Our participants, Our people, Our purpose
Currently, there are around 5.5 million Australians living with a disability. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) implements the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which is one of the biggest social reforms in the country since Medicare. As an Agency, we support more than 717,000 participants living with a significant and permanent disability, and the families and carers of those living with disability.
For many Australians, this will be the first time they receive the disability support they need. The NDIA is designed to enhance the quality of life and increase economic and social participation for people with disability and will mean a peace of mind for every Australian.
A new role awaits
The Agency Legal Services Branch provides practical and solution-focused advice across a broad spectrum of matters to support business areas, including employment, workforce, and industrial relations matters; corporate, commercial, procurement, and property matters; information law and privacy matters; and scheme compliance, investigations and integrity matters.
The Branch plays a key enabling function, including the identification and mitigation of legal risk for the NDIA and is seeking candidates to fill various vacancies in the following teams:
* Integrity Agencies
* Scheme Compliance & Investigations
* Commercial Law
Where you can add value
The EL2 Lawyer (Legal Stream) is an important team leadership position within the NDIA and will have authority and responsibility to resolve legal issues and risks across wide-ranging activities of substantial depth involving significant detail. The position will exercise a significant degree of independence and will use a high-level of decision-making and judgement. The role will be required to coordinate and assume responsibility for legal advice to highly complex or sensitive projects and work program outcomes across the functions that have strategic or operational significance to the Agency.
Integrity Agencies Team
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Providing strategic legal advice and assistance relating to suspected misconduct, corruption and integrity issues arising under:Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
* Providing legal advice and support in relation to the Agency's obligation to act as a model litigant.
Scheme Compliance & Investigations Team
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Providing strategic legal advice and subject matter expertise on all relevant aspects of NDIS Act and Rules as well as a range of complex legal issues involving statutory interpretation and administrative law, fraud and compliance, criminal, evidence and procedural law.
2. Providing legal advice and support in relation to integrity uplift measures such as