Legal Officer Grade I-III

1. Click here for the Role Description
2. Find out more about applying for this position
3. All applicants must attach a response to the two targeted questions (1-2 pages) and your CV (no more than 5 pages)
4. Please note that you cannot apply for this role using iworkfornsw, please click here to access the advert through the Health Career Portal.

For role related queries or questions contact Dean Bell, Deputy General Counsel, on 9391 9601 or dean.bell@health.nsw.gov.au

If you do not include responses to the below questions your application will not be considered.

1. Give an example of a written advice you have completed in order to recommend a course of action in a complex or contentious legal matter. Describe how your recommendation addressed relevant legal and non-legal risks and issues?  The example might be in commercial law, litigation or another relevant area of law.
2. Using a specific example, describe an occasion when you were able to develop a different problem-solving approach and what the result was.  What do you think you learned from the experience?

(In your answers to the target questions you are not expected to disclose any identifying or confidential information).

The Ministry of Health values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be one of the following: 
•  an Australian Citizen, or
•  a permanent resident of Australia, or
•  a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or
•  a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia

You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia.

Applications Close: 21 January 2019 11:59pm