Associate Legal Counsel

Saint Elizabeth; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social enterprise in Canada is seeking an Associate, Legal Counsel to join their legal team. The role involves providing strategic legal advice on labor and employment matters, managing litigation, and ensuring compliance with laws. Candidates should have an LLB/JD and a minimum of five years of relevant experience. This hybrid position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and a commitment to a fast-paced legal environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Benefits

Pension

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• Completion of an LLB/JD and licensed to practice law in Ontario.
• Minimum of five years related legal experience with a focus on labor and employment.
• Strong research, writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal advice on labor and employment matters.
• Manage litigation throughout claim life cycle.
• Draft and review corporate by-laws, resolutions, and policies.

Skills

Research

Writing

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Negotiation

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Time Management

Education

LLB/JD

Job description

Job Summary:
Do you want to make a difference with your legal career? SE Health, one of Canada’s largest social enterprises, is seeking an Associate, Legal Counsel with experience in labor and employment law to join our award-winning legal team. Reporting to the SVP, Chief Legal, Privacy and Compliance Officer, you will be an integral member of the legal department and responsible for advising SE Health on a full spectrum of legal matters to ensure organizational needs are balanced with strategic priorities.

Job Responsibilities:

Strategic Legal Advice

• Be a subject matter expert for labor and employment matters and provide practical, timely and strategic legal advice to SE Health internal stakeholders on legal implications of contracts, policies, and other matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate and provide advice on a broad range of agreements, including various employment agreements, termination packages etc.
• Proactively identify and manage legal organizational risks associated with SE Health’s operations including drafting of policies and procedures, training with applicable laws (e.g. Workplace Investigations), regulations and business objectives.
• Advise on corporate governance, including drafting and review of corporate by-laws, resolutions, policies and procedures.
• Advise on procurement matters, in collaboration with third party sourcing specialists.
• Providing advice to SE Health privacy office on complex privacy and FOI issues including interpretation of PHIPPA, and other provincial and federal privacy legislation.
• Provide legal support for SE Health strategic initiatives.
• Provide advice related to compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
  

Legal Management

• Manage litigation throughout claim life cycle, including researching, preparing documents, attending mediations/, arbitration, and providing oversight of external counsel when necessary.
• Collaborate with SVP, Chief Legal, Privacy and Compliance Officer on management of complex legal matters and liaise with external counsel when required.
• Draft precedent documents, including agreements, policies, and procedures.

• Collaborate with members of the Legal, Privacy and Compliance department to provide legal support for a wide variety of initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Completion of an LLB/JD and licensed to practice law in Ontario, licensing in an alternate Canadian jurisdiction an asset.
• Minimum of five (5) years related legal experience in a law firm or in-house setting with a focus on labor and employment.
• Previous experience practicing in a health setting an asset.
• Strong research, writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to effectively convey complex legal concepts in an understandable manner to a diverse audience.
• Demonstrate professional judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Superior ability to manage time and balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.

Location: This role is a hybrid and may require travel to our Markham office as needed.

About SE Health
At SE, we love what we do. Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada. We treat each person with dignity and love, like our own family; we build empathy; and we do the right thing. We are always inspired to make a difference. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing. We are an inclusive workplace offering competitive pay, benefits, pension, and work life balance. We’re a great place to work, and we hope you’ll join our team.

In the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.

SE Health is committed to the success of all its employees. If you feel you need accommodations because of illness or disability, please do not hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail] at your earliest convenience.