• Locations: ACT, TAS, VIC and QLD
• Status: Ongoing / Non-ongoing
• Employment type: Full-time & Part-time
• Salary Range: $81,372 - $88,000

Responsibilities include:

The position provides support to the Legal and Assurance Division for the procurement of external legal services by undertaking the following duties:

• Drafting and issuing Work Orders to legal services providers; 
• Raising and managing purchase orders; 
• Ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and internal policies and frameworks; 
• Assisting lawyers to manage their outsourced matters by providing timely advice on expenditure against purchase orders and purchase orders due to expire; 
• Managing inboxes and responding to queries from external legal services providers and internal stakeholders in relation to procurement of external legal services; 
• Prioritising workloads and competing demands to ensure deadlines are met; 
• Maintaining accurate records in the LEX Matter Management System; 
• Identifying efficiencies or improvements to processes; 
• Assisting with the end of financial year accrual processes in relation to external legal services; 
• Processing invoices from external legal services providers, as required; and 
• Undertaking legal support duties, as directed.

An Application Kit (including a full position description) is attached.