Senior Legal Counsel

1 week ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Niche Full time

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Senior Legal Advisor: Employee Relations

Position Details
Reports to: Principal Legal Advisor: Employee Relations Location: PNHQ
District/Service Centre: Shift work/non shift work: Non Shift
Group: Employee Relations Remuneration range: Grade 21
PHPF Level Purpose: Team Leader/Manager Employee Type: Police employee
Direct reports: Nil Delegated Financial Authority: Nil
Context
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for reducing crime and enhancing community safety. We work in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses and other public sector agencies to achieve our vision of Safer Communities Together.
The Employment Relations Team within the People and Capability Group in New Zealand Police provides legal and expert advisory and support services to enable Our People to deliver Our Business.
Purpose
The purpose of the People & Capability is to enable our people to deliver Our Business.
To support the delivery of these outcomes the Senior Legal Advisor will provide advice, advocacy and support on grievances, disputes, change management, health and safety and general employment law (including information law and Human Rights).
The purpose of leadership in this role is to lead the tactics of Our Business and enable our people to deliver them
Accountabilities
1. Look after our people
- Understand the hazards faced by the team and enable them to eliminate or minimise the associated risk.
- Ensure all team accidents, incidents and near misses re reported, investigated and endorsed in MyPolice.
- Proactively manage employee return to work programmes where required.
- Actively encourage and enable Wellness and Safety initiatives and training.

2. Service Delivery
- Personal Grievances and Disputes
- Manages personal grievance cases including representing Police at mediation and the Employment Relations Authority and, where required, manages external counsel relationships.

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- Provide briefings, advice and support to Police Managers and HR professionals on preventing and managing disputes and personal grievances.
- Provides expert and sound legal advice on dispute resolution.
- Provides risk assessment to Police Managers and HR professionals during the dispute resolution processes.
- Manages and takes ownership of potential high-risk employment relationship problems or issues.
- Develops case management strategies in conjunction with the Principal Legal Advisor, Employee Relations.
- Provides timely legal advice and support to Police Managers and HR professionals when managing disputes and personal grievances.
- Employment Law
- Provides expert legal advice and legal opinions on interpretation of Police Collective Employment Agreements and policy, change management processes, health and safety and general employment legislation.
- Supports employment investigations as assigned.
- Provides timely legal advice and support to Police Managers and HR professionals when managing employment relations issues.
- Proactively recognises potential employment law risks or issues with a likely organisation-wide impact.
- Develops and delivers training on employment law issues, as required in order to up skill Police Managers and HR professionals.
- Analyses legal issues, themes and any emerging trends.

3. Customer Service
- Handles confidential and sensitive information in an appropriate manner, consistent with good practice, Police policy and legislation.
- Maintains a current knowledge of employment law and employment relations practices and ensures that

knowledge is up to date
- Adjusts workloads and approach to reflect priorities
- Communicates in a timely and appropriate fashion
- Reacts appropriately to operational information and make decisions in the absence of direct supervision.

4. General Management
- Manages cases and projects assigned by Principal Legal Advisor, Employee Relations
- Identifies and manages dispute resolution and employment relations related projects
- Identifies and agrees project objectives, deliverables, constraints and principal activities
- Manages project timeframes, costs, resources, quality and risks to achieve project deliverables
- Acts as a source of specialist information and advice in relation to employment relationships and

employment relationship problems
- Contributes to meeting Police obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi
- Ensures employment legal services are delivered promptly, impartially and safely
- Contributes to the planning and co-ordination of the work of the wider Employee Relations team

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5. Team leadership and management
- Co-operates and works effectively with colleagues and other staff in order to achieve team goals and standards.
- Facilitates the timely flow of current and accurate information between both district and national staff
- Coaches and develops others in area of expertise
- Takes a constructive approach to team efforts and supports other team members
- Demonstrates flexibility in responding to

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