Principal Solicitor, Commercial and Finance - Wellington
Opportunity to lead significant commercial legal projects at the Treasury
Available as a 24 fixed-term role or permanent opportunity
Work from Wellington, Auckland or Christchurch
We are looking for a Poutoko Ture Mātāmua (Principal Solicitor) with corporate / commercial expertise to join Te Puna Rōia (the Legal team) at Te Tai Ōhanga.
You will have commercial or corporate law experience and wish to apply your expertise to public sector transactions and issues.
Mō Te Tai Ōhanga me Te Puna Rōia | About Te Tai Ōhanga and the Treasury Legal Team
Te Tai Ōhanga is the government's lead economic and financial advisor. Our vision is to be a world leading Treasury working towards higher living standards for New Zealanders.
Te Puna Rōia (the Legal team) contributes to the Treasury's vision by providing robust and solutions-focused legal advice to effectively manage legal risk and implement projects. The Legal team works closely with policy and operational teams across the department to advise on a range of public and commercial law matters.
Mō te Tūnga | About the role
This is a specialist technical role within the Treasury. The Poutoko Ture Mātāmua (Principal Solicitor) will have both a strategic level of responsibility and technical leadership role in the legal team to provide legal advice and services for the Treasury. They:
• are expected to be technical leaders, leading and driving the most team's most complex work programmes.
• be a centre of expertise for other members of the team have a role coaching and mentoring other members of the team.
Te Puna Rōia (the Legal team)'s work is very diverse and you will support internal clients on a wide range of issues. As Principal Solicitor, Commercial & Finance you will provide oral and written advice on various matters, including on:
o Commercial transactions and / or commercial and corporate law issues, as they intersect with the activities and statutory obligations of Ministers, the Treasury, Crown-owned companies and Crown entities
o Legislation that the Treasury administers
o Various forms of contracts and agreements
o The Crown-Māori relationship and its implications for the Treasury's work.
o A wide range of other legal matters relevant to Te Tai Ohanga's work
He kōrero mōu | About You
To be successful in this role you will have:
• Experience providing legal advice on complex commercial and/or corporate law matters
• A strong focus on client service, problem-solving and solutions
• Experience working with public sector clients (or who wishes to apply their expertise to public sector issues and transactions).
• The ability to play a role coaching and supervising more junior team members (including at times peer reviewing their advice)
• Knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ the Treaty of Waitangi and / or a commitment to build Te Tiriti competency and te Reo Māori capability
• Law degree and hold, or eligible to hold, a practising certificate and At least 10 years' experience as a lawyer
• Ability to meet the criteria required to hold a NZ Government security clearance.
Working at Te Puna Rōia at Te Tai Ōhanga:
We are a high-performing team with a wide variety of legal skillset and experience who work together to support Te Tai Ōhanga's work towards increasing higher living standards for New Zealanders. We need to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, orientations, and identities. We also want to provide flexible working environments where everyone feels relevant, valued and supported.
Here are some ways we encourage representation of the population we serve:
• The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours
• Opportunities to develop your te reo Māori and connection with Te Puna Aronui and tuakana Māori internally within Te Tai Ōhanga
• Employee networks to support colleagues, including rainbow, working parent and a variety of different cultural networks
Applications close 11.55pm Wednesday 10 September 2025. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand and applications must be made online.
For more information on the role, please take a look at the attached Job Descriptions. If this opportunity interests you, please submit your cover letter and CV using the 'apply' button.
In your cover letter we'd like to know:
• about you, your values, your whakapapa / background
• your interest and motivations for this role
• the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation.
For more information please contact The Talent Team - talent@treasury.govt.nz
Poutoko Ture Mātāmua, Tauhokohoko me ngā Tahua
• Te āheinga ki te ārahi i ngā hinonga matua mō te tauhokohoko ā-ture ki Te Tai Ōhanga
• E wātea ana hei tūranga here ki te kirimana mō te 24, hei tūranga pūmau rānei
• Mahi mai i Pōneke, i Tāmaki Makaurau, i Ōtautahi rānei
E rapu ana mātou i ētahi Poutoko Ture Mātāmua e matatau ana ki ngā mahi rangatōpū/ tauhokohoko kia hono mai ai ki Te Puna Rōiai Te Tai Ōhanga.
He wheako ture tauhokohoko, rangatōpu rānei, ā, kei pīrangi koe ki te whakamahi i ō pūkenga ki ngā whakawhitinga, ki ngā take anō hoki a te rāngai tūmatanui.
Mō Te Tai Ōhanga me Te Puna Rōia | About Te Tai Ōhanga and the Treasury Legal Team
Ka noho mātāmua ko Te Tai Ōhanga hei kaitohutohu mō ngā take pūtea a te kāwanatanga. Ko tā mātou tirohanga whānui kia ārahi i te ao rawa, i te ao pūtea anō hoki, ā, e ngana ana kia eke ki ngā taumata e pai ake ai te oranga o Aotearoa whānui.
Ko tā Te Puna Rōia mahi, he tautoko i te tirohanga whānui a Te Tai Ōhanga, he pakari, he whaihua hoki te whakarato i āna tohutohu ā-ture kia tau ai te whakahaeretia o ngā mōrearea ā-ture me ngā hinonga. Ka mahitahi Te Puna Rōia ki ngā tīma kaupapa here me ngā tīma whakahaere o te tari kia tohua ngā momo take tūmatanui me ngā take ture tauhokohoko.
He pakari, he whai whakataunga hoki te tukuna atu o āna tohutohu ā-ture kia tau ai te whakahaeretia o ngā mōrearea ā-ture, ā, kia whakatutuki hoki i ngā hinonga. Ka mahitahi Te Puna Rōia ki ngā tīma kaupapa here me ngā tīma whakahaere o te tari kia tohutohutia ki te huhua o ngā ture tūmatanui me ngā ture rangatōpū.
Mō te Tūnga | About the role
Ko tō te Poutoko Ture Mātāmua:
• He haepapa kei te taumata rautaki, ā, he tūranga mātanga anō tōna ki roto i Te Puna Rōia kia tuku i ngā tohutohu ā-ture me ngā ratonga mō Te Tai Ōhanga. Kei a rātou:
• te haepapa kia tū hei kaiārahi mātanga, e ārahi ana, e kōkiri hoki ana i ngā mahi uaua a te tīma
• Te tūranga hei mātāpuna matatau e ako ai ērā atu o te tīma, ka mutu, mā rātou hoki e whakangungu, e arataki hoki i ētahi atu o te tīma.
He tini ngā mahi a Te Puna Rōia (the Legal team), ka mutu, māu e tautoko ngā kiritaki ā-roto ki ngā take maha rawa atu. Ko tā te Poutoko Ture Mātāmua, Tauhokohoko me ngā Tahua he tuku:
• tohutohu ā-waha, ā-tuhi hoki e pā ana ki ngā tini take, pēnei i:
o Ngā kurutete tauhokohoko, ngā take ture tauhokohoko, rangatōpu rānei e whiri atu ana ki:
o Ngā mahi me ngā haepapa ā-ture o ngā Minita, Te Tai Ōhanga, ngā kamupene a te Kāwanatanga, me ngā umanga a te Karauna
o Ngā ture e whakahaeretia ana e Te Tai Ōhanga
o Ngā tini kirimana me ngā tukanga whakaaetanga
o Te kōtuinga o te Karauna ki te Māori me ana pānga ki te mahi a Te Tai Ōhanga
o Te huhua o ngā tini take ture e hāngai ana ki ngā mahi a Te Tai Ōhanga
He kōrero mōu | About You
Ngā tohu / wheako:
• He wheako tuku tohutohu ā-ture mō ngā take uaua katoa e pā ana ki ngā take ture tauhokohoko/ ture rangatōpū rānei
• He kaha te arotahitia o te ratonga kiritaki, te whakaoti rapanga me te whakaea raru anō hoki
• He wheako mahitahi ki ngā kiritaki i te rāngai tūmatanui (e pīrangi ana rānei ki te whakamahi i ōna pūkenga ki ngā take, ki ngā whakawhitinga hoki i te rāngai tūmatanui).
• E taea ana e ia ngā mema hou o te rōpū te whakaako, te whakahaere anō hoki (i ētahi wā, he tātari i ā rātou tohutohu)
• He mōhio ki te Tiriti o Waitangi/ he manawanui rānei ki te whakapakari ake i ngā ritenga o Te Tiriti me ngā pūkenga Reo Māori
• He tohu ture, e mau ana, e taea rānei te mau tiwhikete mahi rōia, ka mutu, he
• wheako hei roīa kāore e iti iho ana i te 10 tau
• E āhei ana ki te pupuri i tētahi mana whakahaumaru a te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa.
Te Mahi me Te Puna Rōia ki Te Tai Ōhanga:
He tīma eke panuku mātou me ō mātou tini pūkenga ture, wheako ture hoki, ā, ka mahitahi mātou ki te tautoko i ngā mahi a Te Tai Ōhanga kia piki ake ai te taumata waiaro mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa. E tika ana kia whakaatahia ngā hapori e whakaratohia ana e mātou, nā runga i tērā, e koa ana mātou ki te whiwhi i ngā tono mai i ngā tāngata ahakoa tō whakatipuranga, ahakoa ko wai, ahakoa nō hea. Ko tā mātou, he akiaki i ngā āhuatanga mahi hāngai rawa ki ngā hiahia a te kaimahi, e rongo ai ia i te hua o te whaitake, te manaaki, te tautoko anō hoki.
Anei ētahi ara hei āki i ngā momo tāngata e whakaratohia nei e mātou:
• Te kōwhiri i ngā hāora me ngā rā mahi e pai ai mōu, mō mātou hoki
• He ara hei whakawhanake ake i tō reo Māori me te tūhono ki Te Puna Aronui me ngā tuakana Māori e mahi nei ki Te Tai Ōhanga
• Ngā hononga kaimahi, hei tautoko i ngā hoamahi, pērā i te hunga takatāpui, ngā mātua e mahi ana me tinihononga o ahurea kē
Ka kati ngā tono hei te 11,55pm 10 Mahuru. Me tika te whai wāhitanga a te hunga tono ki te mahi i Aotearoa nei, ā, me tuku ā-ipuranga ngā tono.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo mō te tūranga, tirohia ngā taipitopito o te Pānui. Mēnā e tau ana tēnei ki a koe, tēnā pāwhiria te pātene 'apply' kia tukuna mai ai tō reta tono me tō CV.
Ngā kōrero kia rau atu ki tō reta tono:
• Ngā kōrero mōu ake, ō uara, tō whakapapa/ tipuranga hoki
• Ō hiahia, ō mānawatanga ki te tūranga nei
• Ō āheinga, ō kaha, ō pūkenga me ngā aronga ka kawea mai e koe ki te pakihi nei.
Mō ētahi anō pārongo, whakapā mai ki The Talent Team - talent@treasury.govt.nz
