Lawyer - Public Law - Governance, Procurement and ProbityLegal - Public Law | CanberraAbout usWe are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation.We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and beingat the forefront of employee experience.
We work closely withAustralian and international businesses, organisations andgovernments.About The RoleWe are currently looking for confident and enthusiastic lawyersin the early stages of their legal careers to join ourhigh-performing Public Law - Governance, Procurement and Probityteam in our Canberra office.This is a great opportunity to join a cooperative team workingwith (primarily Commonwealth) government departments and agenciesto provide pragmatic, solutions-focused advice across a variety ofmajor procurements and grants projects.
You will be involved insignificant and high profile projects, and advise on complex andoften sensitive matters with real-world impact.
Things are neverdull in this team!
About YouWe are looking for a candidate who ideally:is admitted to legal practice and has or is able to obtaina government security clearancehas a genuine interest in current affairs and the publicsector, a passion for helping clients make lawful and ethicaldecisions regarding commitments of public money, and a goodtrack record of working collaboratively and contributing to ateam environmentbrings a sense of curiosity and openness to learning newskills, and is able to see the 'big picture'is a clear and confident communicator with strong attentionto detail and sound technical drafting and statutoryinterpretation skillshas, or has the ability to obtain quickly, a strongunderstanding of probity and integrity in the public sector,and governance principles applicable to procurement,



grants andother spending processeshas general public sector and/or legal experience(preferably in one or more of procurement and grants,commercial law, statutory interpretation and/or administrativelaw decision-making, audit, risk and investigations)has strong emotional intelligence and interpersonalskillswho thrives in a rapid-paced environment, working on avariety of complex and interesting projects at any onetimeMaddocks is simply a great place to do outstanding work.
We foster aculture of collaboration, learning and engagement where you willexperience:A diverse and inclusive workplace: We have beennamed an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WorkforceGender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since **** along withbeing named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace EqualityIndex's **** LGBTQ Inclusion Awards.
We promote diversityinternally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, MaddocksCALD, Maddocks Disability Inclusion and Maddocks Pride groups.Career Development: Learn and develop throughstructured learning and development programs at each stage of yourcareer and study support programs.Community involvement: give back to thecommunities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono andgrants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.Work flexibly: work in a hybrid way with partof your week in the office and support to set up your homeoffice.Wellbeing & Benefits: access to up to 20 weekspaid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & health insurance,salary continuance insurance, Employee Assistance Program andparents and carers wellbeing programs.Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is aresult of our inclusive culture and focus on complex andinteresting work.To be eligible for this role you must be legally permittedto work in Australia.
Please note that unsolicited applicationsfrom agencies will not be considered at this time.
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📌 Lawyer - Public Law - Governance, Procurement And Probity (Canberra)
🏢 Maddocks
📍 Canberra