Defence Legal Advisor

5 days ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia Department of Defence of Australia Full time
Key Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

  • A sound knowledge of legislative frameworks, government decision-making, and Defence's mission and policy requirements.
  • An ability to build key stakeholder relationships both internal and external to the work area.
  • An ability to develop and communicate methodologies and practices to achieve outcomes.
  • An ability to implement processes, tools, and structures with the intent to increase, renew, share, and improve the use of knowledge within Defence.
About Our Team

Our team is dedicated to providing high-quality legal advice to Defence. We work closely with internal client areas, external stakeholders, and other areas of Defence Legal to achieve our goals.



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