EL1 Senior Legal Adviser

Vor 4 Tagen

Canberra, Österreich Comcare Vollzeit

Generalists - In-house (Legal)
Government - Federal (Government & Defence)

Full time

Comcare has an Ongoing Vacancy for an Executive Level 1 Senior Legal Adviser in the Statutory Oversight team in Canberra, ACT or Melbourne, VIC. Requests for part-time will be considered.

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

Team Overview

The Statutory Oversight team is part of Comcare’s Legal Group and 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 1988.

Statutory Oversight also facilitates administrative access to personal information under the statutory requirements in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act).

Role Overview

The Senior Legal Adviser supports the Principal Legal Adviser and provides client-focused high level, specialist legal and strategic advice and support to Comcare staff to ensure compliance with statutory obligations.

The Senior Legal Adviser will resolve problems and manage risk effectively and manage their own workload in a manner consistent with the APS Values and Code of Conduct, the Legal Services Directions 2017, and internal Comcare procedures.

The Senior Legal Adviser will achieve organisational objectives through successful planning and participating, contributing and collaborating across Comcare and with external stakeholders.

The Senior Legal Adviser manages a small team that has responsibility for Comcare’s obligations under various statutory processes and is responsible for:

  • delivering high quality, timely strategic advice on complex administrative law matters including Freedom of Information (FOI) and privacy and may undertake complex administrative decision making on sensitive matters
  • legal research, analysis and evaluation, preparing reports and providing advice in administrative law areas including Privacy and FOI
  • nurturing complex relationships with internal and external stakeholders including clients, service providers, licensees and premium payers
  • supervision, quality assurance, training, support and development of other team members
  • initiating and driving continuous improvement and managing change.

Mandatory Qualifications/Experience

  • Tertiary qualifications in law including current practicing certificate in an Australian state or territory.

Closing Date: Sunday, 07 July 2024 at 11:59pm (AEST)

Comcare is established under the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act).

Comcare has functions and responsibilities under the SRC Act, the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) and the Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth Liabilities) Act 2005 (ARC Act). Under this legislation we have roles as insurer, regulator and scheme manager.

We provide expert advice and services to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (SRCC) and the Seacare Authority, and we manage the Commonwealth's asbestos-related claims liabilities.

Comcare's outcome statement describes our success and provides strategic focus for all our efforts:

Supporting participation and productivity through healthy and safe workplaces that minimise the impact of harm in workplaces covered by Comcare.

Our role is to have a positive impact on reducing injury and harm in the workplace.

Comcare's work underpins quality workplaces and plays a vital role supporting workforce participation and productivity, as well as making an important contribution to the Australian Government's deregulation agenda.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

About Us

Comcare is established under the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act).

Comcare has functions and responsibilities under the SRC Act, the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) and the Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth Liabilities) Act 2005 (ARC Act). Under this legislation we have roles as insurer, regulator and scheme manager.

We provide expert advice and services to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (SRCC) and the Seacare Authority, and we manage the Commonwealth's asbestos-related claims liabilities.

Comcare's outcome statement describes our success and provides strategic focus for all our efforts:

Supporting participation and productivity through healthy and safe workplaces that minimise the impact of harm in workplaces covered by Comcare.

Our role is to have a positive impact on reducing injury and harm in the workplace.

Comcare's work underpins quality workplaces and plays a vital role supporting workforce participation and productivity, as well as making an important contribution to the Australian Government's deregulation agenda.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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