Solicitor

Utilise your legal expertise to provide support and advice to the Regulatory Services branch
- Fixed term for 24months, Full-Time Opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
- VPS Grade 4: $90,067 - $102,192 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit
CAV Legal sits within The Office of the General Counsel (OGC). The OGC is responsible for the provision of in-house legal services across the Department of Justice and Community Safety, to the Attorney-General as First Law Officer, and to other DJCS Ministers.
Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) is Victoria's consumer regulator. Our vision is a fair and competitive marketplace in Victoria. We:

- provide information to business, consumers, landlords and tenants about their rights and responsibilities
- register and license organisations and occupations
- ensure compliance with consumer laws, and
- review and advise government about Victoria's consumer protection framework.

The outcomes we are working to achieve for the Victorian community are:

- businesses that comply with consumer laws,
- Victorians who exercise their consumer rights
- a fair and safe rental market for Victorians.

**Regulatory Services includes the following**:

- Information and Analysis - provides strategic and operational intelligence and analysis to the organisation, and manages CAV's compliance data and other information.

About the Role
Solicitors within the CAV Legal team provide legal support across CAV, but primarily to the Regulatory Services. That support is provided through the provision of specialist legal advice to investigators prior to and during the course of investigations, preparation of legal briefs and materials to assist in the successful prosecution of defendants and by appearing and conducting litigation in all jurisdictions, including the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Magistrate's Court of Victoria, County Court of Victoria and the Supreme Court of Victoria as well as the Federal Court of Australia.

**Some of your duties may include**:

- Assist CAV Legal with the provision of legal services to Regulatory Services, in all aspects of the cases handled within the branch.
- Undertake high level legal research and provide legal advice in consumer law and industries regulated by the Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria and undertaking casework in matters, including the briefing of counsel if required.
- Assist in the development of strategies and develop policy options for the management of consumer law matters and emerging issues.

About You
- Good knowledge and understanding of the practice and procedure of various courts including the processes and rules of Court applicable to proceedings commenced by writ or originating motion or criminal prosecutions.
- Demonstrated ability to assist with and/or manage litigation and conduct criminal, civil and administrative proceedings, including the management of budgets.
- Demonstrated ability to carry out complex legal research and analysis.
- Proven ability to provide oral and written advice, which is authoritative, accurate and clear, on complex matters relevant to consumer law or the legislation administered by the Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria.
- Capability and willingness to develop positive relationships and work collaboratively with stakeholders, including across.

**Qualifications/Requirements**:

- Completion of a relevant law qualification and admission or eligibility for admission to practice as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria is mandatory.

How to Apply

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:

- COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.