Job Description

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Legal - Public Law | Canberra

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About us

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We 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 with Australian and international businesses, organisations andgovernments.

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About The Role

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We 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.

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This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative 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!

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About You

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We are looking for a candidate who ideally:

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- is admitted to legal practice and has or is able to obtaina government security clearance

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- has 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 environment

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- brings a sense of curiosity and openness to learning newskills, and is able to see the 'big picture'

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- is a clear and confident communicator with strong attentionto detail and sound technical drafting and statutoryinterpretation skills

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- has, 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 processes

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- has 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)

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- has strong emotional intelligence and interpersonalskills

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- who thrives in a fast-paced workplace, working on avariety of complex and interesting projects at any onetime

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Maddocks is simply a great place to do great work. We foster aculture of collaboration, learning and engagement where you willexperience:

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A diverse and inclusive workplace: We have beennamed an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workforce Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along withbeing named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace Equality Index's 2024 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards.

We promote diversityinternally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, MaddocksCALD, Maddocks Disability Inclusion and Maddocks Pride groups.

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Career Development: Learn and develop throughstructured learning and development programs at each stage of yourcareer and study support programs.

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Community involvement: give back to thecommunities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono andgrants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.

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Work flexibly: work in a hybrid way with partof your week in the office and support to set up your homeoffice.

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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.

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Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is aresult of our inclusive culture and focus on complex andinteresting work.

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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