Legal Advocate

4 months ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Cohesion Consulting Full time

Based in new spacious offices in South Auckland
- Professional environment
- Free parking

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 Vice President - Legal and 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. In addition, the Advocate actions 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
- 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 members
- 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 relevant issues.

**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/employment 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
- Demonstrated ability to share skills and knowledge with others
- An ability to uphold the strictest standards of confidentiality.

For further information, please contact Cohesion; Rachel McNaughton on 0277 333 819.


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