Managing Principal Lawyer, Admin Law & Legislation

IBAC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

IBAC is seeking a Managing Principal Lawyer, Administrative Law & Legislation to head the Public Law team on a full-time fixed-term basis. You will provide complex legal advice on administrative law matters and oversee a team of lawyers and support staff to meet statutory obligations.

Reporting to the Director – Public Law, Policy & Oversight, you will guide legislative reform proposals and ensure timely, accurate legal activities across IBAC’s operations.

Qualifications

• Current practising certificate under the Legal Profession Uniform Law, or eligibility to immediately acquire a practising certificate.
• Extensive knowledge of administrative law and legislation.
• Experience leading a legal team.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex legal advice to IBAC and business units on administrative law matters.
• Lead and develop a team of lawyers and legal staff, managing resources and leave.
• Resolve complex work-related matters promptly and professionally.
• Support ethical behaviour and maintain timely, accurate legal activities.

Skills

Legal advisory

Stakeholder liaison

People management

Negotiation

Administrative law

Job description

Managing Principal Lawyer, Admin Law & Legislation

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Managing Principal Lawyer, Administrative Law & Legislation

Our organisation

IBAC's work is vitally important to Victorians - we prevent and expose public sector corruption and police misconduct.

Our vision is a public sector and police that acts with integrity for all Victorians.

Our team

People who work for IBAC are expected to have a sound understanding of and ability to demonstrate the IBAC values when dealing with Government agencies, the community and colleagues.

IBAC's values are incorporated in professional skills and behaviours for the position.

We Lead by example, Act Impartially, Work Together, Behave with Respect, Strive for Excellence.

Your new role

We have an opportunity for an individual to join our Public Law team as Managing Principal Lawyer, Administrative Law & Legislation on a full-time fixed term basis. Reporting to the Director – Public Law, Policy & Oversight the Managing Principal Lawyer will lead a team that is responsible for providing legal advice on all administrative law matters, including legislative reform proposals affecting or involving IBAC.

Duties include:

• Providing complex legal advice, including liaison and negotiation with stakeholders, to support IBAC and its business units to meet their statutory obligations.
• Providing day to day leadership and management, guidance and development to a team of lawyers and legal support staff, maintaining appropriate levels of resources and managing leave requests.
• Professionally and promptly managing and resolving more complex work-related matters through to resolution.
• Supporting constructive working relationships and role modelling ethical behaviours and values.
• Ensuring customer service and legal related activities are relevant, accurate and timely.

Additional duties are set out in the position description.

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We are looking for candidates with the below experience and capabilities:

• Current practising certificate under the Legal Profession Uniform Law, or eligibility to immediately acquire a practising certificate.
• Significant knowledge of or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of IBAC’s obligations pursuant to the relevant legislation.
• Extensive legal experience is essential, preferably in administrative law and legislation.
• People management or supervisory experience is preferred.

Due to the requirement to attain a Negative Vetting 1 security clearance candidates must be an Australian citizen at the time of application.

Due to a conflict-of-interest IBAC is unable to accept applications for secondment from Victoria Police employees.

For further information regarding the role, please contact TraceyChung ************@ibac.vic.gov.au

We are committed to bringing together people with differing perspectives, lived experiences and skills to make choices that reflect our integrity and community, and to creating an inclusive work environment for all.

Visit: www.ibac.vic.gov.au for more information.