Senior Solicitor/solicitor

3 weeks ago

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

Solicitor/Senior Solicitor - Legal Services
**Role type**: Permanent, full-time
**Location**: Wellington
**Salary band for Solicitor**: $75,758 to $89,127 depending on skills and experience
**Salary band for Senior Solicitor**: $92,073 to $128,972 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
We are looking to recruit for two positions within our Legal team:

- A Solicitor to join our Biosecurity & Animal Welfare Law Team.
- A Solicitor or Senior Solicitor to join our Food Safety & Fisheries Law Team.

These positions are permanent and preferably full time and will start in the above teams. There may be additional fixed term opportunities within the Legal team.
Solicitors and Senior Solicitors are responsible for providing high quality, timely and practical legal advice. They may handle a complex and demanding workload with a high degree of autonomy, with the supervision and assistance of more senior colleagues as appropriate. This may include ensuring the effective translation of strategy and policy into legislation, the interpretation of legislation to deliver robust legal opinions and advice, and/or the drafting and management of commercial contracting arrangements. They are expected to work across MPI with a varied focus, develop technical excellence in a variety of areas of primary industries law, and confidently assess and manage legal risk.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About the Team
The Biosecurity & Animal Welfare Law Team supports MPI staff working in Biosecurity NZ and Animal Health & Welfare; and the Food Safety & Fisheries Law Team supports MPI staff working in NZ Food Safety and Fisheries NZ. Both teams provide general public law and operational advice, assist with the development and drafting of legislation, and support and instruct external counsel on civil and public law litigation.
These teams sit within the Legal Services directorate. Legal Services covers a wide range of interesting work including commercial arrangements, public law operational advice, involvement in emergency responses for food, trade, and biosecurity, prosecutions, civil and public law litigation support, legal and organisational risk management, and training. While Solicitors/Senior Solicitors are appointed to a particular team, we work very collaboratively, and have a rotation policy to provide the opportunity to move between teams.

Mōu - About You
In order to be considered for either of these roles, you will need:

- A relevant tertiary qualification in law and a current New Zealand practising certificate, or the immediate ability to hold one.
- Post-admission experience in public law or another relevant area of law.
- Good attention to detail and drafting skills
- Ability to identify and make process improvements.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships, good communication skills, and a collaborative work style.
- A can-do attitude with proven track record in the delivery of useful and high-quality legal advice.
- Clear judgement and an ability to recognise and understand the implications of legal advice.
- Ability to provide legal support to emergency responses for biosecurity and food safety
- urgent legal advice on-the-fly to MPI response teams.

In order to be considered for the Senior Solicitor role, you will also need:

- Significant post-admission experience in public law.
- A proven track record in building strong relationships with, and providing useful advice to, senior-level officials.
- Experience in providing leadership in operational legal advice, litigation, or legislative development projects.
- Experience and a real interest in supervising, mentoring, and coaching less experienced solicitors.
- Ability to support the Team Manager in the planning and management of resources and making process improvements for the benefit of the team, directorate, and our clients.

**Desirable**:

- Experience working in-house for a large regulator.
- Experience with the development and design of legislation.
- Experience managing litigation
- Knowledge of legislation administered by MPI and the regulatory environment in which MPI operates.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
The primary sector is critical to New Zealand's growth and prosperity. There is increasing world demand for safe and sustainable primary products, and New Zealand is well placed to meet this demand by leveraging off its high quality and abundant natural resources. MPI is focused on going global to maximise export opportunities, and leading local to improve sector productivity, increase sustainable resource use, and protect from biological risk. MPI works with primary industries and other government agencies across a range of areas, including agricultural, fisheries, trade, food, and biosecurity issues.
MPI is committed to recruiting, recognising and creating opportunities for talented people to develop career paths within the organisation and beyond.
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