Senior Legal Officer
Job Description
Contribute, Develop and Thrive at DMIRS!
Contribute – give back to your community, share your knowledge and improve safety.
Develop – grow your skills, develop a career path, and expand your horizons.
Thrive – find balance between work and home life, make a change and enjoy a better future.
We are expanding – Three Senior Legal Officer permanent appointments are available in our Legal Services branch based in our East Perth office.
This pool process will be used to fill the above positions and may be used to fill other similar vacancies across the department as they arise over the next 12 months.
About these roles
Take the next step in your career, Senior Legal Officers provide legal opinions and advice to the Department on legal issues, predominantly concerning criminal law and evidence related to safety investigations and appear as counsel for the Department, including as lead counsel in significant hearings and trials before courts and tribunals.
What does the department do?
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) supports a safe, fair and responsible future for the Western Australian community, industry and resources sector.
We lead with integrity, deliver on commitments, strive for excellence, and look for better ways of doing things.
Underlying everything we do are our values of being respectful, responsive, forward-thinking, transparent, fair, and ethical – these are driven by our staff who make DMIRS a success.
To learn more about the Department and what we have to offer, please visit our website, and to keep up to date on activities, you can follow us on LinkedIn.
What can we offer you?
We offer a supportive, diverse and innovative environment, with great benefits, including:
Great work/life balance with 37.5 hour working week as a standard and flexible working hours for most roles.
Leave options including purchase leave, deferred leave and long service leave after 7 years.
Flexibility to work at home and in the office for most roles.
Stable work, job security, fair remuneration, 10.5% superannuation contributions to a provider of your choice and salary packaging options.
The ability to give back to your community and make a difference in the health outcomes.
A collaborative environment with the ability to gain insight from subject matter experts in your field.
Opportunities for professional development, acting, shadowing and mentoring.
Support to grow your skills with a wide range of formal training options.
Build a healthy lifestyle with our award-winning Health and Wellbeing program.
Supportive work environment including an Employee Assistance Program to assist you deal with life’s challenges.
To learn more and apply for this opportunity:
Senior Legal Officer (jobs.wa.gov.au)
CLOSING DATE: 4.00 pm on Friday 23 December 2022 (WST).
We look forward to hearing from you.
