Legislative Drafters – Pool Recruitment
Do you want to help shape the future of WA law?
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel (L2LG, L3LG, L4LG, L5LG) and Senior Assistant Parliamentary Counsel (L6LG, L7LG)
The Role
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office (PCO) provides comprehensive legislative drafting and related services to the Western Australian Government, its departments and agencies to ensure that legislation is prepared to give effect to government policy and priorities. PCO also provides legislative drafting services and advice to private members of Parliament and parliamentary committees.
Legislative drafting is a specialist type of legal work. It offers an intellectually challenging career requiring an ability to understand complex ideas and policies and express them in legislation that is legally effective and drafted as clearly and simply as possible.
PCO is seeking to fill a number of vacancies. These range from junior level positions for which previous legislative drafting experience is not essential to senior level positions in which extensive previous legislative drafting experience is essential.
This recruitment process is designed to identify a number of suitable lawyers to place in a recruitment pool from which offers of employment may be made over a 12-month period. No specific levels are being sought - PCO is just looking for the best candidates.
The decision on how many of these positions are filled will be determined by business needs.
Offers of employment to those in the recruitment pool will be for up to 2 years, with the possibility of permanency either during or at the conclusion of the 2 year period.
We offer a wide variety of personal and professional benefits. Information on the benefits of working with us is available from the “What We Offer” section on our website.
Work-Related Requirements
Please read the JDF criteria matrix for more information about the work-related requirements of these positions.
All Department of the Attorney General employees are required to undergo a National Criminal History check.
For more information about PCO’s work, see “Getting Government Legislation Drafted and Enacted” and “Getting Private Member’s Legislation Drafted and Enacted”, available on our website.
Further Job Related Information
If you are interested in the positions and want further information, contact Hugh McGinlay on (08) 9264 1420 for a confidential discussion. Information about applying for a position and submitting your application is available on our website or from the attached Job Application Kit.
How To Apply
The Department requests applicants to submit an online application using the ‘Apply for Job’ button below. As part of your online application you will be prompted to complete relevant personal information and to attach the following information as part of your application:
Please provide:
- A detailed resume
- All relevant academic transcripts
- A cover letter clearly stating:
- which position (and level) you are interested in. You will be assessed against the relevant work-related requirements (selection criteria) for this position and level;
- why you are interested in joining the PCO and how your skills and experience will make you a good fit to perform the required work in the context of the work-related requirements found in the Position Information matrix.
Successful applicants will be placed in a recruitment pool from which offers of employment may be made over the next 12 months.
All work-related requirements as listed in job descriptions will be assessed at some stage of the selection process