EL2 Lawyer - Surry Hills, NSW

A new role awaits

The Agency Legal Services Branch provides practical and solution-focused advice across a broad spectrum of matters to support business areas, including employment, workforce, and industrial relations matters; corporate, commercial, procurement, and property matters; information law and privacy matters; and scheme compliance, investigations and integrity matters.

The Branch plays a key enabling function, including the identification and mitigation of legal risk for the NDIA and is seeking candidates to fill various vacancies in the following teams: 

• Integrity Agencies
• Scheme Compliance & Investigations
• Commercial Law

Where you can add value

The EL2 Lawyer (Legal Stream) is an important team leadership position within the NDIA and will have authority and responsibility to resolve legal issues and risks across wide-ranging activities of substantial depth involving significant detail. The position will exercise a significant degree of independence and will use a high-level of decision-making and judgement. The role will be required to coordinate and assume responsibility for legal advice to highly complex or sensitive projects and work program outcomes across the functions that have strategic or operational significance to the Agency. 

Integrity Agencies Team
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing strategic legal advice and assistance relating to suspected misconduct, corruption and integrity issues arising under:
  • Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
  • National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
• Providing legal advice and support in relation to the Agency's obligation to act as a model litigant.

Scheme Compliance & Investigations Team
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing strategic legal advice and subject matter expertise on all relevant aspects of NDIS Act and Rules as well as a range of complex legal issues involving statutory interpretation and administrative law, fraud and compliance, criminal, evidence and procedural law.
• Providing legal advice and support in relation to integrity uplift measures such as payment compliance and debt recovery processes and managing judicial review applications in relation to related administrative decisions. 

Due to the nature of the work undertaken in Scheme Compliance & Investigations, possessing a Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance is considered advantageous.

Commercial Law Team
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• A broad range of procurement activities, including contracts in support of procurement of ICT and other operational capabilities; commercial negotiations of legal issues; grants; intellectual property; the agency’s obligations under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth).
• Complex commercial law issues such as contracting, funding agreements, IP, insurance, and risk management.
• Statutory compliance and relevant Commonwealth laws and policies (e.g. Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth), Commonwealth Procurement Rules).
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal issues relating to commercial agreements (e.g. procurement, grants, leasing).
• Property law.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you

We’re seeking a strategic, solutions focused legal professional who combines strong technical expertise with effective leadership. The ideal candidate will confidently manage complex legal matters, provide high quality advice to senior stakeholders, and contribute to whole-of-government priorities. You will excel in communication, problem solving, and relationship building in a fast paced environment, bringing sound judgment, resilience, and a growth mindset. You will act inclusively and with integrity, empathy and respect when working with the team, participants and prospective participants, as well as external stakeholders. Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to lead and develop others, and a commitment to professionalism, integrity, and inclusive teamwork are essential.

Mandatory qualifications 
This position is within the Legal stream and the candidate must possess relevant academic qualifications with admission as a legal practitioner, however described, of the High Court or the Supreme Court of an Australian State or Territory; and hold, or be able to obtain, a practising certificate (for WA applicants this must be an unrestricted practicing certificate). You must have proven experience in the relevant areas of law.

Your NDIA Experience

We work as one team. We are accepting, diverse and driven. We take a shared approach to making progress. We welcome and support each other and encourage different ideas, insights and opinions. We empower and enable each other to be our best. We collaborate, connect and work together to create a workplace that makes us proud. And while we're based far and wide across the country, we make sure nobody feels they are out on their own.

• You will work for a socially inclusive and culturally diverse workplace, that is making a meaningful impact to the lives of more than 717,000 Australians.
• Access to higher superannuation and above market leave entitlements
• Competitive remuneration and working conditions that support a positive work life balance
• Access to ongoing professional development and learning

While this role is ideally performed from ACT - Deakin; NSW - Parramatta; NSW - Surry Hills; QLD - Brisbane; QLD - Robina; SA - Adelaide; VIC - Geelong; VIC - Richmond; WA - Midland, remote working arrangements may be considered. We intend to fill this role in an ongoing capacity, however non-ongoing roles up to 12 months with the possibility of extension up to 2 years may be offered.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police History check, Worker Screening check and/or Working with Children Check (where required) and provide evidence of Australian Citizenship and must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance, or hold a current security clearance of an appropriate level.

Applications for this role close Tuesday 7 April 2026 at 11.30pm (AEDT)

If you have any questions, please contact Kylie Maso on 0402302035 or email kylie.maso@ndis.gov.au

With the exception of personal details, applications can NOT be edited or updated once submitted for consideration. Please make sure you are completely satisfied with your entire application before submitting.

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