FOI Lawyer (Baseline Clearance)
Location
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Job Type
Full time
Category
Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers
Posted
June 16, 2026
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 t...