Lawyer APS5-6

Job Description

About the role
We are currently seeking an APS5 or APS6 Lawyer to become an integral part of our Legal Services team. This critical role will provide high quality legal advice to our regulatory and enabling services teams and provides an exciting opportunity for you to develop your legal skills in a rewarding in-house environment encompassing work on public law, commercial law and litigation management.

About You
• Are you passionate about contributing to the excellence of Australian higher education?
• Are you ready to use your skills and experience to provide high quality legal advice on TEQSA’s operations and contribute to TEQSA’s administrative decision-making processes?
• Are you a strategic thinker with a drive for innovation and collaboration?
• Do you want to work in a challenging, dynamic, and rewarding environment that is mission-focused?

Core duties include:

APS6 Lawyer:
1. providing legal advice on administrative law and statutory interpretation to support TEQSA’s regulatory and quality assurance functions (including in relation to litigation that arises out of these functions).
2. providing legal advice in relation to suspected academic cheating services, including in relation to litigation or administrative action involving such services.
3. providing information and legal advice (including privacy, Freedom of Information, and records management) on issues arising from TEQSA’s work.
4. providing legal advice on employment law, contracting and procurement or intellectual property issues.
5. drafting and managing legislative instruments, delegations, external correspondence, and guidance material relevant to TEQSA’s regulatory and enabling functions.

An APS5 Lawyer will perform similar duties but with a commensurate adjustment to the complexity and level of supervision in their work, and with an increased expectation that they would also:
• perform research and analysis of legal issues to inform the Legal Team’s work and
• provide administrative and clerical support for TEQSA’s Legal Team, including document management activities associated with external review matters.

Position Eligibility Requirements

The successful applicant must:
• be an Australian citizen,
• satisfactorily complete a National Police Check, and
• obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) clearance to Baseline status.
Failure to satisfy any of these conditions may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or termination of employment.

Why work at TEQSA?
TEQSA welcomes people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. TEQSA encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people with disabilities, people that identify as LGBTQIA+, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. We offer our people a range of benefits that include flexible work arrangements, professional development opportunities and free access to an EAP which extends to immediate family members.

How to apply
Please refer to TEQSA’s career page for more details about the role in the Candidate Information Pack (CIP) to assist you in applying for the role.

Your application should include:
1. TEQSA job application cover sheet, available on TEQSA’s careers website.
2. A current resume (maximum two pages)
3. A two-page pitch (maximum 1000 words) detailing:
• How your skills and experience address the ‘our ideal candidate’ section (what makes you the best candidate for the position).
• The value you can add to TEQSA and the Governance and Planning Group.

Once prepared, please submit your completed application to [email protected].
Applications close 11.59pm on Sunday 19 March 2023.

Apply today! We look forward to receiving your application.