Chief Counsel, Corporate and Customer

Services Australia is seeking candidates to fill two Chief Counsel roles, which provide strategic legal advice and assistance to the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive and the Minister for Government Services. The successful candidates will need to work in an effective partnership, noting together, they are responsible for overseeing a large and dynamic legal practice including one of the Commonwealth’s leading litigation practices.

The Chief Counsel Customer, manages a division and provides advice on :

• administrative law and statutory interpretation issues relating to social security, health, aged care, emergency management, and child support programs.
• litigation, including social security, child support and health program reviews before the AAT, and related appeals from the AAT
• Artificial Intelligence, automation initiatives, privacy and data governance issues, including undertaking privacy impact assessments and secrecy reviews

myGov and Digital Identity Act.

The Chief Counsel Corporate, manages a division and provides advice on :

About you

Services Australia is looking for outstanding leaders, who :

This process may be used to fill similar vacancies at this classification both within the agency and the wider APS, as they become available within an 18-month period.

Tertiary qualifications in the relevant field are required :

This role may be filled on an ongoing or non-ongoing (fixed term) appointment. The location for the position is Canberra (other locations considered by exception).

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