Senior Advisor Publishing | Wellington Region

Job Description

Te Haeata/The Opportunity

We are looking for a proactive Senior Publishing Advisor with a legal background to join our publishing team, who play a key role in improving access to justice. Our team is focussed on the accurate, timely and legally safe publication of Courts and tribunal decisions to public access sites and ensuring all decisions comply with suppression and privacy laws. You will be an integral part of the wider Judicial Libraries team, interacting regularly with the judiciary, Ministry and courts staff, the legal profession and the public.

Key duties include:

• providing professional, timely advice to the judiciary and support staff about risks related to decision publishing in any given instance, based on in-depth analysis and subject matter expertise
• providing technical and practical guidance and advice, to ensure a high level of capability. Engage in mentoring and training, both within the team and across the Ministry of Justice
• ensuring stakeholder relationships are maintained to a high level, thus ensuring a timely and customer focussed approach to publishing services
• assist members of the team with the ongoing development and maintenance of the databases applications used to support judicial decision publishing, both internal and external
• identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation and proactively seeking to improve systems and procedures.

Ō pūkenga/Skills and Experience

To be successful in the role you will need:

• a legal qualification
• a good understanding of legal principles including statutory prohibitions on publication, or the ability to quickly grasp the legislative requirements around judgment publication
• an exceptional eye for detail
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• an understanding of Te Ao Māori, Te Reo Māori me onā tikanga
• initiative and the ability to identify process and system changes and champion and communicate these changes to the relevant stakeholders
• the ability to manage competing priorities
• refined resilience as there are times when you will be working with sensitive material.

Mō mātou/About us

At Te Tāhū o te Ture - the Ministry of Justice, we're committed to strengthening people's trust in the law of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Your role in the Judicial Libraries team sits within the National Service Delivery business unit and Operations and Service Delivery (OSD) group.  The purpose of the OSD group is to provide access to justice through the courts and related services. OSD is responsible for delivering services to the Ministry's customers and supporting service delivery through the courts and tribunals. The group works collaboratively, harnessing our collective strength to deliver modern, accessible, people-centred justice services in a consistent manner for customers, regardless of where or how they interact with us.

Joining Te Tāhū o te Ture means you will become part of an organisation that welcomes and supports people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disabilities and religions. 

Ngā painga o tēnei wāhi mahi/What's great about working here

We offer you a range of benefits to support your wellbeing and help make the Ministry a great place to be. These include:

• 4.4 weeks holiday leave
• an online professional development portal
• access to a variety of inclusive and proactive networks

See our full range of benefits here.

With a wide range of jobs, you also get the chance to gain a variety of skills and experience while developing your career.

Utu ā-tau/Salary

The appointing salary for this role will be between $98,208 - $135,539 based on skills and experience.

Tono mai/Apply

To apply, click the Apply button below to be directed to our Careers Website. You can view a detailed position description here, as well as complete an online application form by attaching your CV and cover letter.

Applications close on 28 April; however, we will be reviewing CVs as they come in and inviting successful candidates to interview before the close date.

If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@justice.govt.nz

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