Principal Lawyer

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Principle Lawyer
Workers Compensation Commission (WCC)

• Ongoing (permanent) role based in Sydney 
• Sensational opportunity to join WCC
• Salary range $135,045 - $137,891 (Legal Officer Grade 6)

About Us
The Workers Compensation Commission resolves workers compensation disputes between injured workers and employers.
We resolve and determine disputes about workers compensation claims, for example, weekly compensation for loss of income, payment of medical expenses and compensation for permanent impairment/pain and suffering.
We encourage parties (workers, employers and insurers) to discuss ways of resolving the dispute at all stages of the process.

About the role
As a Principal Lawyer, you will provide professional legal services to the Commission and its stakeholders on complex and challenging matters, including exercising a full range of legal and statutory decision-making functions of the Registrar under delegation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for resolving expedited applications for interim payments and workplace injury management disputes, including issuing written decisions, and other statutory decision-making functions
• Work flexibly and collaboratively with internal clients, complete tasks and develop solutions to ensure business objectives are met within legislative frameworks
• Manage the conduct of dispute applications lodged with the Commission and ensure procedural fairness requirements are met
• Identify and report on emerging and significant legal issues that may impact the business or on matters presenting reputational risk to the business
• Coach and mentor colleagues by sharing expertise and transferring skills to build internal legal capacity
• Provide legal education to the business, other government agencies and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with the business on strategic and operational projects, processes and system review, guidance and training materials

Your application should include:
a covering letter (maximum of 2 pages), your current résumé or CV relevant to this position (maximum of 5 pages)

Learn More: Please review the Role Description. For enquiries regarding this please contact Michael Wright, Director, Legal Services on (02) 8281 6424.

Closing date:  30 July 2018 [11:59PM].

Job reference: 00006A74

The Department of Finance, Services and Innovation is an EEO employer and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultures and people with a disability. At DFSI, we endeavour to make roles flexible. While these roles are advertised as full time, we will consider requests to undertake the work flexibly including on a part-time or job share basis.