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Why you'll love working with Tower
At Tower, we live and breathe our values - they are at the heart of every interaction. *Our people come first. *We pride ourselves on creating a diverse and inclusive space that allows our people to thrive. Encouraging everyone to bring their whole selves to work, we aim to represent the diverse communities we work in and with. We celebrate all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, religions, and everything else that helps to make our culture special. We are proud holders of the Rainbow and DV Free Ticks which are important to us.
We also have a plan to lead our industry forward into a more customer-centric future with innovation and disruptive thinking, as a unique Kiwi and Pacific insurance provider operating for over 150 years, with roots back to Dunedin.
What will you be doing?
We are currently recruiting for two positions:
- Permanent full-time position
- 12-month fixed-term parental leave position
As a key member of the Legal team and trusted advisor, the Corporate Counsel will be responsible for providing legal advice and services to a range of stakeholders, business units, and key strategic projects.
You can expect to be across the following:
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements for various stakeholders across the business.
- Provide legal advice to the business, including Tower claims and recovery teams
- Represent the legal function on key business projects
- Review and approve marketing collateral
- Interpret, draft and review insurance policy wordings
- Assist with litigated claims and corporate litigation
- Review corporate material such as management presentations and corporate communications (where required)
- Liaise with Tower's external legal advisers (as needed)
What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will also be able to demonstrate the following:
- Solicitor holding a New Zealand practising certificate with 3-5 years' PQE with experience in major law firms or equivalent in
- house roles (insurance/financial services experience preferred but not essential).
- The ability to deal with a wide range of legal issues while maintaining a consistently high level of service.
- A strong customer focus and take pride in building relationships with internal and external customers.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation skills with the ability to quickly build trusted relationships.
- Attention to detail but with the ability to see the big picture.
- Strong time management and organisational skills.
- Willingness to think outside the box and consider new ways to approach things.
- Team player but with the ability to work autonomously.
What we'll bring to the table
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of perks and benefits to celebrate and look after our Tower employees.
Highlights include:
- 16 weeks paid leave for the primary carer and four weeks paid leave for partners, for our Tower whānau in New Zealand and the Pacific.
- A paid day off on your birthday and the option to buy an additional eight days of leave. So up to six weeks off!
- Wellness leave instead of sick leave so you can proactively look after your health and wellbeing.
- Career growth - we promote internal capability and support you with design-specific development and training opportunities. We also have programmes that recognise star performers.
- Flexible workplace opportunities at our beautiful new Fanshawe St office packed with modern technologies, stand-up desks, open space and coffee machines in two large modern kitchens with cafe-inspired dining areas.
- Discounts of up to 50% on Tower insurance products.
- Free Life Insurance of up to four times your annual base salary.
- Retail deals and discounts with Les Mills, JB Hi-Fi, PB Tech, The Coffee Club, Warehouse Stationery and more.