Advisor, Privacy & Ethics

About us M mtou

ACC exists to support people -we help prevent injuries and get New Zealanders and visitors back to everyday life if theyve had an accident.

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About the role M te tranga mahi

Our Legal Privacy and Ethics team are focused on having the highest standards of care in personal information and privacy practice; its important to our customers and to us. Our team works hard to support ACCs intention to improve the way we protect personal information and to continuously grow and maintain a proactive privacy culture. We look for opportunities to improve systems and processes to manage risk and work to ensure privacy is embedded across the business.

As our new Advisor Privacy & Ethics youll have the opportunity to work across a range of activities from investigating privacy complaints to analysing issues providing solutions and working with the business to provide support and advice and ensure adequate understanding and training in the Privacy Act and principles. Youll be helping ACC take a privacy by design approach and will support a range of privacy assurance activities. Best of all youll be part of a team with strong leadership that wants to truly make a difference in how ACC approaches and maintains its privacy performance.

This is a temporary role until September 2026 based in Wellington or Auckland.

The base salary range is $73196 - $103336 with appointment within the range depending on skills and experience and internal relativities.ACC also offers 9% superannuation on top of base salary.

About you Mu

What we are looking for:

• A relevant tertiary qualification such as Law Business Management or similar.
• Some experience in the recognition and interpretation of privacy and ethical issues in a large complex environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including proven report and business writing experience.
• Self-management including the ability to manage own time identify priorities and demonstrate good problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislative and regulatory environment governing ACCs activities with a focus on privacy.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
• Ability to work sensitively and impartially in a confidential manner.
• A commitment to providing the highest possible standards of customer service.

This is a great role to consider if you want to be part of a proactive collaborative and supportive team that is focused on enabling integrated privacy and information ethics advice as a second line function.

Working at ACC M ACC

At ACC we embrace the rich tapestry of Aotearoa New Zealands cultures and are dedicated to providing equitable opportunities. We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds ethnicity national origin gender identity age and those with diverse abilities. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work. Here are some ways we encourage that:

• Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
• The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours.

How to apply Me phea te tuku tono

Applications close Thursday 2 October 2025and can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Careers Website. Please ensure your application clearly highlights the required skills and experience that are listed above. If you are an ACC employee please apply with your ACC employee profile. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application or if you would like further information please contact .