Senior Legal Counsel
1 week ago
When you join the Christchurch City Council you'll be getting involved first hand and working to shape the future of this city, our communities and the environment. As well as working with awesome people within the organisation, you'll find many opportunities to develop and progress your career with us. Christchurch City Council, where it's possible to love what you do.
Our Legal Services team is proud to play a pivotal role in working to make Ōtautahi Christchurch a vibrant, prosperous, and sustainable city. We need a senior lawyer who is a driven, energetic, and practical legal professional. You will engage and build relationships with internal client groups to provide advice and support in the general area of public and administrative law, with specific regards to Council's legislative compliance roles under local government legislation.
You will have the ability to deliver technically robust legal advice and deploy great stakeholder legal skills. You will act as a senior adviser to Elected Members, the Chief Executive, the Executive Leadership Team, Senior Managers and Council staff on legal, strategic, governance, commercial and risk management issues to assist the Council in achieving its strategic and tactical goals and objectives.
This is a rare opportunity to be part of a busy in-house legal team and at the same time, make a difference to the community. This is a role that you will be able to shape and profile yourself within the organisation.
For those in private practice looking to enter the public sector it will mean regularised hours, the end of timesheets and monthly budgets.
- To view the position description please click the link at the foot of the page_
**_ Additional Recruitment Information:_**
**_ Salary: Will be discussed with the successful applicant_**
**_ Hours of Work: Full-time, permanent_**
**_ Location: Primarily based at Christchurch City Council Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street_**
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Whilst staff working at the Christchurch City Council are not currently required to be vaccinated, applicants need to be aware that should the COVID-19 environment change, roles across the organisation will be assessed, and the requirement to be vaccinated may be reviewed.
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