National Disability Insurance Agency – Geelong VIC
The Dispute Resolution & Litigation (DR&L) branch in the Chief Counsel Division is a growing in-house legal practice servicing the NDIA with legal advice and litigation support services on merits review matters for participants in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal), soon to be known as the Administrative Review Tribunal.
The DR&L branch is responsible for providing trusted high-quality legal advice and litigation support services to respond to these applications by NDIS participants and prospective participants.
The branch provides strategic oversight of legal risk across the Agency's AAT program, as well as supporting continuous improvement of decision-making to improve outcomes under the NDIS.
Multiple new roles await The APS4 Paralegal is a team membership position that will work within defined parameters relating to responsibilities of their role.
The role will be required to apply well-established policy, principles, practices, and procedures to achieve outcomes that support and contribute to NDIA's objectives to "build a world-leading National Disability Insurance Scheme".
The role will be required to provide operational and administrative support that is informed and directed by sound knowledge in the NDIA's legal risk, in-house legal practice for application in the Tribunal and may undertake some research and analysis activities.
Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to: Assisting with the provision of legal advice, support, and services to the NDIA in the management and resolution of participant-related reviews in the Tribunal, including administrative support and workload allocation tasks. Drafting legal documents such as briefs to Counsel and expert witnesses, Statements of Issues, and other legal documents. Enough about us, let's talk about you The successful candidate will possess practical legal administrative experience.
You will demonstrate experience in, or knowledge of, some or all of the following:
Administrative law and principles of good administrative decision-making. Statutory interpretation particularly in relation to the NDIS Act and National Disability Insurance Scheme (Supports for Participants) Rules 2013. You will have a human-centred approach and the ability to thrive in a high-volume environment.
You will be passionate about growing the skills and capabilities of your team, as well as being effective at stakeholder management with the ability to build mutually beneficial relationships.
You will act inclusively, and with integrity, empathy, and respect when working with the team, participants and prospective participants, as well as external stakeholders.
Eligibility Successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship.
Failure to do so may jeopardise your offer of employment. Dependent on the role, the appropriate Working with Children / Working with Vulnerable People check may be required as per State/Territory legislation.
In addition to these checks, a Worker Screening Check issued by the relevant State/Territory worker screening unit will also be required for any role for which the normal duties are likely to require more than incidental contact with people with disability. The health and safety of workers, Participants, and other visitors in our offices is our highest priority. Notes This position will be offered as ongoing or non-ongoing. We intend to fill this role in an ongoing capacity; however, non-ongoing roles up to 12 months with the possibility of extension up to 2 years may be offered. Should a non-ongoing position become ongoing, then a merit list established through this selection process may be used to fill the vacancy on an ongoing basis. Getting to know the National Disability Insurance Agency The NDIS provides funding to eligible people with disability to gain more time with family and friends, greater independence, access to new skills, jobs, or volunteering in their community, and an improved quality of life.
The NDIS also connects anyone with disability to services in their community.
This includes connections to doctors, community groups, sporting clubs, support groups, libraries, and schools, as well as providing information about what support is provided by each state and territory government.
The NDIS now supports over 500,000 Australians with disability to access the services and supports they need.
This includes supporting approximately 80,000 children with developmental delay, ensuring they receive supports early so that they achieve the best outcomes throughout their lives.
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