About the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) is the national regulator of Australian Government aged care services. The Commission is responsible for safeguarding older people, engaging and educating the aged care sector, registering aged care providers and dealing with complaints and feedback about aged care. The Commission offers a variety of interesting and challenging jobs across most capital cities.
It is an exciting time to join the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, with major reforms having recently taken effect to improve aged care in Australia. You will be contributing to our role as a rights-based, risk led regulator that supports the government's objectives of ensuring the safety, dignity and wellbeing of every older person accessing funded aged care services.
About the Team
The Legal Services Branch Purpose and Responsibilities:
The Legal Services Branch, led by the Chief Counsel, provides the full scope of legal services relevant to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner's (the Commissioner) and Complaints Commissioner's functions, principally in relation to the interpretation and application of the legislation that currently regulates aged care providers, being the Aged Care Act 2024 and Aged Care Rules 2025. Our role includes advising on the Commissioner's and Complaints Commissioner's regulatory activities, administrative law, commercial law, information law and employment law matters, managing the Commission's involvement in litigation in relevant courts and tribunals as well as engagement with external legal service providers.
The Legal Services Branch will work closely with policy and operational units, particularly to support defensible decision making and the implementation of the Commission's regulatory framework. This will include supporting Commission staff with training programs, where necessary.
The FOI, Privacy and Information Section in the Legal Services Branch also is responsible for coordinating FOI requests and advising on privacy matters, as well as overseeing and promoting FOI and privacy awareness/ compliance across the Commission.
About the Role
Key Accountabilities – Principal Lawyer
* Work with Principal Lawyer colleagues to support the Chief Counsel in providing strategic leadership, training, management, mentoring and support to staff in the Legal Services Branch, and contribute to and oversee strategic initiatives to support the effective operation of the Legal Services Branch and the Commission more broadly.
* Provide legal advice on complex or sensitive legal matters relating to the performance of the Commissioner's and Complaints Commissioner's functions, and undertake legal review of complex legal instruments.
* Complete second counselling of legal advices prepared by junior and senior lawyers, with the view to building the capacity of legal staff and ensuring the provision of high‐quality and accurate advice.
* Manage the procurement of legal services from external legal providers, conduct case management and client area consultation in relation to merits and judicial review matters, in accordance with the Legal
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