Principal Legal Officer (Public Law)

The company:
This regulatory body plays an important regulatory, compliance and advisory role operating across a broad range of activities with a national remit.

About the role:
As part of an already large, existing legal team you will sit with a number of administrative law and regulatory lawyers, advising across:

• statutory decision making, functions and power;
• statutory instruments and applications;
• privacy;
• disciplinary matters, negotiations, arbitrations and appeals where necessary;
• administrative and public law matters particularly relating to the complex regulatory and policy obligations of this authority; and
• assist with the development of procedure, policy and governance supporting the regulatory requirements.

Skills/Experience:
To be considered for this role you will have:

• 6+ years PAE with experience in public and administrative law;
• government/public law experience will be highly regarded;
• excellent research and statutory interpretation skills and an analytical, problem solving mind.

Benefits:
Awaiting you is:

• a great salary up to ~$170k;
• a fantastic team;
• excellent benefits including flexibility, 2 days WFH, up to 8 weeks annual leave and RDOs; and
• the ability to influence and make a real difference to this growing regulator.

Apply now:
Click APPLY or contact Peter Liaw at Peppercorn Recruitment on 0422 805 803 or email peter@peppercornrecruitment.com.au, quoting reference number 3827930. Please submit your resume in Word format only.
  
Peppercorn Recruitment has been exclusively retained to recruit this role. All third party applications will be forwarded to Peppercorn Recruitment for consideration in the process.

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