Department of Education and Training
Sep 18, 2019
Contract
Call for applications for the roles of Law Clerk (General) and Law Clerk (Special Projects), Legal Division, Department of Education and Training
These roles provide an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience working as a law clerk in the government sector. The roles are open to all university students who are currently enrolled in an LLB or JD (second year or later) and to those who are undertaking or have graduated from a practical legal training (PLT) course.
The current opportunities are detailed below and in summary, are as follows:
Law Clerk (General) roles; and
Law Clerk (Special Projects) roles.
These opportunities offer attractive remuneration at a VPSG2 hourly rate of $33.09.
The roles are based in East Melbourne at the Department of Education and Training ( DET ) and commence in October/November 2019.
Who are we?
DET leads the delivery of education and development services to children, young people and adults both directly through government schools and indirectly through the regulation and funding of early childhood services, non-government schools and training programs.
DET develops and implements Victorian Government policy on early childhood services, school education and training and higher education services. DET also manage Victorian government schools and drive improvement in primary and secondary government education.
Further information about DET is available at www.education.vic.gov.au .
Why work for us?
You will have the opportunity to work closely with a variety of staff in the Legal Division across fields of expertise including litigation, negligence, discrimination and employment law, family law, human rights law, commercial and property law, privacy law, governance and legislative and regulatory reform.
You will be able to explore the benefits of working in a large in house legal department, gain practical legal experience, acquire insight into a career in government law, experience our collegiate and professional culture and understand the variety of work performed by lawyers in the Legal Division.
What are we looking for?
The current Law Clerk opportunities at DET are as follows:
Law Clerk (General)
We are seeking university students who are currently enrolled in an LLB or JD (full time and in second year or later) and those who are undertaking or have graduated from a PLT course to join our pool of talented law clerks in DET’s Legal Division for 1-2 days per week. The successful applicants will have achieved strong academic results in a university to date (i.e. a minimum weighted average mark of 75% in their law studies) subject to other special circumstances criteria set out below. The successful applicants will also be available to start as soon as required.
Law Clerk (Special Projects)
We are seeking university students who are currently enrolled in an LLB or JD (second year or later) and those who are undertaking or have graduated from a PLT course, who are available to work on an as needed basis, in short term, full time roles for special projects that arise at DET. The successful applicants may also be asked to assist with the general law clerk pool when it is short staffed.
As a successful candidate for either the Law Clerk (General) or Law Clerk (Special Projects) positions, you will:
be highly motivated, able to demonstrate strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, as well as pride in performing professional work;
have the ability to be agile, manage multiple tasks and prioritise those tasks to effectively get the job done; and
have an eye for detail and an ability to meet deadlines in a busy work environment.
Your role may include:
litigation support (e.g. preparing chronologies, case summaries, briefs to counsel);
assisting with responding to subpoenas and other requests for information;
undertaking legal research (e.g. case law, searching Gazette notices and Hansard and other Parliamentary materials);
reviewing less complex contractual terms and DET policies and guidelines;
preparation of draft documents for Ministers, Parliament and the Executive Council;
assisting with publication of various legal documents (e.g. Gazette notices);
ad hoc reporting and administration for the Division;
project work (usually legal support for a client driven task); and
assisting Legal Support Staff with answering phones and other administrative tasks as required.
Special circumstances applicants
DET is committed to diversity and places considerable effort and resources into responding to the needs of employees with a disability, employees from disadvantaged minority groups or other challenging circumstances. People with special circumstances are encouraged to apply for these roles and applicants with a disability or identifying as indigenous will be favourably considered. If you are an applicant with special circumstances, please let us know that you are a special circumstances applicant in your cover letter.
What now?
To apply, please email a copy of your cover letter, resume and your current academic transcript to Sabrina Saceric at Saceric.Sabrina.S@edumail.vic.gov.au with one of the following subject headers (depending on whether you are applying for either or both roles):
“Application for casual law clerk (general) position”; or
“Application for law clerk (special projects) position”; or
“Application for casual law clerk (general) position and law clerk (special projects) position”.
Applications close 11.59pm Sunday 29 September 2019 .
Other relevant information
Successful applicants are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check prior to employment. New DET employees are required to meet the cost of the criminal record check.
If appointed from outside DET, successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment health declaration.
All DET employees are required to comply with relevant legislation, including legislation regarding the management of DET records, the Code of Conduct for Victorian public sector employees and DET policies and procedures in the conduct of their employment.
Standard public service terms and conditions apply. Information about DET's operations and employment conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb .
Privacy notification
We are collecting your personal information for the purposes of processing and considering your application for employment. We will use and disclose the information we collect from you only for these purposes.
Your personal information is kept secure and confidential and managed in accordance with DET Information Privacy Policy. If you have any concerns about how your information is being managed or wish to obtain a copy of DET’s Information Privacy Policy please contact Corporate People Services on 9637 3828 or visit our website http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/privacypolicy.aspx
