Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity
Farmlands is seeking applications for a General Counsel to join our Legal & Risk team.
Reporting to the CFO, the role is responsible for providing expert strategic legal counsel and guidance to Farmlands' Executive Team and board and has full responsibility for the provision of all in-house legal services. This includes delivering corporate strategies and tactical initiatives whilst ensuring compliance with NZ laws and regulations.
With a strong commercial focus, you'll work closely with senior stakeholders to anticipate and mitigate legal risks and issues, and develop relationships of confidence, trust and respect. This is a senior leadership position where you will lead a team, shape legal strategy and influence critical decision-making processes.
The role also involves society secretary responsibilities to provide advice and services to our Board of Directors.
Mō ngā painga | About the benefits
You'll get to flex your legal expertise in a very high-profile role in a large and complex organisation. With never a dull moment, legal work in the primary industry is interesting, action-packed and has plenty of change.
What else is on offer?
- Flexible working conditions - 2 days at home, 3 days in the office
- Competitive remuneration package
- Medical, income protection and life insurances
- High level of autonomy and trust
- Sick leave from Day 1, annual flu shots, and access to our EAP service
- Professional development and reimbursed annual professional membership
- Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores
- Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners
- Pet friendly offices - if it's for you, bring your (well-behaved) furry friend to work!
- Close to a range of eateries and gyms - with great coffee just down the road
- Excellent social club
- Free parking onsite
Mōhou ake | About you
You'll have significant experience in a corporate in-house / co-operative environment including:
- 10+ years' minimum PQE experience in commercial legal roles
- Experience in mergers and acquisitions, litigation, risk management
- Team leadership and senior management experience
- Company secretary experience
- Internal audit experience (desirable)
Aside from your experience, you'll bring:
- Exceptional communication, influencing and interpersonal skills (to Board level)
- Robust, strategic and timely decision-making and advice
- Discernment to achieve the right balance between business progress and risk mitigation
- A creative and innovative mindset and a drive to succeed
- The ability to embrace and drive change in a transforming business
- Connection to the NZ rural sector preferred but not essential
Te Tono | How to apply
Apply online with your CV and cover letter and we'll do the rest. We'd love to hear from you and know you'll most definitely grow your career - and us - at Farmlands.
Mō matou | About us
At Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa, our vision is to be the 'go-to for everyone connected to our land'. We're always backing Kiwi's - rain or shine, year in, year out. We work as one - we help each other, we win together. We're rural people supporting our rural communities looking after our land and our people.
From our humble beginnings in 1962, we've become New Zealand's largest farming co-operative. With an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion and a team of over 1200, you'll find us in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff. With a strong core retail business, we have a well-established shareholder card network (75,000+ shareholders and 7,000+ card partner locations), with operations dealing in areas from feed production, nutrition and agronomy, to ecommerce, fuel, and distribution.
Applications close on 22/07/2023 at 5pm.
