We are seeking applications from experienced and motivated Senior Solicitors (Rōia Matua) with particular expertise in property law to join our legal team at Te Tai Ōhanga The Treasury.
About the Role
We are looking for candidates for the role of Senior Solicitor Bona Vacantia.
This role offers the opportunity to provide internal advice and external support to the public on the Treasury’s bona vacantia function. This function supports the transfer of ownerless property to the Crown, and applications from the public to receive ownerless property. In addition, we are seeking candidates who can contribute expert property law advice to other matters.
We are looking to undertake a refresh of our bona vacantia service; the goal is to make the function more efficient, improve public-facing processes, and update our practice over time to take account of complex property issues. The successful candidate should also have a good understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and be capable of improving processes to appropriately take account of Māori interests.
If you thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy complex legal work, and are ready to take the next step in your career, we’d like to hear from you.
We are looking for qualified candidates with at least 5 years prior legal experience, who can provide legal advice on complex property matters and are interested in broadening their legal experience.
In addition to supporting our bona vacantia function, we expect the successful candidate to support other areas of work at a senior level. The Treasury legal team advises across a broad range of subject areas relevant to the Treasury’s work, including on commercial transactions, finance and capital markets, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, complex statutory regimes and across general public and commercial law matters.
If you have previous experience in complex property law are interested in further broadening your experience, then we are interested in hearing from you.
Ō pūmanawa | About You
As a Senior Solicitor, you will be responsible for working independently as well as collaboratively with other legal colleagues and client teams to provide solutions-focussed expert advice to a diverse client base. We are looking for candidates who can:
- bring strategic thinking, sound judgement, a proactive approach to problem-solving and client service
- provide advice based on organisational risk tolerance settings and be comfortable operating in environments that may be ambiguous or evolving .
- translate complex legal issues into clear, plain language tailored to diverse audiences, ensuring advice is accessible and actionable.
- bring strategic agility and political awareness, with the ability to anticipate issues and provide sound advice in a complex environment.
- support the development of other team members.
Mō mātou | About Us
At The Treasury Te Tai Ōhanga we’re creating a better future for New Zealand and everyone who calls our amazing country home. We’re the Government’s economic and financial advisor, working hard to raise the standard of living for everyone in Aotearoa, now and in the future.
Our talented people bring their diverse backgrounds and experiences to tackling New Zealand’s biggest and most inter-connected issues. Every day, they are influencing, advising, and supporting Ministers, Crown CEOs and Government decision-makers to shape our country’s collective tomorrow.
Ko ngā hua | What we Offer
This is an important job and that’s why we’ll do all we can to support your success. Flexible work arrangements will help you enjoy a positive work/life balance. Our numerous social events, sports teams and employee networks will enable you to connect and have fun.
The wharenui, at the heart of our workplace, embodies our commitment to diversity and making this an inclusive place that will welcome the unique experiences and perspectives you bring to our collaborative team culture.
Tono mai ināianei | Apply Now to shape your, and New Zealand’s, tomorrow.
Applications close 5pm Monday, 8 June. For any questions about this application, please contact talent@treasury.govt.nz
We are open to considering applicants from a range of backgrounds. We seek applicants who are able to primarily work from a Treasury office in Wellington or Auckland.
For more information on what we are seeking, please see the attached job description.
E whai tono ana mātou i ngā Rōia Matua, inarā tōna matatau ki te ture rawa, kia hono mai ki tō mātou tīma o Te Puna Rōia i Te Tai Ōhanga.
Kōrero mō te tūranga
E rapu ana mātou i ngā kaitono ki te tūranga Rōia Matua Bona Vacantia (ngā Rawa Kaiwhiwhi Kore)
Mā roto i te tūranga nei te āheitanga ki te tuku tohutohu tara ā-whare me te tuku tautoko ki te tūmatanui mō te mahi whakahaere bona vacantia a Te Tai Ōhanga. Ko tā te whakahaeretanga nei he tautoko i te whakawhitia o ngā rawa kaiwhiwhi kore ki te Karauna me ngā tono a te tūmatanui kia riro ai ngā rawa kaiwhiwhi kore. Hei āpitihanga, e rapu ana mātou i ngā kaitono e āhei ana ki te whakarato tohutohu matatau mō te ture rawa ki ētahi anō take.
E ngana ana mātou ki te whakahou i tā mātou ratonga bona vacantia; ko te whāinga kia pai ake te whakahaeretanga, kia kounga ake ngā tukanga hāngai ki te tūmatanui, ā, kia whakahoungia tā mātou mahi e mārama ake ai ki ngā take rawa tuatini. Me pai hoki te māramatanga o te kaitono angitu ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me tana āheitanga ki te whakapai tukanga kia tika ai te whai whakaaro ki ngā aronga o te Māori.
Ki te tōnui koe i tētahi wāhi takitini, ki te rata koe ki ngā mahi ture tuatini, ā, e rite ana koe ki te eke ki taumata anō i tō ao mahi, kia rongo kōrero i a koe.
E rapu ana mātou i ngā kaitono kāore e iti iho tana wheako ture i te 5 tau , e taea ana te tuku tohutohu mō ngā take rawa tuatini, ā, e rata ana kia whānui ake ōna wheako ture.
Atu i te tautoko i tā mātou mahi whakahaere bona vacantia, he kawatau tō te kaitono angitu kia tautoko i ētahi atu mahi i te taumata matua. Ko tā Te Puna Rōia he tuku tohutohu i ngā tini kaupapa e hāngai ana ki ngā mahi a Te Tai Ōhanga, pērā i ngā kurutete tauhokohoko, ngā mākete ahumoni, pūrawa hoki, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ngā anga ture tuatini me ngā take ture tūmatanui, tauhokohoko hoki.
Mēnā he wheako kē ōu i te ture rawa tuatini, ka mutu, e rata ana koe ki te whakawhānui i ō wheako, kia rongo kōrero mātou i a koe.
Ō pūmanawa
Kō ōu haepapa hei Rōia Matua he tau ki te mahi takitahi, ki te mahi takitini rānei me ētahi atu hoamahi ture, me ētahi tīma kiritaki hoki kia aro pū ki ngā putanga, kia matatau hoki ai te āhua o āu tohutohu ki ngā kiritaki rerekē. E rapu ana mātou i ngā kaitono e āhei ana ki te:
- whakaaro ā-rautaki, e tau hoki ana ngā whakataunga, he kōkiri noa te āhua o te whakaoti rapanga me ngā ratonga kiritaki,
- tuku tohutohu i raro i ngā whakaritenga tūraru a te umanga, ā, ka hāneanea te mahi i ngā āhuatanga kaurehu, e huri tonu ana rānei.
- huri i ngā take ture tuatini ki tētahi reo mārama e hāngai ana ki ngā hunga erekē, ā, e mate ana kia māmā noa te tiki ake, te whakamahi anō hoki.
- raka te aronga ā-rautaki me te aroātōrangapū, e āhei hoki ana ki te rongo i ngā take kia tuku ai i ngā tohutohu i tētahi wāhi tuatini.
- tautoko i te whanaketanga o ētahi atu hoa mahi o te tīma.
Mō mātou
Kō tā mātou i Te Tai Ōhanga he para i tētahi āpōpō pai ake mō Aotearoa me te hunga e tohu ana i tēnei whenua hei kāinga mā rātou. Tēnei mātou te kaitohutohu ōhanga, ahumoni hoki o te Kāwanatanga, e ngana ana kia rewa ake te paerewa ora ki te katoa i Aotearoa, āianei, ā haere ake nei.
Ka tō mai ō mātou tāngata i ō rātou ao kanorau, i ō rātou wheako rerekē hoki ki te kōkiri i ngā take nui me ngā take e tino tūhono nuitia ana. I ia rā, ko rātou e whakaaweawe ana, e tohutohu ana, e tautoko hoki ana i ngā Minita, i ngā Tumu o te Karauna me ngā kaiwhakatau o te Kāwanatanga kia para ai i te āpōpō o tō tātou whenua.
Ko ngā Hua
He mahi nui tēnei, nā konā whakamomori ai mātou ki te tautoko i tō angitu. Mā ngā āhuatanga mahi tāwari koe e āwhina ki te kimi kauhanganui i te ao mahi me te ao o te kāinga. Mā ā mātou kaupapa pāpori, ō mātou tīma hākinakina me ō mātou whatunga kaimahi e pai ai tō tūhono, tō harikoa anō hoki.
Ko tā te poutokomanawa o tō mātou whare, arā, tō mātou wharenui, he whakatinana i tō mātou manawa ū ki te kanorau, kia noho ai tēnei wāhi hei wāhi kauawhi e rata ana ki ngā wheako me ngā whakaaro tūhāhā ka mauria mai e koe ki tō mātou ahurea takitini.
E whakaaetia ana e mātou ngā kaitono i ngā tini horopaki. E rapu ana i ngā kaitono e āhei ana ki te mahi i te nuinga o ana mahi i tētahi tari Tai Ōhanga i Pōneke, i Tāmaki Makaurau rānei.
Ka aukati te tuku tono ā te 5pm, Rāhina te 8 o Pipiri. Me he pātai mō te tono nei, whakapā atu ki talent@treasury.govt.nz
Mō ētahi anō taipitopito ki tā mātou e rapu nei, tirohia te puka tūranga.
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