Legal Counsel

1 week ago


Auckland City, New Zealand TVNZ Full time

Reference: 40915
- Location: Auckland
- Work Type: Fixed term full time
- Expertise: Legal
- JOB DESCRIPTION: JD Legal Counsel - June 23.pdf

Te Reo Tātaki (TVNZ) translates to "the leading voice" and our kaupapa (purpose) is to "inspire the conversations of Aotearoa." Each day TVNZ reaches more than two million Kiwis through channels TVNZ 1, 2, DUKE and our digital entertainment platform, TVNZ+. TVNZ's news site 1news.co.nz and our digital news youth brand Re: ensure we connect with people on the issues that matter to them wherever they are.

**The opportunity - Te tūranga**

We're auditioning now for a Legal Counsel reporting to Acting Deputy General Counsel to join our TVNZ Legal team. This opportunity is a 12 month fixed term contract.

As Legal Counsel, you will provide effective and efficient legal advisory services to TVNZ, and proactively support the identification and management of TVNZ's legal risk.

Your key accountabilities will include:

- Ensuring TVNZ's legal rights and obligations are clearly understood,
- Proactively managing TVNZ's legal risk, and advising on compliance with relevant legislation, with a digital focus.
- Providing advice to all business areas of TVNZ as required, with a focus on your allocated business areas, and proactively empowering TVNZ people to recognise and mitigate legal risk, with consideration to TVNZ's strategies and objectives.
- Drafting, negotiating and advising on commercial and contractual matters.
- Confidently prioritise workload and manage client expectations to deliver high quality results.
- Actively contribute to developing and maintaining a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration across TVNZ and Legal & Corporate Affairs Team.

**What we're looking for - Tā mātou e kimi nei**

You'll have experience as a Commercial Lawyer and be an approachable team-player with sound commercial judgment, and a collaborative, creative and solutions-focused approach. You'll know your way around a variety of commercial agreements and be confident at giving accurate, commercial and practical legal advice to all levels of a business, and managing contentious issues. You'll have effective communication skills, and enjoy solving challenges in a business that welcomes the views of its lawyers. Because you'll be working in a dynamic industry with leading media professionals - media, content, privacy, IP and digital technology law experience will be an advantage, and in-house experience is preferred.

If you would like to find out more about this amazing opportunity, please feel free to call our Head of Talent Acquisitions, Philly Irvine, mobile 021 564 691, she loves to chat about new careers.

**What to expect**:
**When you apply**:
**After you've applied**:

- TVNZ 1 was New Zealand's first television channel- TVNZ 2 has the shows New Zealanders can’t help but watch- TVNZ DUKE is our youngest channel launched in March 2016- TVNZ+ is NZ’s largest BVOD platform- 1 NEWS is New Zealand’s most trusted News source- Re: is TVNZ’s youth-focused alternate news brand launched in 2017


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