Generalists - In-house (Legal)
Government - Federal (Government & Defence)
Contribute to legislative drafting projects, in part to deliver project outputs but primarily to acquire the skills required to provide independent legislative drafting services and for team leadership.
Key responsibilities In this role, you will:
Assist the Senior Executive Service team leader and, under their general oversight, assume progressively higher levels of independent responsibility for carrying out the following tasks:
providing legislative drafting services; organising planning and logistics of legislative projects; maintaining effective working relations with members of the drafting team, instructors, other OPC staff and other relevant parts of the government, parliament and public service. Develop legislative problem solving, drafting, interpersonal, supervisory and project leadership skills, and judgment, through on-the-job training and also via participation in formal training (courses, seminars etc).
Carry out or participate in such product development (e.g. plain English) or operations support (e.g. IT development, participation in office committees and reviews, Legislation Process Course presentations) as may be assigned, or such other duties relevant to the service provided by the OPC as may be assigned.
Eligibility requirements To be eligible for the role, you must:
be an Australian Citizen; be able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) clearance to Baseline status; hold a degree in law from an Australian tertiary institution or a recognised overseas qualification. To advance in OPC you must be admitted as a practitioner (however described) of the High Court or the Supreme Court of an Australian State or Territory. How to apply To apply for this position, please visit the careers page of our website ( to submit your application via our e-Recruit system. Please:
provide a statement of 2 - 3 pages outlining how your skills, knowledge, and experience make you the right person for the role, including details of relevant achievements and examples that demonstrate your suitability; provide a current CV detailing recent employment history that is relevant to this position; provide the name and contact details of two referees. We may contact your nominated referees, and other people we think are appropriate. Please let us know if you want to us to contact you before we contact your nominated referees; provide details of your full academic results (tertiary only, for both legal and non-legal studies), including documents evidencing your qualifications (and admission to practice if applicable). Applications for this vacancy close at 11:55 pm on Sunday, 10 November 2024 The Office of Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) provides timely, high quality legislative drafting and publication services. These include drafting and advisory services for Commonwealth Bills, legislative, notifiable and other instruments as well as comprehensive public access to Commonwealth legislation through the Federal Register of Legislation website.
For information on our specialist services, please see the Services and Training page.
This site is designed to be of interest to lawmakers, legislative drafters and anyone else seeking information about Commonwealth Bills, Acts and instruments. For information for clients working with OPC including frequently asked questions, please see the Client Information page.
OPC has been active in encouraging the use of plain language in legislation and developing and using plain language techniques. Please see the Plain Language page for further information. OPC has also developed the Guide to Reducing Complexity in Legislation as part of the Government's initiative to reduce complexity in legislation.
Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.
The Office of Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) provides timely, high quality legislative drafting and publication services. These include drafting and advisory services for Commonwealth Bills, legislative, notifiable and other instruments as well as comprehensive public access to Commonwealth legislation through the Federal Register of Legislation website.
For information on our specialist services, please see the Services and Training page.
This site is designed to be of interest to lawmakers, legislative drafters and anyone else seeking information about Commonwealth Bills, Acts and instruments. For information for clients working with OPC including frequently asked questions, please see the Client Information page.
OPC has been active in encouraging the use of plain language in legislation and developing and using plain language techniques. Please see the Plain Language page for further information. OPC has also developed the Guide to Reducing Complexity in Legislation as part of the Government's initiative to reduce complexity in legislation.
Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.
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