The Role

Our client is seeking a Freedom of Information (FOI) Lawyer to work on secondment with a high profile federal government department, managing and overseeing FOI requests received by the Department.  

The Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be required to:

• assisting the business area with processing FOI requests, including, as drafting correspondence to external stakeholders to undertake consultation as required, reviewing documents relevant to the FOI requests, marking-up documents, and drafting decision letters;
• assisting with processing internal reviews applications; of all FOI requests received by the department, ensuring compliance with the statutory obligations contained in the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act);
• responding to Information Commissioner reviews, or FOI complaints received directly from an applicant or from the OAIC; and
• any other FOI related tasks.  

The Requirements

Previous experience working as an FOI Lawyer in a federal government department and knowledge and understanding of the FOI Act and a Baseline clearance is essential.

Applicants must be an Australian citizen, with successful candidates being willing to undergo any required additional employment suitability checks.

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