Team Leader Corporate and Registries

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Opportunity to join as a Team Leader within the Legal, Ethics & Privacy branch
• Work across the Ministry, with leaders, managers and staff, to design, promote and embed best-practice policies, procedures and processes 
• Flexible working options available to support work-life balance
• Permanent position based in Wellington CBD
• Salary range $132,417 - $160,472 plus kiwisaver and wellness benefits

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We are looking for a highly motivated legal practitioner to join the Corporate & Registries team as a Team Leader.   

This role is a people leader position in which the successful applicant will have responsibility for the direct management of people, complex work programmes and will contribute to the overall development and leadership of the Legal, Ethics and Privacy branch. The Corporate & Registries team provides general legal advice to all MBIE’s operations, including in relation to MBIE’s 16 different regulatory systems and on governance, integrity and conduct matters that touch the organisation. As Team Leader you will lead a team of professionals to deliver high quality and accurate legal advice on complex and high profile matters within agreed timeframes across all MBIE’s operations.

In this role you will proactively engage and build collaborative networks at all levels, to work in partnership with managers and stakeholders across the various groups at MBIE.   You will work with autonomy in a collaborative and collegial team, sharing your knowledge and expertise and providing leadership that motivates others to achieve.   You will also provide assistance to the Legal Services Manager, Chief Executive, MBIE’s Senior Leadership Team, Ministers and the Ministry in general to support achievement the Ministry’s goals and objectives.

You will utilise your experience in leading and managing teams to build and enhance the overall team capability to provide innovative advice and products to both internal and external stakeholders.  You will implement strategies, work programmes and performance targets that supports delivery of agreed outputs and achievement of MBIE outcomes.  

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to bring your extensive experience and knowledge of relevant law and passion for the delivery of quality advice and continuous improvement to support a large Ministry.

Why work for us?

We aim to create a culture where our people are empowered to bring fresh perspectives to issues and to develop new approaches.  Our collaborative team encourages a positive, customer focussed, innovative and best in class attitude.  We are a fun, focused and supportive team who works hard to deliver excellence to our clients. 

We proactively support development through on-the-job learning, training courses, conferences, and seminars.

We have a flexible working policy to support work-life balance.
 

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

As a Team Leader you will be a natural relationship builder and highly regarded legal practitioner.  To be successful in the role you will also need to demonstrate the following:

• A passion to lead and mentor a team of professionals that provides strategic and operational advice across an organisation
• Experience in creating a positive work environment where people can succeed and develop
• A highly regarded and well-respected legal practitioner with a high level of expertise in relevant areas of law
• A reputation of exceptional customer service with experience in developing and maintaining effective working relationships at all levels
• Flexibility to adapt and deliver successful outcomes in a fast-moving and demanding environment
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, which allow you to convey key ideas and issues in a way that is suitable to the audience
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity with knowledge and experience or a willingness to develop understanding Māori practices; tikanga, te reo and Te Tiriti and the Treaty of Waitangi Principles
• A tertiary qualification in law and current practising certificate
• Must have legal right to live and work in NZ

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. 

Email Dorinda Te Kiri at dorinda.tekiri@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16560 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 29 January 2025