Legal Compliance Lead
- Shape enterprise-wide compliance in a nationally significant organisation.
- Provide assurance through giving leadership clear, actionable insights on compliance and risk.
This is a high-impact role with direct exposure to senior leadership, where you'll shape compliance across a large complex organisation.
Why join us?
- Strategic exposure by working closely with senior leaders and contribute to Board-level reporting
- Variety and scale through engaging across multiple areas within a business with broad operational and commercial scope
- Purpose-led organisation where you'll play a role in a business that connects people, communities and commerce across Aotearoa
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
We're looking for a someone to take ownership of NZ Post Group's second line legal compliance framework across our multi-entity environment.
Working closely with the Risk, Legal & Regulatory and Company Secretariat teams, you'll play a key role in shaping NZ Post's overall legal compliance programme - how compliance is assessed, reported and embedded, with visibility at senior leadership level and exposure to Board committees.
What you'll be doing:
Building and evolving the framework
- Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of NZ Post's legal compliance programme.
- Monitoring and interpreting relevant legal requirements across the diverse range of NZ Post's activities.
- Ensuring there are appropriate policies and processes that align with current legal obligations and enterprise expectations.
Embedding compliance across the business
- Work with leaders and business units to build their ‘first line' understanding and ownership of compliance obligations.
- Deliver training and guidance to improve legal compliance awareness and capability.
- Act as a trusted advisor on legal compliance matters across the organisation.
- Support leaders and business units to identify, assess and document legal compliance risks.
Risk, assurance and reporting (second line)
- Provide independent second line oversight of legal compliance risk management practices.
- Identify and assess legal compliance risks across business units from a second line perspective.
- Support legal compliance reviews, audits and investigations where required.
- Provide clear, practical reporting and insights to senior leadership and Board Risk Committee, among other groups.
- Review and challenge the effectiveness of risk identification and control frameworks.
- Work with second line risk colleagues to provide coordinated assurance opinions.
Mōu - About you
You're an experienced legal compliance or legal professional who enjoys working at the intersection of law, risk and business strategy.
You'll bring a pragmatic, commercially minded approach, balancing risk and legal compliance practices with real-world business needs to deliver practical, effective outcomes.
You'll likely bring:
- Experience in legal compliance, regulatory risk or senior legal roles (typically 8+ years including a legal compliance or strong adjacent focus)
- Strong working knowledge of New Zealand legal environments (e.g. Privacy Act, Fair Trading, Commerce Act or similar frameworks)
- Experience building or improving compliance frameworks, programmes or controls
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset—you balance risk with commercial realities
- Confidence engaging with and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate legal requirements and risk processes into practical actions
He Aha Te Pai - What you'll love about us!
We're passionate about our commitment to deliver the best for Aotearoa - to help businesses thrive, and to deliver what Kiwis care about. Our permanent employees enjoy a variety of benefits including:
- Special rates on fantastic holiday home accommodation around New Zealand
- Retail shopping discounts with our partners
- An Employee Assistance programme to support you when you need it
- Plus more!!
Hiahia? - Interested? Come and join the whānau!
If you're looking for a role where you can build, influence and make a tangible difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or download the JD on our NZ Post Careers page. If you require additional information, please contact Cath Scott (Talent BP) on 022 323 0684.
Applications for this opportunity close on 12 August 2026
All successful applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand and will be subject to a security check and reference checks
There's something really special about being part of the team here at NZ Post - Tukurau Aotearoa, who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values.
