Legal Advisor

**Job no**: V14262
**Work type**: Ongoing Full Time
**Location**: Melbourne
**Categories**: Legal

Would you like the opportunity to further your legal career as an in-house commercial lawyer by working on exciting and fast-moving projects for a national government agency?

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) works in partnership with 15 National Boards to implement the national regulatory scheme for health professionals. The purpose of health practitioner regulation is to protect the public by ensuring that only health practitioners who have the skills, qualifications and knowledge to provide safe care are registered.

Ahpra has recognised the importance of the National Legal Practice and as a result, the opportunity has arisen to work in Ahpra’s high functioning National Legal Practice in a newly funded position. As a Legal Advisor in the Corporate Legal team, you will have the opportunity to provide legal advice in crucial and important internal projects that will assist Ahpra to ensure that it meets its aim of protecting the public as the national regulator of health practitioners.

Reporting to the Corporate Counsel and the Senior Legal Advisor, the Legal Advisor provides a broad and exciting range of advice within Ahpra across commercial and contract law, privacy law and administrative law advice to key stakeholders across the organisation, including but not limited to, staff, Board and Committee members, and other relevant regulatory bodies for the purpose of ensuring the National Law is applied and administered in an effective and efficient manner in line with organisational policies and procedures. The role also acts as counsel in relation to litigation conducted by the various Boards and Ahpra.

**In this role you will**:

- Provide legal advice to ensure Ahpra operates in accordance with legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to the National Law.
- Provide legal advice and recommendations to advise Ahpra on its contractual and commercial relationships including drafting and negotiating complex IT and other services contracts and reviewing and advising on tender documentation.
- Provide legal advice and recommendations to address and resolve complex issues in respect of commercial, contract, procurement, privacy and public interest disclosure matters, facilities and leasing, intellectual property rights and protection, delegations and authorisations.
- Provide feedback on the Corporate Legal team’s current work practices and provide recommendations for process improvement which leads to a whole National legal service team improvement.
- Admission as a legal practitioner to any state or territory and holds an unrestricted practicing certificate (Essential).
- Minimum 4 years post qualification experience
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain constructive relationships with staff and internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated legal skills and experience in commercial law, procurement and contract management, privacy law and information / data governance are essential. Experience in administrative law (including statutory interpretation, Ombudsman requirements, freedom of information, instruments of delegation and public interest disclosures) is desirable.
- Understanding of administrative law and governance, demonstrated by experience in a statutory or regulatory environment.

**What we offer**:

- A friendly and supportive working culture with an active social club
- Discounts on Medibank Private Health Insurance and selected gym memberships
- Great work/life balance
- Central location and sophisticated open plan workspaces in a 5-star rated building
- Attractive salary of $129,526 per annum plus superannuation.

**To apply**:

- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process
- Applications Close 11.30pm AEDT 9 March 2025

With respect, no agencies please.

**Advertised**: 21 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 09 Mar 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time