El1 Assistant Director, Legal Practice Management

4 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Comcare Full time

**Overview of the Team**

The Legal Practice Management Team provides practice management services and supports the Legal Group in the delivery of quality legal services with a focus on continuous improvement.

The team develops and implements governance frameworks, monitors risk, and coordinates input to reports and briefs to support Comcare in meetings its internal and external reporting obligations.

The team are responsible for engaging external Legal Service Providers (LSP) on behalf of Comcare and the team supports the Director, Legal Practice Management to allocate matters and monitor LSP performance.

**Overview of the Role**

The Assistant Director supports the Director, Legal Practice Management in performing their role and leading the team to provide client-focused practice management and administrative support services to the Legal Group, Comcare staff and our external stakeholders.

The Assistant Director will also work closely with the Director to build capability through training opportunities and drive continuous improvement projects and initiatives, both within the Legal Group and other Comcare client areas, to promote awareness and understanding of our work and how we can better service our clients.

The Assistant Director needs to be flexible, resilient and adaptable to manage changing priorities in a high-volume work environment. A collaborative approach is required to support productive and constructive relationships internally and externally.

Providing strong leadership and management, the Assistant Director will achieve organisational objectives through planning and participating, contributing and collaborating across Comcare and with external stakeholders.

The Assistant Director will manage their own workload autonomously, including:

- managing Legal Group input and drafting responses to business management, coordination and corporate and governance reporting requests.
- leading capability development and training initiatives within the Legal Group.
- initiating and driving Legal Group projects and continuous improvement initiatives, supporting cross-Group projects and managing change.
- providing supervision, training and support to other team members.
- preparing briefs and reports, policies and guidance procedures, under limited direction.
- developing, maintaining and implementing legal frameworks, strategies and related documentation.

The Assistant Director will resolve problems and manage risk effectively, managing their own workload in a manner consistent with the APS Values and Code of Conduct, the Legal Services Directions 2017, and internal Comcare policies and procedures. They will also be responsible for exercising judgement, discretion and confidentiality in the management of sensitive information.

**Mandatory Experience**
Demonstrated experience in administrative and coordination support roles.

**Eligibility and Specific Conditions of Employment**
- Australian citizenship.
- Character clearance (police records check).
- Health clearance.
- Six months probationary period for new engagements.

**How to apply**

**Please review the Job Information Pack below and provide a statement of claims **with your responses outlining what you could bring to this position including your skills, experience and knowledge relevant to the job specific capabilities and role (maximum 2 pages).

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