Senior Legal Officer

Multiple Senior Legal Officers required for Commercial Law team

Your new company 

This department is responsible for developing strategy and policy in relation to immigration and counter-terrorism and border security. This Legal Group is seeking multiple experienced Senior Legal Officers to join the Commercial Law team.

Your new role 

The multiple positions in the Commercial Law team will see you responsible for providing expert legal advice on a range of grants and funding agreements, ICT procurement, and new contract agreements for large programmes of work. You will demonstrate a considerable degree of autonomy whilst managing large caseloads. You will also do the following:

• Oversee and manage Legal Officers, Paralegal and Summer Law Clerks in assisting with managing their caseloads
• Providing legal advice relevant to anything related to commercial law. The advice may be on high profile, complex, technical or sensitive issues and focus on delivering accurate legal analysis, options and recommendations, and the strategic management and assessment of legal risks.
• Liaising with, and actively developing and maintaining working relationships between the Legal Group, the wider Department and with external stakeholders
• Represent the Department's interests and positions during liaison and negotiation with external stakeholders

What you'll need to succeed 

In order to be successful for these exciting opportunities, you must have a degree in Law from an Australian and hold a practising certificate along with the following: 

• Experience in a Senior Legal Officer position within the Australian Public Service, ideally in the commercial law space.
• Have the ability to actively manage and navigate complex legal issues with a relative degree of autonomy.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed knowledge of specific legislation, case law, directions, instruments, principles and issues of relevance to the Department.
• A baseline clearance and the ability to go through extensive security checks.

What you'll get in return 

In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be rewarded with an opportunity to transfer over to the department of a 12 month non-ongoing contract. You will have the opportunity to join one of the largest Legal Divisions in the public service. You will be given the opportunity to work with a number of Principal Government Lawyers and showcase your expertise. This team does most work inhouse rather than using external firms, so you will be making a real impact on the department's case work. 

What you need to do now 

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Jayde Ashmore on 61127636.

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