Legal Secretary at Maritime New Zealand, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Mō mātou | About Us 

Our Vision: Preventing Harm. Saving Lives. Securing our Future

We play a key role in the guardianship of New Zealand waterways. We’re bringing together our aroha, work and skills to achieve our outcomes of sustainable supply chains and sectors, safe people and operations, secure ports and ships, and clean seas and waterways.

Our values are about who we are as individuals and the behaviours we expect from each other at Maritime NZ.

Care | Kia Tika - We care for each other and do the right thing

Connect | Kotahitanga - We unite in a common purpose

Courage | Kia Māia - We are brave, capable and confident 

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the team

The Regulatory Frameworks and Technical Support Group plays a central role in shaping and delivering Maritime NZ’s strategic goals. It influences the maritime regulatory system both internationally and domestically and leads the end‑to‑end development of the framework — from planning and policy through to implementation.

Within this group, Legal Services delivers expert legal advice that supports the Director and Authority and decision makers across Maritime NZ to achieve our outcomes. Legal advice covers areas such as public and international law, litigation, incident response, and commercial and property law.

Te tūnga | The role 

As Legal Secretary, you'll play a vital role in supporting Maritime New Zealand's Legal Services team. In this role you will be helping to ensure the organisation can effectively deliver its regulatory and legal responsibilities. Working closely with the Chief Legal Advisor, Legal Services Managers and the wider legal team, you'll provide high-quality legal secretarial, administrative and coordination support.

This is a varied role where you'll be involved in legal administration, financial processing, diary and meeting coordination, workflow management, travel arrangements, and supporting key legal projects and initiatives.

Nōu te rourou | What you bring

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Previous experience as a Legal Secretary, Legal Assistant, Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant ideally within a legal environment.
• Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong calendar, meeting and workflow coordination capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience managing documents, records and business systems.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and confidence learning new systems.
• High levels of integrity, discretion and commitment to confidentiality.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels.

 Mōu | For you 

Maritime NZ recognises and respects te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with Māori to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.  

We aim to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported with a sense of belonging. We encourage our people to actively contribute to our workplace culture where we all thrive and authentically live our MNZ values.

Upon joining us you’ll receive a full range of benefits including Income Protection & Life Insurance. We also have two employee led networks; Women’s Network or Rainbow Network, along with staff engagement groups such as Te Rōpū Māori that you may want to join.  Check out our full range on our careers page to find out more about why we love working here.  

Salary range $67,425 to $82,408 depending on skills and experience + superannuation. 

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

We are unable to accept applications via email. Please click the apply button to submit your application.

We're committed to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. Please reach out to our recruitment team below if there is any support we can provide to ensure the process is accessible to you.

Applications for this role close midnight 4 October. Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.

If you have any questions please e-mail Careers.Recruitment@maritimenz.govt.nz