Senior Lawyer – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation

Limber Legal; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Limber Legal seeks a Senior Lawyer to join a Commonwealth Agency secondment in Brisbane. The role focuses on administrative law and statutory interpretation, advising across client areas and handling automated decision making issues.

The ideal candidate holds a current practising certificate, can obtain Baseline security clearance, and has experience in Commonwealth administrative law, including Social Security and Health Legislation.

Qualifications

• A current practising certificate (or ability to obtain one).
• Baseline security clearance (minimum) is essential.
• Experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including automated decision making and legislative reform (Social Security Law) is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• secondee within the Commonwealth client’s in-house legal team with high level stakeholder engagement.
• Provide advice across a range of client areas.
• Deliver advice on statutory interpretation of legislation and subordinate instruments; administrative law principles in business decisions; program legislation; automated decision making; and health/sec Social Security-related issues.

Skills

Administrative law

Statutory interpretation

Stakeholder engagement

Legal advisory

Education

Law degree

Job description

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.