Lawyers/Senior Lawyers – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation

Limber; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Limber is sourcing secondees for a Commonwealth Department to work in its in-house legal team in Canberra. The role focuses on providing high-level legal advice on statutory interpretation, administrative law, and related regulatory matters.

Successful candidates will hold a practising certificate (or be able to obtain one) and have baseline security clearance. Experience with Commonwealth administrative law, particularly around therapeutic goods, is highly regarded.

Qualifications

• A current practising certificate or ability to obtain one.
• Baseline security clearance (minimum) is essential.
• Experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including regulatory framework relating to therapeutic goods is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Work as a secondee within the Commonwealth department's in-house legal team.
• Provide advice across a range of client areas with high-level stakeholder engagement.
• Advise on statutory interpretation and administrative law principles in decision-making and process issues.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Administrative law

Statutory interpretation

Therapeutic goods regs

Security clearance

Job description

We currently have secondment opportunities within a high profile Commonwealth Department that is seeking lawyers with administrative law and statutory interpretation experience to work on a variety of legal projects.

The Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be required to work as a secondees 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; and
• providing advice around the regulatory framework relating to therapeutic goods.

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 the regulatory framework relating to therapeutic goods would be highly regarded.