Legal Officer

2 months ago


Sydney, Australia Destination NSW Full time

**Legal Officer**
- Clerk Grade 3/4 with a salary range of $79,032 - $86,539 per annum plus superannuation
- Ongoing role based in The Rocks, Sydney CBD

**About the role**

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Legal Officer to support our senior solicitors in providing legal advice, drafting contracts, managing procurement processes, and contributing to policy work. This is a unique opportunity to gain invaluable legal and policy experience while supporting key projects that drive the visitor economy in NSW.

As the Legal Officer, you will assist with a range of activities across legal, procurement, and governance functions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Conduct research and analysis to help resolve legal issues and contribute to policy development.
- Monitor and report on project milestones to ensure deadlines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
- Provide legal advice under supervision, referring complex matters to senior solicitors.
- Draft contracts and manage procurement processes, working closely with senior team members.
- Assist with various administrative activities within the legal, procurement, and governance teams.
- Collaborate across public sector agencies to support Destination NSW’s business outcomes.

**About Destination NSW**

Destination NSW is the champion and voice for the visitor economy within the NSW Government. Spearheading a whole-of-government approach to visitor economy growth, Destination NSW influences and shapes the visitor economy through strategic research, policy and thought leadership, stakeholder engagement and consultation, commercial partnerships and investment in visitor experiences, business support, marketing and events. Destination NSW is also the major investor in Business Events Sydney (BESydney) for the purpose of securing more international and domestic conventions, incentive travel reward programs, corporate events and exhibitions.

**About You**

You are a proactive individual with a keen interest in legal and policy work. You will have strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Your passion for contributing to impactful projects and your willingness to learn will set you apart in this role.

An essential requirement of this role is to have completed an undergraduate or post-graduate degree in law within the last 2 years, and admission to the Supreme Court to practice as a Solicitor.

To learn more about the role, please click here to download the role description.

**How to Apply**

**Closing Date**: Monday 21 October 2024 (10:00AM)

**Working at the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport**

At the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport we bring vibrancy to NSW by growing our creative industries and workforces, driving strong visitor and night-time economies, ensuring a responsible hospitality sector, and putting arts, culture and sport at the heart of our communities.

Together we:

- Create social and economic opportunities for the state
- Support the creation of jobs across the creative, visitor and night-time economies
- Prioritise First Nations artists, stories and culture
- Ensure arts, culture and sport are at the heart of every community to be enjoyed and accessed by all
- Drive visitation through events, campaigns and visitor experience development
- Activate our night-time and creative economies to unlock unique precincts and community spaces
- Deliver a vibrant and responsible hospitality, liquor, racing and gaming environment
- Support NSW’s key Cultural Institutions to ensure access for all, enable community experiences and education and preserve the state’s diverse cultural assets and history.
- A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles for this role or similar roles that may become available over the next 18 months._


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