SENIOR LAWYER – ADMINISTRATIVE LAW/STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

The Role

We currently have a secondment opportunity within a Commonwealth Agency that is seeking a lawyer with administrative law and statutory interpretation experience to work on a variety of legal projects.

The Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be required to work as a secondee within the Commonwealth clients’ in-house legal team. High level stakeholder engagement skills are required as the successful candidate will be required to provide advice and assistance to a wide range of client areas.

The successful candidate will provide a variety of legal advice on subjects including:

• statutory interpretation of legislation and sub-ordinate instruments;
• applying administrative law principles to business decisions and advising on process issues;
• providing advice on program legislation;
• responding to legal advice requests related to automated decision making and legislative reform; and
• providing advice related to Social Security Law, Family Assistance Law and Health Legislation.

The Requirements

A current practising certificate (or ability to obtain one) and a current (minimum) Baseline security clearance experience is essential.

Previous experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including on automated decision making, legislative reform (including Social Security Law) would be highly regarded.