Senior Lawyer

Job description

Agency Department of the Attorney-General Work unit Legal Services, Litigation

and Justice

Job title Senior Lawyer Designation Senior Professional 1

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $128,551 - $143,611 Location Darwin

Position number 153+6 RTF 304341 Closing 17/0+/2024

Contact Officer Ben Wild, A/Director Litigation on 08 8+35 7855 or ben.wild@nt.gov.au

About the agency http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=304341

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or

job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go

to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go

to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

To provide the Northern Territory Government, its Authorities and Instrumentalities with high quality legal service with respect to

civil litigation matters.

Context statement

The Litigation Division provides legal advice and representation in relation to a wide range of civil litigation, criminal, quasi-criminal

and administrative law matters to the Northern Territory Government, its agencies and statutory bodies. This position is in the

Criminal Enforcement and Regulatory team, which is tasked with providing advice and representation in matters which have a

particular criminal, quasi-criminal or regulatory aspect, including: regulatory breaches/prosecutions, professional disciplinary

hearings, liquor licensing matters, mental impairment and unfitness to plead hearings, criminal property forfeiture, serious sex

offender and domestic violence applications and other related work as allocated.