Senior Legal Adviser

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Senior Legal Advisers

  • Provide high quality legal advice
  • Flexible, inclusive, collaborative working environment
  • Agile, independent, courageous regulator
Privacy is precious - help protect it

We are Aotearoa New Zealand's privacy regulator - a small, independent crown entity established to protect and promote individual privacy.

What we're offering

We have two Senior Legal Adviser opportunities to join our Legal team - a permanent role, and a 12-month fixed term role with an in-house legal operations focus.

The fixed term role assists with providing the expert legal and privacy advice above, as required, but with a key focus on the Commissioner's internal legal operations.

The role will assist with streamlining the legal team's in-house operating systems, processes, and procedures for the efficient and cost-effective delivery of its services.

It will also work closely with our internal / cross-office Legislative Compliance Working Group to ensure our compliance with our statutory obligations.

This in-house legal operations work will be internal as well as external facing.

What we're looking for

For both roles, you will have:

  • Ideally a minimum of 5 years relevant PQE
  • Excellent statutory interpretation skills
  • Great communication skills, both verbal and written
  • An interest in how privacy intersects with human rights law and policy
  • High attention to detail


For the fixed term role, any prior experience or a strong personal interest in in-house legal operations would be an advantage.

Either role could also be a great opportunity for someone with the relevant experience, skills, and competencies to step up into a senior legal position.

You must have the legal right to work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.

Applications close 9 am, Monday, 22 May, unless filled prior.
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