Lawyer, Ongoing opportunities based in Sydney CBD + hybrid working options

Role: Lawyer Advisory - multiple opportunities
Location: Sydney CBD or Parramatta flexible working options available
Grade: Clerk Grade 07/08
Salary Range: $113,574 - $125,720+ super, commensurate with experience.
Employment Type: Multiple ongoing opportunities.

Opportunities are available within the Legislation and Advice streams of our Department of Customer Service (DCS) Legal Division.

The DCS Legal team supports a diverse business portfolio. including Building Commission NSW, Digital.NSW, NSW Fair Trading, NSW Telco Authority, the Principal Department, SafeWork NSW, Service NSW, and the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).

As a Lawyer, Advisory (Grade 7/8), you will provide valuable contribution to the legislative and advisory teams representing Legal Division in the provision of independent, accurate and timely legal services. You will be supported to grow your legal expertise across diverse areas of legislative and regulatory reform, legal advisory matters and administrative law supporting the agency's strategic, operational, and legislative priorities.

These are ongoing opportunities available on a full-time or part-time job share basis. A talent pool may be created for future opportunities.

• Remuneration of $113,574 - $125,720+ super & leave loading, commensurate with experience.
• Based in Sydney CBD with hybrid working options available.

The person in this role will need to:

• Work collaboratively with other lawyers in the team in a dynamic environment to provide pragmatic, focused and defensible, risk-based legal services on a diverse range of specialist issues.
• Research and draft clear, concise legal advice and other related outputs across a range of legislation administered by the Organisation including statutory interpretation, legislative interpretation and reform, administrative law and, legal frameworks underpinning government operations.
• Be adept at working with a variety of stakeholders to interpret and distil complex legal issues in the preparation of documents and contractual documentation to ensure that statutory, ethical, probity and other legal obligations are properly addressed.

About you:

• You are admitted as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and hold or, are eligible to hold a current practising certificate as a solicitor.
• You have proven stakeholder management, interpersonal, and communication capability with an ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with stakeholders to support delivery outcomes.
• You have strong analytical ability, lateral thinking, and problem-solving skills including an ability to apply legal principles in a practical way.
• You are a client focused team player who can adapt to change and independently manage competing priorities and deadlines.

You hold a Bachelor of Laws or equivalent degree qualification and have a minimum of 2 years relevant post qualification in two or more of the following areas in either private, in-house corporate or government practice:

• Regulatory and/or administrative law
• Information access and privacy law
• Public law
• Statutory interpretation

What we need from you:
To start your journey towards becoming one of our Advisory Lawyers, please submit a covering letter (maximum two pages) and an up-to-date resume of no more than five pages which clearly details your skills and experience as relevant to this position. In your cover letter, please share your motivation for applying for this position.

Salary Grade 7/8, with the base salary for this role starting at $113,574 base plus superannuation

Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Nicole Turner via [email protected].

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

Closing Date: 10am Friday 22nd August

Careers at Department of Customer Service
A career at the Department of Customer Service (DCS) gives you the opportunity to help improve government services and be part of reform that benefits people across NSW. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service, digital transformation, and regulatory reform. Come join us and influence the future of our great state.

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