Application - Ordinary Member (Sessional)

Application - Ordinary Member (Sessional)

1. Personal Details
1.1 Personal Information
Professional surname:
Surname:
(if different from above)
Given names:
Preferred name:
Title:
Date of birth: / DD / MM / YYYY
Telephone:
Mobile:
Email:
Residential address: / Street
Suburb/town
State
Postcode
Mailing address, if different to above: / Street
Suburb/town
State
Postcode
1.2 Working rights
Are you an Australian Citizen or do you have Permanent Residency?
Yes
No
If no, please state your current visa status:
2. Position
As you are applying for a sessional (or casual) member role please outline your general availability:
We are primarily seeking members for the Administrative and Disciplinary Stream but in time Members may be expected to be able to work across Streams.If you have experience relevant to a specific Stream please indicate below. Multiple selections can be made.
Community
Housing and Civil
Administrative and Disciplinary
Refer to application pack for more information on Streams.
3. Professional Information
Do you now hold, or have you ever held, any judicial appointments or any appointment to a Board or Tribunal? If yes, specify position, jurisdiction and period of appointment.
Yes
No
If yes, position:
Jurisdiction:
Period of appointment:
Additional comments:
3.1Professional Qualifications- Legal practitioners
Have you been admitted to legal practice or are you enrolled as a legal practitioner in Australia?
Yes
No
If yes, please specify the date you were first admitted or first enrolled and the court or jurisdiction.
Date of admission: / DD / MM / YYYY
Court or jurisdiction:
Number of years standing in practice:
3.2Professional Qualifications –Other professions
Provide details of professional qualification and experience in the relevant area.
Profession
Number of years’ experience
Detail your eligibility for appointment by providing information on your extensive knowledge, expertise or experience relating to a class of matter for which functions may be exercised by the Tribunal
3.3“Administrative Law, Firearms & Freedom of Information ” Experience & Qualifications
Detail your eligibility for appointment by providing information on your knowledge, expertise or experience relating to:

Administrative law
Freedom of Information
The use and control of firearms

4. Curriculum Vitae & response to selection criteria
4.1 Curriculum Vitae
You must submit your curriculum vitae with this completed form. Your curriculum vitae must include information about:

your further and higher education qualifications (including institution/s attended and date/s qualification obtained); and
your employment history.

Your curriculum vitae must be no longer than 6 pages.
4.2 Response to selection criteria
Please use the following section to provide information in support of your skills and experience against the selection criteria. Your responsesare to be of no more than 250 words to each selection criterion.
4.2.1 Selection Criteria
a) Ability to work in a high-volume and complex case-driven work environment and resolve and determine matters effectively and expeditiously within limited timeframes.
Response:
b) The ability to conduct hearings in a manner which is informal and flexible but fair and with authority and confidence.
Response:
c) Understanding of and commitment to the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques.
Response:
d) Understanding of the rules of procedural fairness and their practical application in a Tribunal setting.
Response:
e) Ability to perform the duties of a Tribunal member including conduct hearings, ADR sessions and produce orders and other written documents using technology competently and proficiently and in a self-sufficient manner with minimal administrative support.
Response:
f) Ability and willingness to learn and develop professionally, to adapt to change and to work constructively with others.
Response:
g) Ability to identify vulnerable people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those with special needs and ensure they are provided with appropriate supports to enable them to properly participate in the Tribunal process.
Response:
h) Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to use straightforward language, the willingness to listen with patience and courtesy and an ability to explain procedure and decisions in a clear and succinct way.
Response:
4.2.2Desirable
Accreditation as a mediator with the National Mediator Accreditation System or other training and experience in mediation or other ADR practices.
Response:
5. References
We are seeking evidence from people who are in a position to comment on how you meet the selection criteria. We may contact referees to discuss your application.
Referee 1
Title, name and position
Telephone (w)
Telephone (m)
Email
Please state how they are known to you.
Referee 2
Title, name and position
Telephone (w)
Telephone (m)
Email
Please state how they are known to you.
Referee 3
Title, name and position
Telephone (w)
Telephone (m)
Email
Please state how they are known to you.
6. Pre-Employment Check
6.1 Criminal Record
Please answer the following questions by ticking the appropriate box. If you answer “yes” to any of the questions in this section, please provide details in the area provided below or in an attachment to this form.
Are you currently facing charges yet to be determined for any offence? / Yes
No
Have you ever been convicted of, or cautioned for, any criminal offence (including minor traffic offences)? / Yes
No
Have you ever been:
a) Investigated, arrested, reported for or pleaded or found guilty of any criminal offences?
b) Terminated by a South Australian public sector agency or any other organisation for any reason?
c) Subject of allegations or an investigation or any other process relating to alleged unsatisfactory performance or misconduct by you as an employee? / Yes
No
Have you completed a Criminal Record Check in last 12 months?
If yes, please provide a copy of the report.
If no, please complete an application form and provide with your job application. The form is available at:

or use the form available at
Note: Employment is dependent upon a National Police Certificate clearance that the SACAT finds satisfactory. / Yes
No
Have you ever been declared bankrupt, made a composition with your creditors, or been sued to judgment for any debt, or are any such proceedings pending? / Yes
No
Have you ever had proceedings brought against you relating to income tax, GST or any other form of tax or rates, or are any such proceedings pending? / Yes
No
Have you ever had an action brought against you for professional negligence, without the matter being dismissed, or are any such proceedings pending? If you are a solicitor and such a matter has been brought against your firm in respect of a matter under your supervision, answer ‘Yes’. / Yes
No
Are you, or have you ever been, subject to the disciplinary process of any professional body in respect of a matter involving you personally or under your supervision, or any professional body’s internal complaints procedures, or any disciplinary process undertaken by your employer or manager, without the matter having been dismissed, or are any such proceedings pending? / Yes
No
Is there any additional information or conflict of interest that should be brought to the attention of the President which might call into question whether it is appropriate for you to be appointed as a member of SACAT? / Yes
No
6.2 Medical
Do you currently have any disability or medical condition which might prevent or impede you from being able to satisfactorily perform any duties that might be required of you in the role for which you have applied?
If yes or unsure, please provide details (please include details of any assistance/adjustments that would allow you to carry out the functions of the role). / Yes
No
Have you ever submitted a claim for workers compensation (whether accepted or proven or not)? / Yes
No
Note: If you have any disability or medical condition which might require the provision of non-standard measure to either provide you with a safe system of work, or to enable you to satisfactorily perform your duties, you should tell us. This information is necessary to enable us to provide a safe system of work to you in the event that you are appointed, and to enable us to provide appropriate assistance.
The provision of any such information will not be used to discriminate against you because of the existence of any such disability or medical condition.
6.3 Separation
Have you ever received any voluntary early retirement or voluntary separation package from the South Australian public sector?
If yes, please provide details of resignation date and name of agency/authority issuing retirement/separation package.
Note: “Public sector” in relation to such packages means any agency or instrumentality of the Crown in right of the State of South Australia and includes any corporate body that is in existence or which is established by or under any Act and which is subject to control or direction by a Minister. / Yes
No
Have you resigned from employment in the South Australian Public Sector upon a redemption payment for workers compensation entitlements? / Yes
No
If you have answered yes to any questions, please provide details:
7. Other
Please indicate if you are prepared to travel within South Australia to hear matters, including overnight absences:
Yes
No
Please indicate if you have a current drivers licence:
Yes
No
8. How to apply
8.1 Declaration
I declare that the information in this application and in any other documents completed by me in support of my application, and the information provided by me during any interviews in connection with my application, is true and correct in every detail. I understand that any incorrect statement in connection with my application may lead to a rejection of my application.
Signature of applicant
Date: / DD / MM / YYYY
8.2 Submit application
To submit this application and your curriculum vitae:

Print out this completed application form and sign declaration.

Provide 5 printed copies of your completed application form.

Provide 5 printed copies of your curriculum vitae outlining your qualification and experience (no more than 6 pages)

Provide a completed Police check form OR evidence of check which is less than 12 months old. Please ensure the 100 point identification check has been completed by a Police Officer or Justice of the Peace and copies of the ID are attached. (SACAT will submit this form on your behalf)

Provide a signed Consent to Receive National Police Clearance Results form which will allow SACAT to receive a copy of your results in an expedited time-frame.

Mail the required documents to:

Glenda Ogg
SACAT
GPO Box 2361
Adelaide SA 5001
Applications will be accepted up to 5.00 pm Friday 22 July 2016.
8.3 Privacy statement
The Tribunal is committed to protecting individual’s privacy. Information collected through the application process is primarily used to assess candidates’ suitability for appointment to the Tribunal and is shared with individuals involved in the recruitment process.

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