.
The matters to which those legal services relate (Matter Types) can include:
property and commercial transactions;
native title advice / implementation;
procurement advice and contract drafting;
freedom of information and privacy law advice / processing;
administrative law advice;
statutory interpretation;
dispute resolution advice / representation;
delegations advice / management;
legislative amendments advice / implementation; and
legal awareness training (Matter Types).
The Legal Services Section (Section) also manages the engagement, briefing and supervision of all external legal services providers, including counsel.
The current positions are ongoing however through this process may create a merit pool to fill similar ongoing and non-ongoing positions that become available within the next 18 months.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme, you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability
How to apply for the position
Please ensure you read the instructions below and on the Position Description carefully, noting failure to address identified requirements may lead to your application being deemed ineligible.
You will be required to prepare a response document (“pitch”) in MSWord or PDF format using standard margins and size 11 Arial font.
Please prepare a ‘pitch’, as outlined in the Position Description, in relation to the advertised role, outlining:
1. how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to perform the duties and meet the technical and behavioural capabilities of the role.
2. any specific examples or achievements that demonstrate your ability to perform the role.
3. how you meet the eligibility requirements and qualifications for the position.
When you include an example, you should explain;
your personal role in the task.
the methods you used.
any barriers you were able to overcome, and
the outcome.
When crafting your response, we encourage you to review ‘Cracking the Code’ and the relevant Australian Public Service Work Level Standards which can be found on the Australian Public Service Commission website: www.apsc.gov.au.
Your application must include:1. your ‘pitch’ (as described above and in the position description).2. proof of Australian citizenship (an Australian Passport or Autralian Birth Certificate)3. a current curriculum vitae (resume) that includes:
an outline of your career history.
qualifications and/or formal/informal training relevant to the position.
contact details for at least two recent referees, one of whom should be your current supervisor.
PLEASE NOTE: - The panel may not consider additional information such as a cover letter or content exceeding the page limit.
