Legal Counsel

12-month fixed-term opportunity

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know Gilmours, New World, PAK’nSAVE, and Four Square, right? That’s us!

With more than 320 stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, Foodstuffs North Island is a co-operative proudly owned by our Members. Our purpose is simple – making sure New Zealanders get more out of life, and we’re driven by our aspiration to be one of New Zealand’s most customer-driven and productive retailers.

Our Legal Team plays a critical role in enabling business success and supporting key decisions at the highest level. Partnering closely with senior leaders and decision makers, while being part of a close-knit, inclusive, and highly supportive legal team backed by strong leadership.

Te Tūranga – About the role

We are looking for a junior to intermediate (2-5 years PQE) lawyer to join our awesome legal team for 12 months covering maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in one of New Zealand’s largest companies and work in a high-performing and highly regarded in - house legal team in a very supportive and inclusive environment.

You will support the General Counsel, Associate General Counsel and other lawyers in managing the legal function of Foodstuffs NI (Foodstuffs) and national Foodstuffs companies.

Focus areas include

· Providing legal support across Foodstuffs and establishing strong effective relationships.

• Manage stakeholders across the co operative and working with and managing external lawyers.

• Advising Foodstuffs’ property team and instructing external lawyers on leasing documentation and other property agreements for our $2 billion + property portfolio.

• Advising on high profile marketing campaigns (e.g. New World), intellectual property and privacy matters.

• Supporting on mergers and acquisitions.

• Drafting, reviewing and advising on key strategic commercial and supply contracts.

• Company secretarial and corporate governance work.

• Supporting the business on compliance with regulatory matters, including advising on the new Grocery Industry Competition Act.

• Foodstuffs crisis management and litigation dispute management.

• Supporting the Legal team on legal innovation and efficiencies.

He kōrero mōu – About you

With a great attitude, a desire to grow, common sense and a team approach, you’ll be easy to get along with and able to work with a variety of people. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, where your passion and drive to make a difference and grow is recognised. You will be very closely supported by senior leaders in the Foodstuffs Legal Team.

Committed with a great attitude, keys to your success will also include:

• A tertiary qualification in Law with at least 2 years’ PQE

• Training from a reputable law firm.

• Ability to perform under pressure.

• A flexible and open attitude.

• A willingness and enthusiasm to learn and contribute.

• Being a team player with aspirations to develop your leadership.

Previous in-house legal experience (e.g. secondment experience) would be an advantage, but not a necessity for success in the role.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, lots of fun on site activities
Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes)

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected] . Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.