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Salary- Utilise your legal and policy expertise to provide support and advice to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission branch
- Fixed-Term (12 months), Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 5: $106,534 - $128,897 plus superannuation.
Our vision is for a fair, safe and inclusive Victoria where every person is respected and treated with dignity. We work with others to eliminate inequality and build a community that respects and promotes human rights and equal opportunity. We are a small and buzzing organisation that embraces creativity, accountability, rigour and empathy as our values. Our teams are filled with highly motivated, conscientious, and collaborative people who love what they do and uphold our values.
We know that our work has the greatest impact when it is informed by diverse experiences and perspectives. We strongly encourage Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with disabilities to apply. We strive to build and maintain an inclusive workplace that brings out the best in our people and we support flexible work arrangements.
If you require adjustment to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please email the contact person.
About the Role:
The Senior Legal Advisor will provide high-quality legal and policy services to the Commission. The role requires excellent legal analysis, policy and writing skills, and an ability to develop productive working relationships across government and with community stakeholders. Litigation and/or investigatory skills would be an advantage. The role reports to the Head of Legal.
Some of your duties will include:
- Providing authoritative legal and policy advice to the Commission on the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic), the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic), the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001(Vic) and the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 (Vic)
- Supporting the Commission's legal policy work, including writing reports, drafting submissions to public inquiries, and running consultation processes
- Developing and maintaining positive and productive relationships with key stakeholders. This includes acting as a representative of the Commission in a range of forums and organising and running capacity-building activities
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you will possess:
- Significant knowledge and/or specialist expertise or the ability to quickly acquire in providing strategic legal advice and litigation management on complex and time sensitive cases, in relation to discrimination, vilification, change or suppression practices and human rights law.
- Significant and relevant expertise or the ability to quickly acquire in providing authoritative legal advice in relation to in house government legal issues (including privacy, FOI, contracts, and administrative law).
- Significant and specialist expertise or the ability to quickly acquire in undertaking regulatory or other types of complex investigations or reviews.
- Must be a Barrister or a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES:
- For this particular vacancy, priority consideration applies to Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
- For all VPS employees, due to the new Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) policy, please apply through the JSE to be eligible to be considered for this position in the first round.
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.
