Senior Counsel - Independent Review

Victorian Government • Melbourne • 14h ago

$168,512.00 per annum 12% superannuation x2 Full time, 12 month fixed term opportunities (x1 parental leave) Melbourne CBD based role (hybrid – 3 days in office) About the role The Workers Compensation Independent Review Service (WCIRS) provides a non-statutory review framework for decisions made by claims agents under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 and Accident Compensation Act 1985 on behalf of WorkSafe. WCIRS reviews disputed workers' compensation decisions in a manner that ensures fair, reasonable and sustainable outcomes that assist WorkSafe to support workers through their recovery and provide effective occupational rehabilitation and early return to work through suitable employment opportunities. Key accountabilities Investigate and determine applications for review of disputed WorkSafe agent decisions and other WorkSafe decisions in a fair, reasonable and timely manner. Supports Lead Counsel of WCIRS in sustainable decision-making relating to workers' compensation claims and entitlements. Engages and consults with relevant stakeholders in the operation of the independent review function. Gather and analyse information relating to quality decision making frameworks, procedures, processes and policies which will facilitate the design and implementation of the non-statutory review function. Build and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders and provide support and learning opportunities relating to or arising out of a non-statutory review. Write clear and logical decisions setting out the basis for decision, relevant findings of fact and the material on which those findings were based. Communicate decision outcomes of reviews and the reasons for those outcomes to workers, agents or other authorised decision-makers and relevant WorkSafe staff in a timely and professional manner. About you You have demonstrated experience as a technical expert or a complex specialist as a legal advocate or policy specialist in the Victorian workers' compensation framework. Your written and verbal communication skills will be highly developed and you will have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision in an environment of internal and stakeholder pressure, and strict statutory deadlines. More specifically you will have: Highly developed and demonstrated knowledge of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (Vic) 2013 and the Victorian workers' compensation statutory framework. Highly developed alternative dispute resolution, conflict resolution and facilitation skills. Demonstrated ability to provide solutions for defined functional objectives to improve current practices. Demonstrated capacity to deal with a wide range of stakeholders effectively, empathetically and tactfully in the review context. Demonstrated ability to assess competing and complex evidence and to reach logical and sustainable conclusions based on relevant material. Demonstrated ability to write sound logical and sustainable decisions capable of withstanding internal and external review, including scrutiny by Courts and Tribunals. Highly Desirable Sound understanding of the principles of administrative review, and their application to the WorkSafe review context. Understanding of the principles of statutory interpretation and legal precedent. A tertiary undergraduate degree in law or equivalent. * Post-legal admission experience of 7 years in Victorian compensation litigation and/or administrative review.

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