Legal Team Lead I Corporate and Registries

Legal Team Lead I Corporate and Registries

Date : 26 Sept 2025

Location : Wellington, NZ, 6011

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Step into Leadership. Shape Legal Strategy. Grow your career.
• Permanent, full-time position based in our central Wellington offices
• Salary $132,417 - $160,472 + Kiwisaver + wellness benefits

Are you a seasoned legal professional ready to take the next step into leadership? Join MBIE as a Legal Team Lead in our Corporate & Registries team — a unique opportunity to lead a team of eight solicitor and senior solicitor practitioners while continuing to apply your legal expertise in a strategic and high-impact environment.

This role is ideal for someone looking to transition into people leadership while maintaining a strong technical foundation. You’ll be supported to grow your leadership capability and position yourself for future senior management roles within MBIE or the wider public & private sector.

As the Legal Team Lead, you’ll :

This is a leadership role with real influence — you’ll be helping shape legal strategy and supporting MBIE’s mission to Grow New Zealand for All.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

We’re seeking a respected legal practitioner who is ready to lead. You’ll bring :

Why work for us?

We aim to create a culture where our people are empowered to bring fresh perspectives to issues and to develop new approaches. Our collaborative team encourages a positive, customer focussed, innovative and best in class attitude. We are a fun, focused and supportive team who works hard to deliver excellence to our clients.

We proactively support development through on-the-job learning, training courses, conferences, and seminars.

We have a flexible working policy to support work-life balance.

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under TeTiritio Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to TeTiritio Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups / organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role.

This role will be advertised until filled. We will be reviewing applications as they are received. If you are interested in the role, please don’t hesitate to apply.

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