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Senior Legal Officer
Legal Strategy and Services Group; Policy and Legal; Workforce Culture Integrity and Capability; Brisbane
The Policy and Legal Command, Workforce Culture, Integrity and Capability Division (WCIC) is to establish and provide effective organisation-wide legal strategies, framework and advice, reflective of wider Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) operational policy development and service requirements and strategic direction.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Justice & Legal |
| Classification | PO5 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/695942/26 |
| Closing date | 06-Aug-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Sarah Miller |
| Contact details | Phone: 3565 7259 Access the National Relay Service |
In this role you 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.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Further information
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