Manager - Legislation & Policy Legal Team (Vpsg6) - Melbourne, Australia - Department of Government Services

Department of Government Services

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Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | CBD

Job type:
Full time

Organisation:
Department of Government Services

Salary:
$130,673 - $174,869

Occupation:
Legal

Reference:
VG/1771099/

About us
***The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.

About the role

We have an opportunity for an individual to join us as Manager, Legislation & Policy Legal Team on an ongoing basis.

The Legislation & Policy Team provides advice and support in relation to DGS Ministers' legislative projects and supports the Secretary in overseeing the Government's legislative program.

Key Accountabilities include:

Providing strategic and high quality legal and policy advice DGS Ministers, senior departmental staff and other areas of the Department in relation to the Government's agenda, with limited supervision.
Leading the development, management and implementation of complex policy and legislative proposals (including preparing Cabinet submissions, briefs and drafting instructions).
Leading the preparation of submissions and briefs to Ministers and senior DGS officials on issues led by the team, including on significant policy and legislative proposals.
Briefing Ministers on legislation delivered by the team, and supporting Ministers with advice through the Parliamentary process.
Leading and managing a team of lawyers providing legal advice and inhouse counsel to senior Departmental staff and DGS Ministers.

Please refer to the position description for further details.

About you
To be considered for the role, you must be able to demonstrate:

Experience or demonstrated ability in managing and leading a team to provide technically excellent advice on complex legal issues and fostering professional development.
Strong planning and organisation skills, and the ability to effectively utilise available resources and effectively procure and manage the provision of external legal services.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong stakeholder management skills.

Mandatory requirements

You must hold a law degree. Being eligible to hold a Victorian practising certificate would be looked on favourably

How to apply
- a resume; and
- a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages)

Other relevant information

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which
strongly recommends all DGS employees be fully vaccinated.

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion, and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles in DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.