Corporate Solicitor (L1) - Roia Rangatōpū

Corporate Solicitor L1 - Roia Rangatōpū

• Corporate Legal – Employment and Information
• Wellington or Christchurch based
• Permanent position

Are you a solicitor with 2-5 years’ experience looking for interesting and challenging work?

We need a junior to intermediate lawyer to join our Corporate Legal team to work in our employment and information law practices.

Corporate Legal is a specialist legal team within Inland Revenue that advises on a variety of corporate law issues including employment, information, commercial, property and public law issues (we don't deal with any tax­ technical matters).

About you | Mōu

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• Knowledge in employment law and in the law relating to the Official Information and Privacy Acts.

• Experience in statutory interpretation and legal drafting.

• The ability to assess legal risks and provide sensible solutions and advice.

• An interest in learning to write interagency information sharing agreements.

• An interest/and or experience in advising on a wide range of employment issues including personal grievances and disciplinary investigations.

• Good relationship management skills for interacting with our internal clients, lawyers in other agencies, unions and external counsel.

• A current New Zealand practising certificate.

About us | Mō mātou

Corporate Legal provides legal advice on general (non tax-technical) legal matters and support to the Commissioner, senior managers and individual business units.

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.

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 Māori customers and our employees, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

IR is 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 [email protected].

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 Sunday 25th January 2026

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