About the Position
The Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) is responsible for managing the application of bankruptcy and personal property securities laws through the delivery of high‐quality personal insolvency and trustee, regulation and enforcement, and personal property securities registry (PPSR) services.
AFSA Legal is a Division that provides timely, clear, concise, pragmatic and correct legal services to AFSA and its supported entities in the delivery of insolvency registration and trustee services, regulation of the credit industry, use of the personal property securities register and management of AFSA as a government entity.
As a Senior Government Lawyer, you will work within a small team delivering services in a very complex and intellectually challenging environment to provide specialist legal advice and litigation services. You will contribute to the legal team and take a high degree of responsibility for team outcomes, having a thorough understanding of the relevant legislation and legislative framework that supports the work of AFSA.
Key Accountabilities
* Reviewing, preparing, and managing litigation matters and assisting with (or managing) more complex litigation.
* Appearing in Tribunal proceedings and direct briefing counsel.
* Leading and managing legal staff and building team capability through coaching and performance feedback, encouraging career development, implementing work plans, delegating tasks and priorities, managing workflow, and allocating resources.
* Partnering and collaborating with business areas within AFSA to foresee legal challenges and take proactive measures to resolve them.
* Performing research and analysis to draft advice and/or make decisions that involve complex or escalated issues, longer‐term planning, and liaising with other areas within the agency.
* Representing AFSA by promoting its interests at community and cross‐agency levels.
* Contributing to the development of team objectives for short‐term tasks and strategic planning for longer‐term initiatives, and monitoring changes in the broader work environment that may impact on work objectives.
* Developing, reviewing, and implementing policies and work practices compliant with relevant legislation and consistent with best practice.
Qualifications and ExperienceEssential
* Bachelor of law degree or equivalent.
* Admission as a legal practitioner, however described, of the Supreme Court of an Australian State or Territory.
* Holder of (or eligible to hold) a current practising certificate.
* 3–5 years' experience in litigation and law practice preferably in a government environment with some experience in administrative law and financial law.
* Experience leading teams and/or supervising and mentoring staff.
Desirable
* Regulatory and/or insolvency experience.
Benefits
* Generous superannuation (15.4%).
* A modern work environment.
* Access to Employee Assistance Provider.
* Flexibility to balance work and personal life (working from home arrangements).
Eligibility and EEO Statement
This opportunity is open only to Australian Citizens. The successful applicant must have or be willing to undergo a security clearance to the level of Baseline as a condition of employment, and all AFSA employees must undergo a police records check.
Where a person has received a redundancy benefit from an APS agency employment and their corresponding redundancy benefit period has not expired, they may be ineligible for employment.
We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability.
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