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Office arrangement
Hybrid
Canberra Based
Opportunity Type
Full-Time;Part-Time
Opportunity Status
Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
Opportunity Employment Type
Specified Term
Date Closed
27/07/2025
Job Category
Legal
Learn how a merit list or pool may be used
Learn how a merit list or pool may be used
Applicants suitable for the role but not offered the position for the current vacancy, may be placed in a merit list or pool. If the applicant agrees, the results may be shared with other Australian Public Service (APS) agencies for filling similar roles. Applicants may be offered a future role, without the need to reapply. A merit list or pool may be used for up to 18 months.
This merit list or pool may be used to fill other vacancies anywhere in Australia.
For more information about Merit Lists or Merit Pools please go to APSC's website - The APS Merit Principle
Legal & Assurance Branch partners with business areas in the Department of Finance to provide high quality legal, governance and assurance services.
* Public Law is responsible for providing strategic legal advice on statutory interpretation; administrative law; employment law matters; Freedom of Information (FOI); strategic legal advice on information requests (including responding to third-party information requests and Royal Commissions); coordinating the privacy function; and legislation liaison.
* Commercial Law is responsible for providing strategic commercial and corporate legal advice, drafting, negotiating, and supporting dispute resolution across a wide range of activities of the department, including procurement, contracts (and memoranda of understanding), real property, intellectual property, and management of some commercial litigation.
* Assurance & Risk is responsible for enterprise risk management, internal and external audit liaison, assurance monitoring and business continuity. The team also supports the Performance and Risk Committee of Executive Board and the independent Audit and Risk Committee.
* Integrity is responsible for integrity framework and reporting, enterprise fraud and corruption control policies, public interest disclosures, conflict of interest management, and the Insider Threat Program.
The key duties of the position include:
THE OPPORTUNITY
Legal & Assurance Branch is seeking high performing APS 5, APS 6 and Executive Level 1 Legal Officers and Senior Legal Officers to fill vacancies in the Public Law and Commercial Law teams.
Core duties will include:
* promoting and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders including senior executives.
* working collaboratively within the team, other enabling functions in Finance, internal clients, and stakeholders.
For the Public Law team, we are seeking:
* lawyers with skills and experience relevant to administrative law, including privacy and FOI, who can draft practical and technically sound legal advice, reflecting a proper understanding of Finance’s operations and strategic environment.
For the Commercial Law team, we are seeking:
* experienced commercial lawyers who are able to provide legal advice and drafting that is practical and technically sound, reflecting a clear understanding of Finance’s operations and strategic environment.
In addition, core duties at the Executive Level 1 level may include:
* managing staff to deliver aspects of complex advising matters.
* contributing to the leadership of the team and stewardship of a positive and supportive culture.
DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION
For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.
* Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
* Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS
A degree in law from an Australian tertiary institution, or a comparable overseas qualification, admission as a legal practitioner in an Australian Court, and eligibility to hold a restricted Government practising certificate.
Notes
This recruitment process is being used to fill current and future vacancies. A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
A position may be offered as ongoing or non-ongoing subject to operational requirements. Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for a specified term of up to 12 months. A specified term may be extended up to a maximum period of 18 months.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability. This initiative/program is only applicable where the successful applicant will be employed under the Public Service Act 1999. Similar conditions may apply when employed under other Acts. For clarification please contact the agency.
Getting to know the Department of Finance
As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met.Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities. We do this through our professional and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders.Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management
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