Legal Officer

Key responsibilities will depend on team placement, and may include:

• Advising on complex and sensitive legal and related issues relevant to all aspects of the Health Products Regulation Group’s (HPRG) operations, as part of undertaking any of the Division’s key responsibilities, being dispute resolution and litigation, regulatory compliance, legal advice, legislation and other instruments (including legislation design and development), commercial law and international agreements, FOI and decision review;
• Advising on the application of legislation administered by the Therapeutic Gods Act (TGA) and the Office of Drug Control (ODC) and, as required, gene technology legislation and industrial chemicals legislation and assisting with the making of robust administrative decisions; 
• Advising on compliance and enforcement matters; 
• Managing civil penalty proceedings; 
• Appearing for the Minister in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; 
• Managing judicial review proceedings in the Federal Court; 
• Working closely with clients to continuously improve the regulatory framework, including advising on legal policy matters and managing amendments to legislation; 
• Advising on and drafting contracts for procuring goods and services, memoranda of understanding and legislative instruments; 
• Advising on Free Trade Agreements and representing the TGA in negotiations; and 
• Providing legal training to TGA officers.