Senior Legal Counsel, Public Law

5 days ago

Wellington Central, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Full time

Join Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive and people-centred health system.
**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

The Senior Legal Counsel - Public Law is a member of the Health NZ legal team. Our offices are located across New Zealand, supporting the operational work of our hospitals and community services. We are a collaborative, collegial and empathetic team united by a commitment to support quality health services and outcomes for all New Zealand's populations. Our work is broad-ranging and critically important, including work on significant and often novel public law, regulatory, medico-legal and privacy issues, and major procurement, data & digital, commercial, construction, property and litigation matters. This work is fundamental to achieving the kaupapa of our organiation.s

We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Public Law team, to provide high-quality, system-minded, and pragmatic in-house legal advice across all parts of the organisation, but particularly those associated with:

- the transfer of functions from the Ministry of Health (including commissioning, national public health service, and screening services);
- Health NZ's obligations as a crown entity including under Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 and Te Tiriti o Waitangi; and
- the centralisation of administrative and governance processes (including OIA and Privacy).

The public law team plays a key role in supporting the Office of the Chief Executive and connecting with the broader organisation in the regions.

**Mōu | About you**

Ideally, you will have at least six years' post-qualification experience in public or health law. You will be someone who enjoys a challenge, can take the initiative and get the best outcome for the organisation. Your great communication skills, comfort with ambiguity and ability to provide both reactive and proactive advice to a wide range of internal clients and other stakeholders in a fast-moving and diverse environment, will all be key to success in this role. You are willing to learn and build on your skills and take the lead on projects and tasks. Being a great team player, you will enjoy contributing to build the culture of the legal team. You have outstanding relationship building skills and your ability to see through complex problems and issues will be crucial.

**Ka kawea e koe | You will bring**:

- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

**Ko te mahi e tika ana mō te ao hurihuri nei |Work that suits today's ever-changing world**

Health NZ supports flexible and hybrid working for our kaimahi. We want our national teams to be made up of diverse people from across the motu, just like our health system.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai |Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

Our name, Te Whatu Ora, means ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining together of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system.

At Health NZ we acknowledge and respect our people's diversity and spiritual needs, ensuring a safe workplace that is a whānau orientated and supportive environment. We are working towards a system that better meets the complex demands of a growing population, addresses the persistent inequalities experienced by Māori and ensures greater access, experience and outcomes for those traditionally not well served by the system - Māori, Pacific and Disabled People.

**Tō tūranga i roto i Te Whatu Ora | Your place in Te Whatu Ora**

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

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