Complex Legal Issues Expertise

3 days ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

The Principal Legal Advisor (Advice) is a key role within the legal team at NZ WorkSafe, Wellington. As a member of this team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality legal services to WorkSafe, identifying and addressing complex legal issues, and contributing to the development of others within the legal team and wider legal community of practice.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

  • Providing intellectual and technical expertise and leadership to the legal team.
  • Be the senior technical expert on the provision of general legal advisory services, including advice and support on complex and strategically important matters spanning the legislation and regulatory regimes that WorkSafe administers.
  • Providing high-quality legal services, both written and orally.

Requirements:

  1. Eligibility for a secondment, currently working at WorkSafe or in another government agency.
  2. Law degree and eligible to possess a practising certificate as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
  3. Demonstrated highly experienced legal expertise in areas of law relevant to WorkSafe (in particular, health and safety and public law/crown entities).


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