The purpose of the Policy and Legal Command is to establish and provide effective organisation-wide legal strategies, frameworks and advice, reflective of wider Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) operational policy development, service requirements and strategic direction.

Legal Strategy and Services Group (LSSG) advises on all QCS legal matters across litigation, contracts, and provides legal services and interpretation across a broad spectrum of areas including employment, commercial and administrative law, coronial inquests, personal injury, civil litigation, anti-discrimination and human rights. Focusing on ethics and integrity ensures QCS conducts itself with the highest degree of accountability and compatibility with governing operating and legal frameworks expected of a top tier public safety agency.

Job details

Reporting to a Principal Legal Officer, the duties of a Senior Legal Officer are varied and may include administrative law and statutory interpretation, judicial review matters, anti-discrimination matters, commercial contracts and agreements, operational practices and procedures, personal injury matters, litigation and preparation of associated documentation and submissions and coronial investigations and inquests.

The primary accountabilities of the Senior Legal Officer include:

• Provide authoritative legal advice (both written and oral) in relation to QCS activities and processes, recommended outcomes and decisions, emerging or current case law, legislative governance and risk mitigation. This advice may be in relation to contentious issues, often of a complex and sensitive nature, which may be the subject of litigation, and which are under consideration by the Minister, Commissioner, Executive Team and other senior QCS officers.
• Prepare timely advice, reports, correspondence and briefing notes on legal issues including statutory interpretation in relation to QCS activities and the law reform initiatives of external agencies.
• Liaise with Crown Law and other legal service providers to ensure a consistent, coordinated and effective approach to the provision of legal services involving QCS.
• Undertake legal research, analysis, review and evaluation to ensure that QCS' activities, including its operations and procedures, satisfy public sector standards for accountability and effectiveness.

The role description provides the minimum requirements for the role. The incumbent may be required to undertake other duties as required outside of these primary accountabilities.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

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• 664534-25-Role Profile (PDF, 275KB)
  
  
  664534-25-Applicant Information Guide (PDF, 957KB)