Senior Federal Prosecutor

The role

We are seeking legal professionals with a focused, strategic, and collaborative mindset to lead and support complex, sensitive and at time high profile criminal litigation outcomes. This is an opportunity to work on significant matters, not seen in any other environment, and develop your legal career in directions that most other environments cannot provide. The salary is $121,755 to $146,580, plus a $26,832 prosecutor allowance and 15.4% employer superannuation on both, which together make up the headline compensation of A$171,469 to A$200,117.

What you'll do

• Instruct Counsel in sentences, trials and appeals, also representing the Director in court, forums and conferences
• Use your extensive legal judgment expertise to make legal decisions and recommendations, within tight deadlines
• Lead and support significant prosecutions on behalf of the Director; providing legal advice to the Director and partner agencies to drive prosecution outcomes
• Apply relevant legislation, policy and procedures to frame criminal charges and determine how allegations of criminal wrongdoing are to be alleged before the court
• Use cutting edge technology to assess briefs of evidence
• Actively develop positive, productive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Support the enhancement of the CDPP legal capability, including through the coaching and mentoring of junior legal staff

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