Senior Legal Counsel - Employment Relations
Te Tari o te Tumu Whakarae | Vice-Chancellor's Office
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand
- Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- Continuing (permanent) position
- Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities
Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā!
He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te Senior Legal Counsel - Employment Relations? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.
Āu Mahi | What You Will Do
We have an opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel - Employment Relations to join the office of the Vice-Chancellor | Te Tari o te Tumu Whakarae. Your role is to act as a legal adviser to the University on general employment relations and health and safety matters including by supporting People & Culture staff and leaders across the organisation with employment relations advice and advocacy. You will be a key team member of the Legal Services team, reporting to the General Counsel/Registrar.
Mōu | Who You Are
The successful candidate will hold a LLB Bachelor's Degree, a current practicing certificate issued by the NZ Law Society and admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. In addition you will have:
- 10 years legal experience in a similar environment
- Extensive specialist (specifically employment law) legal knowledge and expertise at a senior level
- A thorough and detailed understanding of the education sector and public decision-making processes, is desirable
- Previous experience in providing advice in an in-house capacity, is desirable
- Excellent at relationship building with the ability to find pragmatic solutions to variety of technical problems
- Can manage competing priorities and a significant and diverse workload
- Experience in providing culturally-responsive approaches to dispute resolution (for example, restorative justice, traditional and tikanga-based approaches), is desirable
Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
The General Counsel/Registrar is responsible for the legal function at UC as well as overseeing governance support, internal audit, policy and compliance. Additionally, this role will work closely with staff across UC including the Senior Leadership Team.
For more information about the Senior Management team, please visit our website.
Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
In 2023 UC is celebrating 150 years of accessible education. The past, the present and the future are intertwined. For more information on our 150th Anniversary visit us here.
Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.
We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.
We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/
For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/
The closing date for this position is: 29 October, 2023 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.
Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply
Click here to apply online. Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.
Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]
You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand then you may also be considered.
