Senior Solicitor Employment Law
Full time
at Ministry for Primary Industries
in
New Zealand
Posted on May 8, 2024
Job details
Senior Solicitor Employment Law | Wellington City
Salary Band: $117,035 to $136,961 depending on skills and experience A vacancy has arisen in our Legal team for a Senior Solicitor – Employment Law. This role is one of two employment lawyer roles at MPI. It is a highly autonomous role so we are looking for an experienced lawyer who can operate independently in giving legal advice, while working collaboratively with their colleague and people advisory staff. Senior Solicitors - Employment Law are responsible for providing high quality, timely, and practical legal advice and representation to MPI in its role as an employer. MPI employs over 3,700 staff working in diverse roles around New Zealand, so the role is busy and interesting! MPI is committed to recruiting, recognising, and creating opportunities for talented people to develop career paths within the organisation and beyond. Your key responsibilities will include:- Preparing and presenting well researched, contextualised, and high-quality legal advice on employment law matters
- Providing legal advice to senior managers within the Ministry, taking the Ministry's broader strategy into account
- Providing leadership and direction on employment law matters, including providing advice on the management of legal risks and on opportunities for operational improvements
- Work in collaboration with People Advisory and Management to develop strategies to resolve complex issues.
- Building and maintaining relationships with managers, the Crown Law Office, external legal providers, and other government departments and organisations
- Providing advice and acting as instructing solicitor in litigation involving the Ministry
- Contributing to the maintenance of accurate and up to date internal information management systems (e.g. contingent liability register, precedent filing system, wiki, time-recording, reporting).
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, the ability to build and maintain effective relationships, and a collaborative work style.
- A proven track record in the delivery of well-researched, contextualised, and solution-focussed legal advice with options for managing any legal risk identified.
- Discretion, tact, and robust conflict of interest management appropriate to the type of work you will be doing.
- Experience advising senior managers.
- The ability to operate autonomously and manage your own workload.
- The ability to identify and make process improvements.
- The ability to handle a high workload and manage competing priorities.
- An understanding of the machinery of government, the Crown's obligations to Māori, and the role and work of the Ministry.
- The willingness to occasionally travel outside Wellington for work.
- Up to 3 additional MPI leave days
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Bi-annual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
- most preferably a New Zealand citizen, who has resided continuously in New Zealand for at least the last five (5) years , OR
- is a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last five (5) years : either Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
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