Lawyers/Senior Lawyers – Administrative Law/Statutory Interpretation – Baseline Clearance –  $780 to $1400 daily rate including super – 3 to 12 month initial secondment (with possible extension) – Canberra Brisbane Melbourne Sydney Adelaide locations (as well as remote working arrangements) available

The Role

We currently have secondment opportunities within a high profile Commonwealth Department that is seeking lawyers with administrative law and statutory interpretation experience to work on a variety of legal projects. 

The Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be required to work as a secondees within the Commonwealth clients’ in-house legal team.  High level stakeholder engagement skills are required as the successful candidate will be required to provide advice and assistance to a wide range of client areas.

The successful candidate will provide a variety of legal advice on subjects including:

• statutory interpretation of legislation and sub-ordinate instruments;

• applying administrative law principles to business decisions and advising on process issues; and

• providing advice around the regulatory framework relating to therapeutic goods.

The Requirements

A current practising certificate (or ability to obtain one) and a current (minimum) Baseline security clearance experience is essential. 

Previous experience advising on Commonwealth administrative law including on the regulatory framework relating to therapeutic goods would be highly regarded.