- Fixed term or secondment opportunity until May 2026.
- Wellington based role, join a supportive team, gain unique experience.
- Significant post qualification privacy specific knowledge and expertise and/or a relevant certification is preferred
ACC are focused on having the highest standards of care in personal information and privacy practice; it's important to our customers and to us. Our Privacy & Ethics team works hard to support ACC’s strategic intention to improve the way we protect personal information and to continuously grow and maintain a proactive privacy culture. We look for opportunities to improve systems and processes to manage risk, and work to ensure privacy is embedded across the business
About us
ACC exists to support people - we help prevent injuries and get New Zealanders and visitors back to everyday life if they’ve had an accident.
Our vision is Thriving Aotearoa - a future where we work together so that all people and their communities can live lives they value. Our purpose is to improve lives every day through a focus on prevention, care, and recovery for all people in Aotearoa New Zealand who are affected by injury.
You can find more about ACC and the work we do here.
About the role
We are seeking a Lead Advisor Privacy & Ethics to provide strategic thought leadership and advice on privacy and information ethics matters across our business. As a subject matter expert, you’ll work to ensure the effective delivery of privacy and ethics capability and support, improved privacy outcomes, and improvements in ACC’s privacy maturity, culture and performance.
Reporting to the Manager Privacy and Privacy Officer, this is a key role within the Legal, Privacy and Ethics function. You’ll take the lead on providing expert advice and technical support to the team and across the organisation to support mitigations, risk assurance, decision-making and special projects. You’ll develop specialist knowledge resources and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to develop and implement relevant frameworks, guidelines, policies, procedures, systems, tools, training and advice.
There is plenty of interesting work to keep you busy, and you’ll certainly get the opportunity to showcase your ability to be a mentor in the team and provide strategic advice and systems thinking to business leaders.
The base salary range for this role is $117,787 – $166,288 with appointment depending on skills and experience and internal relativities. ACC also offers 9% superannuation on top of base salary.
This is a fixed term or secondment opportunity until May 2026.
About you
This role would best suit someone with a significant post qualification privacy specific knowledge and expertise. CIPP, CIPM or CIPT certification or demonstrable equivalent experience or certification is preferred.
You’ll be able to demonstrate the following:
- Ability in the gathering, analysis, and presentation of information on issues associated with privacy and customer data protection.
- Understanding of relevant related areas including data and information ethics, ethical principles, frameworks and issues, data & information management, data & information security, risk, assurance & compliance, and technology.
- Intellectual agility – the ability to quickly come to grips with complex issues, obligations and legislative frameworks, and solve problems with a strong level of critical and reflective thinking skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, relationship building, influencing, networking and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to understand the legislative and regulatory environment governing ACC’s activities, with a focus on privacy.
Benefits of working at ACC
At ACC, we embrace the rich tapestry of Aotearoa’s cultures, and we are dedicated to providing equitable opportunities. We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, age, and those with diverse abilities. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work. Here are some ways we encourage that:
- Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
- The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours.
- Supportive leadership with a passion for developing people.
- A challenging opportunity with plenty of variety in your role.
- A range of benefits including wellness and employee discount programmes.
Applications close
Applications close Tuesday, 22 July 2025 and can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Careers Website. Please ensure your application clearly highlights the required skills and experience that are listed above. If you are an ACC employee, please apply with your ACC employee profile. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application or if you would like further information, please contact HRHelp@acc.co.nz.