Advisor, Privacy & Ethics

About us | Mō mātou 

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.   

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About the role | Mō te tūranga mahi 

Our Legal, Privacy and Ethics team 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 team works hard to support ACC’s 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.

As our new Advisor, Privacy & Ethics, you’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of activities, from investigating privacy complaints to analysing issues, providing solutions, and working with the business to provide support and advice and ensure adequate understanding and training in the Privacy Act and principles. You’ll be helping ACC take a ‘privacy by design’ approach and will support a range of privacy assurance activities. Best of all, you’ll be part of a team with strong leadership that wants to truly make a difference in how ACC approaches and maintains its privacy performance. 

This is a temporary role until September 2026, based in Wellington or Auckland. 

The base salary range is $73,196 - $103,336 with appointment within the range depending on skills and experience and internal relativities. ACC also offers 9% superannuation on top of base salary. 

About you | Mōu 

What We Are Looking For:

• A relevant tertiary qualification, such as Law, Business Management, or similar.
• Some experience in the recognition and interpretation of privacy and ethical issues in a large, complex environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including proven report and business writing experience.
• Self-management including the ability to manage own time, identify priorities and demonstrate good problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislative and regulatory environment governing ACC’s activities, with a focus on privacy.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
• Ability to work sensitively and impartially in a confidential manner.
• A commitment to providing the highest possible standards of customer service.

This is a great role to consider if you want to be part of a proactive, collaborative and supportive team that is focused on enabling integrated privacy and information ethics advice as a second line function. 

Working at ACC | Mō ACC 

At ACC, we embrace the rich tapestry of Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultures and 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. 

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono 

Applications close Thursday, 2 October 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.