Senior Solicitor - Commercial
- Wellington preferred, other locations considered
Ko wai matou - Who we are
Ta matou nei whakakitenga, he waihanga I nga honongo ahurei me nga Tangata katoa o Aotearoa, kia ngawari ake nga wa e whara ai te tangata, hei whakapiki i ta ratou nei oranga.
Our vision is to create a unique partnership with every New Zealander, improving their quality of life by minimising the incidence and impact of injury.
The Legal Commercial team is a relatively new team within ACC's Legal Services group, established to deliver positive impact to ACC's broad ($1b+ spend each year) commercial and funding portfolios. We advise on legal commercial strategy, issues and risks at all stages of the business case, procurement and service delivery lifecycles. We focus on high value strategic initiatives and agreements related to health, technology, kaupapa Maori and corporate services, and injury prevention. We are a small, diverse, close-knit team that seeks to continuously improve, collaborate and innovate to enable ACC's functions and strategic objectives, to enhance risk management and to improve lives every day.
Mo tenei turana mahi - About this role
The Senior Solicitor plays a critical role advising thoughtfully on complex strategic and operational commercial legal and contracting matters relating to the running of the unique ACC no fault accidental injury scheme, in one of New Zealands largest organisations that is serving New Zealanders every day. You will work with a range of experts right across the organisation and externally.
You will have knowledge of, or a willingness to understand and apply, the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi), Te Ao Maori and tikanga. Experience in kaupapa Maori services and contracts and working in highly regulated industries and health, insurance, or Crown Entities would be an advantage.
You will be confident and credible advising in a large Crown Entity. In this role, you will provide both strategic and operational commercial legal and contracting advice and will partner in a complex environment. Your collaborative and inclusive style will enable to you to work with the team as well as form many partnerships across ACC which will enable the provision of high-quality trusted advice.
We're committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by providing space for matauranga Maori based approaches to lead, support and develop approaches, tools, actions and knowledge that creates space for Maori and Tangata Tiriti (non-Maori).
Our Te Tiriti o Waitangi direction is guided by the Whaia Te Tika - Pursue What is Right Maori Strategy. It illustrates our commitment to improve Maori access, experience and outcomes through our role managing the ACC scheme.
Ko wai koe - About you:
- Significant post qualification experience and a current New Zealand practising certificate
- Proven commercial partnering, contracting and legal advisory experience
- Knowledge of ACC, public sector legislation, and the wider system within which ACC operates preferred
- Knowledge of, or a willingness to understand and apply, Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Strong experience and confidence engaging, influencing and advising at senior leadership levels as well as the skills and ability to work with diverse teams and people organisation wide
- High levels of customer focus, initiative, and self-motivation
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- An awareness of issues related to people with disabilities and experience working in an environment requiring cultural and social awareness
To add value to ACC in this role you'll also bring:
- high integrity, values, and a spirit of service
- experience working with a range of technical experts with experience in highly regulated, insurance or health sectors and Crown Entities being an advantage
- the ability to robustly apply public sector disciplines as well as business and commercial nous.
With this role comes a great opportunity to continuously improve, deliver and innovate. ACC embraces customer experience, design and agile methodologies alongside its critical legislative functions and responsibilities to improve the quality of life for New Zealanders and deliver on business goals.
Working at ACC
We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers and we welcome candidates from every ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, age, and those with a disability or who have additional mental health needs. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work.
The base salary range for this role is approximately $114k to $160k with 9% superannuation and flexible working conditions.
Applications can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC career website. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, or if you have any questions about the role please email anita.jones@acc.co.nz
