The Senior Lawyer is responsible for providing expert legal advice and managing complex or sensitive matters requiring substantial professional judgement, while also providing guidance to junior lawyers in the WorkCover team.
Key Responsibilities
* Managing litigation under Queensland's workers' compensation framework, including the defence of claims from the service of a notice of claim for damages, through the pre-court process and, if necessary, through litigation up to and including trials and appeals.
* Providing high-quality advice on liability, indemnity, quantum, and settlement.
* Conducting advocacy or instructing counsel to conduct advocacy in conferences and mediation and in courts and tribunals, including originating and interlocutory applications, trials and appeals.
* Providing strategic risk management and dispute resolution advice.
* Advising on complex claims involving asbestos, psychological injury, or third party indemnity disputes.
Why Join Crown Law?
Here's What You Can Expect
* A permanent/temporary, flexible full‐time / part‐time Queensland public sector role.
* Work from home and flexible work arrangements, including a 36.25‐hour work week.
* Salary package: $133,602.00 – $143,124.00 plus leave loading and 12.75% employer superannuation contribution.
* Access to professional development programmes, secondment opportunities, and leadership training.
* A supportive, inclusive culture that values diversity, integrity, and respect.
* A focus on staff well‐being, with strategies to support resilience in managing complex or sensitive matters.
Commitment to Diversity
We value diversity and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature age people.
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