Senior Associate, Legal

Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 133,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport is seeking a Clerk Grade 9/10 to join the Legal and Governance team in Sydney CBD. The role is full-time and temporary (up to 30 June 2027), with hybrid working arrangements possible. Salary ranges from $133,348 to $146,945 per annum plus super.

Responsibilities include providing legal advice to statutory bodies, drafting and negotiating contracts, and supporting governance and risk management across the department.

Qualifications

• Commercial law
• Intellectual property law
• Property law
• Statutory interpretation
• Experience in policy making and legislative process
• Demonstrated experience preparing complex legal advice and drafting, executing and administering contracts, agreements and instruments
• High level drafting skills and ability to manage significant legal risk
• Experience delivering expert legal analysis of policy, probity and operational issues to provide solutions

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to clients from the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, Create NSW, Sound NSW and the Cultural Institutions to advance key policy priorities and projects
• Advising on and drafting a range of commercial transactions, intellectual property matters, leasing and licensing property matters, and statutory interpretation matters
• Working collaboratively with the Principal Legal Officer and key client stakeholders to progress legal matters

Job description

• Exciting opportunity to join the Legal and Governance team within the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
• This is a Clerk Grade 9/10 role with a salary range of $133,348 - $146,945 per annum plus superannuation
• Full-time temporary role (up to 30 June 2027) based in Sydney CBD, hybrid working arrangements may be available within business operational needs

About The Role

The key responsibilities of the role will be:

• Provide legal advice to clients from the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, Create NSW, Sound NSW and the Cultural Institutions to advance key policy priorities and projects.
• Advising on and drafting a range of commercial transactions, intellectual property matters, leasing and licensing property matters, and statutory interpretation matters.
• Working collaboratively with the Principal Legal Officer and key client stakeholders to progress legal matters.

About You

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Commercial law;
• Intellectual property law;
• Property law;
• Statutory interpretation; or
• Experience in the policy making and legislative process
• Demonstrated experience preparing complex legal advice, and drafting, executing and administering contracts, agreements and instruments.
• Demonstrated high level drafting skills, and the capacity to appropriately manage significant legal risk.
• Experience delivering expert legal analysis of policy, probity and operational issues to provide solutions and options and resolve complex and sensitive legal questions.
• Knowledge and experience implementing legal risk management across an organisation, including advising on the strategic, commercial and policy considerations of decisions.

Closing Date

20 October 2026 11:59PM

Contact

For enquiries related to the role, please contact Aileen Phua, Deputy General Counsel - Arts, Tourism and Sport via [e-mail]

For enquiries about the recruitment process or to discuss reasonable adjustments please contact James Changkaeomanee, Talent Acquisition Partner via [e-mail]

Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport

At the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport we bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities.

Together we:

• Create social and economic opportunities for the state
• Support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
• Prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
• Ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all
• Drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development
• Activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
• Deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
• Support NSW's key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state's diverse cultural assets and history.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process or have an enquiry about the support provided, please contact James Changkaeomanee at [e-mail] or 9228 3637.

For more information on reasonable adjustments and types of alternate formats available through the recruitment process you can visit 'Adjustments for Individual needs' at I work for NSW.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months.