Specialist - Senior Legal Counsel

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

This role is part of Contact’s legal team, which sits within the Corporate Affairs business unit.

As Senior Legal Counsel you will provide strategically focused-legal services to all business units across Contact and advice on a wide range of legal issues. You will provide pragmatic legal advice, and be a trusted advisor, to help enable the business to achieve its goals.

We’re looking for a Specialist – Senior Legal Counsel to join our Corporate Affairs team. You’ll play a key part in providing pragmatic, effective legal advice across all areas of our business. This is a hands-on role where you’ll work closely with a variety of people, support projects, and help shape the way we do things. 

What you’ll do: 

• Provide clear, practical legal advice to all Contact business units 
• Negotiate, draft, and review contracts 
• Support dispute resolution and business-as-usual activities 
• Be an active member of project teams, offering legal insight and solutions 
• Maintain and improve our standard contract templates and legal processes 
• Help ensure our governance and compliance activities are robust and effective 
• Deliver excellent customer service to stakeholders, making sure outputs are meaningful and support decision-making