AddressThis unique role provides in-house legal services to a government agency and contains a large variety of work and challenges. Lawyers in our practice bill 5 chargeable hours per day, enjoy a 36 ¼ hour work week, have access to training and excellent legal resources as well as mentoring and development from a cadre of experienced lawyers. This role would suit a lawyer who is capable of producing work quickly, is technically sound, and wishes to get exposure to an in-house environment within a practice that deals primarily with government, administrative, succession and elder law work.
The successful candidate will be required to provide legal advice to and advocacy for the government agency that they represent.
Skills and experience
The ideal candidate will have:
- experience in some of the areas of law outlined above
- experience working for a busy law firm that performs various types of legal work
- excellent communication and legal research skills
- the ability to generate work as a primary producer (knowledge of Microsoft Office for example)
- a strong sense of professionalism and ethics, with a can-do attitude.
The office has a collegiate and friendly culture and is internally harmonious. Government salary benefits apply including superannuation, flexible working arrangements and access to accrued time off, including the ability to undertake some of the work from home (which is subject to work performance, office needs and compliance with policies). The annual base salary package will be commensurate with the candidate's experience however will range between $105,218 and $113,167 depending on the candidate (plus employer superannuation contributions of up to 12.75% of the annual salary).
How to apply
We would like you to provide information to initially assess your suitability for this role:
- Your current resume which details your work experience and any other information that is relevant to this role as well as the contact details for two work related referees (one being a recent supervisor).
- A written response of no more than two pages in length in relation to the key capabilities outlining your suitability for the role. To support your claims, you should include current and relevant examples of work experience.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
