Job Description

Corporate Solicitor L1 - Roia Rangatōpū

• Permanent, full-time position
• Wellington preferred but would consider Christchurch based

The Opportunity | Ara Whiwhi Mahi

Are you a solicitor with 2-6 years’ experience looking for interesting and challenging work?

We need an intermediate solicitor to join our Corporate Legal team to work predominantly in our information law practice.

As a Solicitor in the Corporate Legal group, you will be part of a specialist legal team within Inland Revenue that advises on corporate law including employment, commercial, property and public law issues (we do not deal with any tax­  technical matters).  

This is a permanent,  full-time  role preferably based in Wellington but would consider Christchurch for the right candidate. We are open to considering flexible working arrangements.  

About you | Mōu 

 To be successful in this role you will bring: 

• Experience in advising on matters relating to the Official Information and Privacy Acts.
• A genuine interest in learning to write interagency information sharing agreements
• Strong experience in statutory interpretation and legal drafting.
• Proven ability to assess legal risks and provide practical and legally sound solutions and advice.
• A willingness to engage in advising on a broad range of legal matters across Corporate Legal’s practice areas.
• Excellent relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships and work collaboratively with internal clients and external legal counsel while delivering professional and responsive legal services. Key stakeholders include the Privacy Commissioner’s Office, Ombudsman’s Office, our Privacy Officer, Policy colleagues and our Ministerial Services Team.
• Hold a current New Zealand practising certificate and a commitment to maintaining professional standards, ethical conduct, and ongoing legal professional development.

About the Corporate Legal Team| Mō mātou 

We provide advice and support on any general legal matter involving  or affecting  Inland Revenue as an organisation, employer or government department. Tax-technical work is done by a different legal team. ​​​​​​​

We deal with many types of legal matters including administrative law, civil litigation, commercial and  contractual matters, employment, human rights, information law (Privacy/OIA), media law, property, statutory confidentiality obligations and general legislation.

We are responsible for:   

• the management and delivery of legal services to IR, whether internally or externally provided;
• deciding when and for what purpose external legal advisers should be instructed on behalf of IR; and  
• instructing, managing and exercising oversight of external legal advisers.
  

At Inland Revenue  Te Tari  Taake  we ’re  passionate about Aotearoa New Zealand being  a great place  to live and work.   We ’re  making it simpler for everyone to pay tax that pays for things like health care, education and protecting the environment.    
 
We are committed to keeping to the Treaty of Waitangi's guiding principles in our work for and with M āori customers and our employees, their wh ānau, hap ū and iwi.  

We are  committed to building an inclusive workplace free from inequalities, where all our people are valued,  respected  and feel supported to reach their full potential.   

Apply here | Tono mai 

Please  outline in your application  how your skills and experience align with the advert and role description.   For  more  information about the role  and to request a copy of the role description, please  contact IRDCareers@ird.govt.nz and someone from the team will assist.

We recognise that AI tools can support application preparation.  Just make sure your responses reflect your own experience —we ’re keen to get to know the real you and what you can bring to the role. 

Like you, we pride ourselves on our friendly and informative communication. If you need accessibility  assistance  at any point in the application process  or  would like to know more about what accessibility and inclusion means to us, please  call  0800  775 247 to  leave a message and a member of the team will be in touch.  

Applications close 5pm Thursday 30th July.

Please note, we’ll review applications as they come in and you may hear from us before advertising closes.