Adviser Legal Operations

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Full time

Role Type:
Permanent, full-time

Location:
Wellington

Salary Band:
$64,331 to $74,977 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

As Adviser Legal Operations, you will be part of a close-knit team providing legal operations support to support the smooth and efficient running of the team.


The key accountabilities of this position include:

  • Providing general administrative and logístical support to ensure the smooth running of the Legal Services directorate
  • Financial management and transactional processing including submitting purchase orders, invoicing, and working with our Accounts Payable team on various queries
  • Coordinating and preparing delegations
  • Coordinating service management activities including financial, IT, and assessment management
Mōu - About You

To be successful in this role, you will be agile and adaptable, and will have proven experience in providing administrative and systems support within a complex and sometimes ambiguous environment.

You will be a team player who is strong in systems, processes, and relationships.

You will have sound administrative process skills and enjoy connecting with a wide range of people across various levels of the organisation.

Importantly, you will have excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to efficiently manage and support a variety of workloads.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team
The Legal Services directorate is a team who delivers high quality work, often with a short turnaround. Your addition, along with your calm and timely assistance, will be much appreciated and a great complement for us.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki - guardianship of our natural resources.
To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

  • Up to 3 additional MPI leave days
  • Ability to purchase extra annual leave
  • Biannual paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

Applications close at 11.59pm on 30 August.

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