Director Legal (424278)

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• Direct and manage the Branch’s business planning and day to day operations to achieve timely, customer-centric and cost-effective business results. This encompasses developing operational plans and budgets, managing physical and human resources, prioritising, allocating and monitoring activities and work tasks, and providing leadership to team members.
• Manage requests for formal legal advice, including holdings of advice received.
• Manage key external relationships and negotiations between the Department and the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Crown Solicitor, the State Litigation Office, and the Director of Public Prosecutions to ensure a consistent, coordinated and effective approach to the provision of State Growth legal services.
• Manage the Department’s contact with external legal bodies, including the Ombudsman, Coroner, and Integrity Commission.
• Oversee the conduct of research and the drafting and preparation of timely and expert advice, reports and recommendations for stakeholders, with respect to the Department’s legal obligations, Right-to-Information requests, and statutory review functions. In achieving this, the position ensures the delivery of high quality, tailored and specialist advice that informs key decision making activities.
• Provide leadership to direct reports and external service providers, as required, by clearly articulating strategic direction, operational implementation and expectations of service delivery, defining and negotiating priorities and utilising contemporary program and people management practices to deliver effective and timely business outcomes. A key aspect of this is the management of team performance to ensure that all employees of the Branch are effectively engaged and motivated in the delivery of services to meet customer needs.
• Foster and sustain productive partnerships within the Department, across other government departments and relevant external organisations to understand broader whole of government issues and other factors that impact the management of the Department’s legal obligations. This will necessitate representing the Department at inter-agency meetings, forums and advisory groups.

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent workplace experience in law, management or business.

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To apply, please provide a one to two page document outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.

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Complete the following application form and email your application to us at recruitment@stategrowth.tas.gov.au

Application for Employment (Form 201).DOCX

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