Woden, Australian Capital Territory Government vacancies
The Opportunity:
 
The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Legal Services Branch provides the full suite of government legal services to the NIAA. Our services include provision of legal advice on a range of corporate law, commercial law, and public law matters, development of legislation, management of litigation, and procurement of specialist legal advice when necessary.

We are seeking to recruit at least one talented lawyer to join our practice as an APS 6 Lawyer in one of the following teams:

• The Corporate Law Team advises on a range of NIAA matters, including on information law (we are responsible for coordination of NIAA FOI matters), intellectual property, employment law, Public Interest Disclosure, procurements, MoUs, contracts, and finance law.
• The Commercial Law Team also advises on a range of NIAA matters, predominantly related to commercial law, statutory interpretation, legislation development and litigation arising in relation to grant and procurement arrangements.
• The Land and Public Law Team assists with the development and interpretation of legislation, litigation, land and leasing, Indigenous land rights and native title, drafting of legal instruments, appointments, delegations, administrative law and lawful decision making, assistance with developing legal frameworks to implement policy proposals and regulatory and criminal law.
• Please note: It is expected that a merit list will be established as a part of this recruitment process, which may be used to fill any further APS 6 Lawyer roles that become vacant in Legal Services Branch prior to the expiry of the merit list.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will possess:

• Capacity to attain cultural competency, including the ability to understand issues affecting, and to communicate effectively with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Strong communication skills, collaboration skills and a solutions focused approach to legal services.
• The ability to undertake legal research and provide accurate, clear and concise plain English advice.
• Success in building and maintaining professional relationships.
• Ability to respond quickly and flexibly while managing competing priorities.
• At least 1 year PAE is highly desirable.

 What We Offer:

• We are an Agency with significant autonomy, national reach, and due to our size can move fast.
• We offer a space where you can bring your ideas and your enthusiasm for helping people.
• We offer an attractive remuneration package, including generous employer superannuation contributions and a flexible, diverse and inclusive workplace for you to develop your expertise and achieve your ambitions.

Eligibility:

• To be eligible for this position you must be an Australian Citizen.
• The occupant must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline Vetting (Protected) level security clearance, or hold a current security clearance of an appropriate level. 
• The successful candidate will be required to be assessed through our pre-employment screening checks, such as an Australian Criminal History Check

How to apply:

If this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, we want to hear from you!  Submit an online application through the NIAA Careers Page by Thursday 27 January 2022 at 11:30pm AEDT.  
Source: Uniting News