Principal Legal Officer, Legal Grade Vi, Ongoing

4 months ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Office of the Children's Guardian Full time

**Office of the Children’s Guardian**

**Principal Legal Officer**
- ** Exciting new opportunity to make a real impact in shaping the future of the Office of the Children’s Guardian.**:

- ** Join our high performing General Counsel Directorate, a dedicated team who plays a key role in keeping children safe in NSW.**:

- ** A supportive and collaborative team culture with learning & development opportunities and various health & wellbeing programs.**:

- ** One full-time, new ongoing role opportunity with hybrid / flexible working arrangements.**:

- ** Legal Officer Grade VI $154,840 - $158,102 plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading).**

**About the Office of Children’s Guardian**

The Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG) upholds NSW children and young people’s right to be safe by overseeing, regulating and monitoring organisations and individuals that provide services to children. We are guided by our values of integrity, trust, service, accountability, respect and empathy.

To find out more about the Office of the Children’s Guardian, visit our website.

**About the role**

The Principal Legal Officer conducts highly complex and routine legal matters (advice, transaction and litigation) and provides professional supervision and mentoring of Legal Officers, including where assigned, co-ordination and allocation of workloads within the General Counsel directorate to ensure the provision of high quality, cost effective and client focused legal services which contribute to the achievement of the strategic priorities and goals of the General Counsel Directorate and the wider OCG.

We are seeking a motivated, resilient and experienced senior legal officer to perform the following:

- Provide the highest level of legal services, advocacy and advice to senior management and employees in accordance with legislative requirements, policies, procedures, guidelines, precedents and practice standards.
- Manage the most complex, contentious and sensitive matters and provide clear instructions liaising closely with the Crown Solicitor and Counsel in relation to matters before Courts and Tribunals.
- Supervise legal matters in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and guidelines in order to ensure high service standards are met, while developing employees and providing professional direction to ensure the delivery of quality legal services within the General Counsel directorate.
- Develop and review the most complex and sensitive legal documents including legal records, correspondence, reports, submissions, briefing notes, contracts and other matters allocated.

**Key knowledge and experience**
- Extensive knowledge and experience in administrative law matters, as well as demonstrated ability to provide advice in complex litigation matters.
- Highly developed critical thinking and analytical skills, including excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated strong collaboration and leadership skills with the ability to motivate team to achieve key deliverables in a fast-paced working environment.

**Essential Requirements**
- A law degree or equivalent and admitted as a legal practitioner by the Supreme Court of NSW is essential.
- All roles associated with the Office of the Children's Guardian are required to have a current Working with Children Check.

For further information about the role, please view the **role description**.

**Our commitment to Diversity**

**How to apply**

We are looking for you to demonstrate your competence in the focus capabilities as outlined in the role description, so please develop your response with this in mind.

**Targeted questions**
- Provide an example of a complex litigation matter that you have been responsible for, what were the legal and other complexities and how did you address them?
- What elements do you see as important in the supervision of lawyers involved in litigation and the provision of complex legal advice to an independent regulator? What are some of the challenges you may have encountered and how did you resolve/address them?

**Note**: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.

Applications closing date**:Wednesday, 18 September 2024 at 10:00am**
- A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months._

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