Specialist Senior Legal Counsel

Te Whiwhinga mahi The Opportunity

This role is part of Contacts legal team which sits within the Corporate Affairs business unit.

As Senior Legal Counsel you will provide strategically focused-legal services to all business units across Contact and advice on a wide range of legal issues. You will provide pragmatic legal advice and be a trusted advisor to help enable the business to achieve its goals.

Were looking for a Specialist Senior Legal Counsel to join our Corporate Affairs team. Youll play a key part in providing pragmatic effective legal advice across all areas of our business. This is a hands-on role where youll work closely with a variety of people support projects and help shape the way we do things. 

What youll do: 

• Provide clear practical legal advice to all Contact business units 
• Negotiate draft and review contracts 
• Support dispute resolution and business-as-usual activities 
• Be an active member of project teams offering legal insight and solutions 
• Maintain and improve our standard contract templates and legal processes 
• Help ensure our governance and compliance activities are robust and effective 
• Deliver excellent customer service to stakeholders making sure outputs are meaningful and support decision-making 

Qualifications :

Ko wai koe About You 

Youll be someone who thrives in a collaborative environment brings a pragmatic and can-do attitude and enjoys working with a wide range of people and topics. Youre organised adaptable and comfortable managing your own workload. Most importantly youre committed to delivering excellent service and making a real impact through your work. 

What youll bring: 

• LLB degree and a current practising certificate 
• 8 years relevant legal experience 
• Knowledge of or interest in the energy sector 
• Strong client-service ethic and practical problem-solving skills 

Additional Information :

There are a bunch of perks to being a permanent Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership teammates development and growth and progression opportunities youll enjoy flexible working free health insurance cover 4% KiwiSaver access to Contact Shares a Good to be Home annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing a trail-blazing parental leave policy discounts on Contact Energy products and more.

This ad will close automatically on Sunday 15th November but were considering applications as they come in which may alter this date so apply now if youre keen!

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko) we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical mental financial and emotional wellbeing including flexible working arrangements employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age stage background and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. Were not about box ticking so if you think you have what it takes but dont meet everything stated above please still get in touch. Wed love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time