Comcare has an Ongoing Vacancy for a Legal Adviser (APS6) in the Statutory Oversight Team, in Canberra or Melbourne.

A merit pool will be created and may be used to fill similar Ongoing and Non-Ongoing vacancies.

Overview of Team and Role

The Statutory Oversight team is responsible for providing expert advice on the application of statutory processes to business areas within Comcare and acts as Comcare’s liaison with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Commonwealth Ombudsman. The team is responsible for receiving Public Interest Disclosures (PID) and co-ordinating PID investigations.

Statutory Oversight actively promotes Privacy and develops Comcare-wide privacy training and is responsible for ensuring Privacy Impact Assessments are completed and that Comcare’s activities are consistent with the Privacy Act.

Statutory Oversight also facilitates administrative access to personal information under the statutory requirements in the SRC Act.

Legal Advisers are responsible for managing a case load of various requests including:

• Providing advice on administrative law matters including FOI and privacy and undertaking administrative decision making,
• Ad-hoc matters and administration tasks assist the team, Senior Legal Adviser and Director
• Legal Advisers may also manage a small team

Qualifications/Experience

Tertiary qualifications in law including current practising certificate.

How to apply

The job information pack including how to apply can be obtained from our website Current vacancies | Comcare

Closing date: 11.59pm (AEST) Tuesday 27 May 2025