Legal Graduate

**Legal Graduate**

The Personal Injury Commission’s Legal and Policy Directorate is looking for a Legal Graduate to join its team The Legal Graduate will be employed by the Department of Customer Service and will work in the Personal Injury Commission (Commission) which is an independent statutory tribunal.

**Benefit**:

- Temporary 12 months role based in Sydney CBD
- Clerk Grade 3/4; Salary package ranging from $75,992- $83,211 base per annum plus super
- Genuinely flexible working arrangements
- Wellbeing programs and resources available
- Excellent career development and learning development opportunities.

**About Us**
The Personal Injury Commission (Commission) resolves disputes between people injured in motor accidents and workplaces in NSW, insurers and employers.

The Personal Injury Commission is an independent statutory tribunal within the New South Wales justice system, committed to providing a transparent and independent dispute resolution service.

Resolving disputes justly and efficiently in the shortest time frame is a priority for the Commission. We work with all parties (injured persons, insurers, and employers, where relevant) to discuss ways of achieving this.

The Personal Injury Commission exercises functions in two divisions - the Motor Accidents Division and the Workers Compensation Division. You can read more about the PIC here

**About you**

You are a law graduate, who may or may not, have a practising certificate (PC) (previous Legal Graduates have used this role towards practical legal training requirements) genuinely interested in courts and tribunals, the laws that govern them, and dispute resolution, including decision making, conciliation and mediation; keen to learn, curious about the world and collaborative by nature; and seeking career development and guidance from great lawyers and managers.

**Primary purpose of the role**
You will assist senior lawyers, in research, providing legal advice, preparing policy proposals, and in aspects of decision making - you will work across a range of tribunal related legal work.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Undertake research and analysis and contribute to policy development.
- Manage (under supervision) the weekly publication of the Commission’s Legal Bulletin.
- Assist the Commission’s member support team.
- Support senior lawyers in the delivery of their legal work which includes decision-making, and policy.
- Monitor and report on the delivery of projects to ensure milestones and deliverables are met.
- Undertake a range of litigation support responsibilities including assisting in the review of judicial review matters.
- Support a range of projects, policies and other program initiatives
- Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders

If you want to be part of the Commission’s innovative Legal and Policy Directorate, we would love to hear from you

**What we need from you**

In your cover letter, please explain why you want this role and why you think the role and the Commission would be a good fit for you.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities.

Salary Grade 3/4, with the base salary for this role starting at $75992 base plus superannuation

***We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working.

We have 8 million+ reasons to care and want our employees to represent the communities that we serve.

You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.

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