Senior Investigating Solicitor

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Auckland based permanent position
• Salary range: $118,390-$143,639

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

Are you a skilled legal professional with a proven track record in solving complex legal issues?  

Join our Business Registries (BR) Operational Legal Services Team as a Senior Investigating Solicitor and contribute to supporting the integrity of New Zealand’s business environment.

As a Senior Investigating Solicitor, you will provide expert legal and administrative advice to the Insolvency and Trustee Service (ITS) team, guiding them through estate issues and other critical legal matters.  Your role will also involve collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring compliance and effective application of relevant legislation.

Some responsibilities include:

• Deliver technical, legal, and administrative advice to ITS staff on estate issues
• Representing the Official Assignee in court
• Provide legal guidance on matters relevant to Business Registries operations
• Collaborate with government agencies, suppliers and other stakeholders to support organisational goals
• Analyse complex legal challenges, develop solutions and ensure compliance with relevant legislation
• Write clear, concise legal opinions on a range of intricate legal matters
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

• Tertiary qualification in law and admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor with a current practicing certificate. 
• A minimum of 3 years post admission experience.
• Ability to understand and apply relevant legislation.
• Well-developed analytical thinking and problem solving ability.
• Capable of developing alternative pathways to achieving outcomes.
• Identifies key issues or required actions and develops workable solutions to complex problems.
• Critically evaluates options and makes effective decisions in spite of constraints such as time pressure or incomplete information.
• Well-developed planning and organising skills, including ability to maintain performance when under pressure, and appropriate prioritising of work.
• Ability to write clearly and succinctly on a range of complex legal issues.
• Ability to positively influence internal and external stakeholders, and earn their respect, trust and confidence. 
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to balance statutory and technical issues and present them with simplicity and clarity that can be understood by a range of audiences.
• Confident and persuasive communicator

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role.

Please note: MBIE is currently undergoing a set of significant changes which has resulted in a number of our kaimahi being considered affected. As per our usual policy, any staff affected by change are considered first for vacancies if appropriate. This may result in delays to recruitment for non-affected staff, or in recruitment being stopped prior to shortlisting or interview stage. 

Email Sarah Hutcheson at sarah.hutcheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16439 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on Wednesday 29 January 2025.