Legal Advocate

4 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Cohesion Consulting Full time

Work with a highly professional team
- Newly renovated offices based near the airport
- Carparking provided

This specialist organisation led and run by its members, has a long and proud history of giving a voice to its professional membership base and creating an advocacy platform for them. Regularly consulted by various government ministries and media, the organisation stands out as the expert body in their field.

**The Role**

Reporting to the Operations Manager, while also receiving mentorship and guidance from the inhouse General Counsel, the Advocate provides professional representation and support to the members in all aspects of their employment, as well as actioning the associations industrial strategy to drive improvements in this dynamic sector.

More specifically you will be:

- Providing professional collective representation and support in employment matters (including the negotiation of collective agreements)
- Building constructive relationships with industry stakeholders to enhance the Association’s view in employer decision-making
- Supporting individual members with employment disputes, investigations and mediation
- Keeping up to date with all relevant changes to legislation, understanding and communicating their impact to the membership
- Producing high-quality legal research, analysis and opinions on issues related to employment and industry law
- Driving member engagement and identifying opportunities for promoting collective bargaining and campaigns on other issues of relevance.

**Your Background**
- Relevant tertiary qualification (holding a current practising certificate is not required but could be advantageous)
- A minimum of 2+ years of experience in a professional industrial relations/advocacy role
- Prior experience with computer-based legal research and document management systems
- Exposure to rational problem-solving techniques and interest-based bargaining
- Current NZ drivers’ licence (this role will involve some domestic travel which may occur with limited notice).

**Personal Attributes**
- Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to form working relationships with a wide range of people
- Proactive and professional attitude
- Well organised, adaptable and capable of multi-tasking in a busy environment, alternating between conflicting demands
- Demonstrated ability to share skills and knowledge with others
- An ability to uphold the strictest standards of confidentiality.

For further information, please contact Cohesion; Nick McQuilkan on 022 344 5605 and quote reference 1364246.


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