Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $113,022 - $124,884
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Legal
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/022941AB
Senior Solicitor, Litigation and External Review
The Role
As a Senior Solicitor, Litigation and External Review, you will undertake a wide variety of work across the Public and Administrative Law Unit at an advanced level, including advising on and developing legislation, regulations and instruments, delivering advice on public law and administrative matters and managing and advising on disputes, litigation and external review matters.
You will also undertake high level research and analysis of complex legal, legislative and policy issues, and will prepare reports, briefs and correspondence on those issues at an advanced level. The role also involves advising on administrative law and public law matters for a diverse client group including regional staff, policy officers and administrative decision makers.
Key accountabilities include:
The Team
The position of Senior Solicitor, Litigation and External Review will work within Legal and Legislation Branch, which sits within Corporate Services Group.
The Legal and Legislation Branch is the centralised provider of legal services to the Department. It supports the Department's strategic priorities by partnering with our client areas and delivering quality legal advice, dispute management, legislation development and commercial legal services.
We provide practical and solutions focused legal services that appropriately manage risk, so that we assist our clients to achieve their strategic outcomes.
We do this by engaging with our client areas and fostering strong relationships so that we better understand our clients' context and needs as well as the strategic objectives of the Department.
We provide legal advice on statutory decision making, Commonwealth-State constitutional issues, statutory interpretation, administrative law, negotiation and drafting of commercial and other agreements, review of contracting and grant arrangements, advice on dispute resolution and management of litigation. We also manage FOI functions for the department and its Ministers and provide advice on privacy and the management of personal information.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:
Further Information
For a confiden tial discussion, please contact Sarah Mauriks, Managing Principal Solicitor, Litigation and Dispute Resolution via email [email protected]
The department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.
Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.
Please note: We are accredited as a Disability Confident Recruitment (DCR) organisation and committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Recruitment Team on 0472875685, or via email at [email protected] with the position number in the subject line. For additional contact details for our team please review the attached Position Description, located under Job Attachments in the right hand menu.
How to Apply
Please click the ‘Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your Resume and a Cover Letter outlining your interest in the position.
Applications close at 23:59pm on Thursday, 13 November 2025.