APS5 Legal Practice & Capability - Recruitment

• Contract Term: 12 Months plus possible extension.
• Hourly Rate: $55.24 per hour excluding Superannuation.
• Deakin Office – Hybrid working option (Maximum 2 days working from home)

About the Role:
The Legal Practice and Capability (LPC) Branch provides strategic and operational support to the Agency’s legal function for the Chief Counsel and General Counsel Divisions. The LPC Branch also supports the uplift of legal knowledge and capability across the Agency, supporting a range of activities including recruitment, onboarding, learning and development, strategic reporting and project across the divisions.

The LPC Branch is part of the Chief Counsel Division, which also has responsibility for the Agency’s AAT Case Management and Dispute Resolution & Litigation Branches, as well as the Legislation and Legal Policy Branch. The General Counsel Division has responsibility for two branches – Legal Services and Complaints and FOI Management.

The APS5 Legal Practice and Capability will have a considerable level of contact with internal and external stakeholders and will be required to communicate with and provide advice on a range of matters to resolve moderately complex to complex enquiries.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Assisting by providing expertise and advice in specialist areas, contributing towards the Agency’s programs, activities, outcomes and initiatives.
• Assisting with internal and external stakeholder relationships, achieving work area and agency goals by providing administrative and other support.
• Managing and completing administrative functions for operational support roles within the work area.
• Providing support with preparation of written documentation, internal and external communication, briefs, policy and strategy documents and training materials.
• Providing administrative support and maintenance of internal systems and reporting functions, helping the Agency meet requirements.
• Providing assistance and advice on policy and procedural documents with the specialised work area.

Skills and Experience
Key skills required for role/s:

• Ability to work in a high paced team, managing multiple tasks at hand.
• Attention to detail and good administrative skills.
• Effective planning, scheduling, prioritisation, and time management skills

Desirable skills to have for the role

• Recruitment Coordination experience preferred.
• Inbox management
• Maintaining spreadsheets and work using SharePoint.
• Onboarding and Offboarding tasks
• Understanding of procurement and contracts

Eligibility/Other Requirements:

• The successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.