Senior Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Equest Full time
Description & Requirements

About Maximus

At Maximus, we share an authentic desire to do something meaningful to help others succeed. We apply our deep operational expertise, technology innovation, and digitally enabled citizen engagement in new ways and help governments solve complex problems.

Maximus has been reinventing the way government agencies engage with citizens and are sought out by governments to solve complex problems. By supporting various Healthcare Administration, Employment and Citizen service programs worldwide in the United States, Australia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Our mission is t o affect fundamental change in the lives of every individual with whom we engage and at every touchpoint. But ultimately, what we do is improve people's lives. And that is a testament to the ingenuity, commitment, and compassion everyone brings to their role at Maximus and their dedication to connecting citizens with the services they need from Government agencies.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process

REMOTE (can be located in Toronto, Ottawa or Victoria)

Position Summary

The Senior Legal Counsel is a member of the Canadian Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for providing timely and reliable contract and legal advice that is in line with our governance global and local governance to the Executive Leadership Team in the execution of their business and act in an in-house Counsel capacity.

Your typical week at Maximus

Legal Counsel

• Counsels the Company in the protection of its assets and its people.

• Prepares legal correspondences

• Consults external counsel as appropriate or as directed

Contract Management
  • contractual agreement negotiations on terms and conditions that are in the best interest of the company and its client.
  • Serves as the main facilitator for the legal terms in contract negotiations, recommendations, record keeping, monitoring, change management, and more
  • Provide guidance and direction to leadership by reviewing all change notices and amendments to contracts affecting the period of performance, funding, cost or changes to technical specifications and ensuring proper risk evaluation and mitigation.

• Reviews and analyzes bid requests to determine corporate risk and propose appropriate risk mitigation.

• Represents contracts function at meetings with leadership and staff of supported business units
  • Implement contract policies, procedures, and other business and contractual or compliance matters affecting the business unit.
  • Lead Contract Management Coordination across the organization to ensure our contractual obligations are met and documented in a database in concert with the P/L owners
  • Keep everything organized and documented and maintain a database of all active and past contracts so contract management is a smooth, streamlined process.
Contract Policy and compliance

• Ensures compliance with all company policies for contract approval/execution

• Ensures compliance with company policy on acceptable contract terms and conditions
  • Manage related policies for the company, ensuring compliance with legislation, regulations and company directives
  • Recommend policy changes and establish procedures that affect Canadian organization(s).

• Implement effective processes, procedures and tools and ensure compliance.

Other leadership functions

• Manage the contract and legal department and staff in the country with responsibility for results, including costs, methods and staffing

• Prepares and conducts executive-level briefings.

• Work on issues of diverse scope where analyzing a situation or data requires evaluating a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.

• Other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Managing Director and Country Leader, General Counsel and/or Deputy General Counsel

What you offer us

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  • Team player; works well with colleagues/builds positive working relationships
  • Customer Focus
  • Familiarity with intellectual property principles, outsourcing, consulting and IT systems contracts
  • Business Partnership Approach - enabler approach
  • Strong verbal and writing skills
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong work ethic
  • Ability to multitask
  • Ability to manage a high volume of work in a demanding, fast-paced environment
Education and Experience

  • Member in good standing with the Law Society of BC or Ontario
  • 10 years as a Contract or Legal Executive
  • 10 years' experience in corporate and commercial law and an ability to work independently
  • Proven Leadership experience
  • Government contracting experience (inside the government or as a service provider) mandatory
Other

• Must be able to pass a Criminal Record Check

What we offer you

We value your work, which enables us to continuously raise the bar on how we can best serve citizens worldwide. Maximus Canada offers the following:

• Competitive market-based salaries

• Comprehensive employer-paid benefits

• Four weeks of paid vacation

• Group Retirement Savings Plan

• Hybrid and remote work environments in Canada

• Annual paid bonus based on overall company performance

• Employee appreciation events

Maximus Global Core Values

  • Accountability - Accepting responsibility to solve problems and rise to each challenge
  • Collaboration - Partnering to instill trust and working as one
  • Compassion - Empowering humanity by applying empathy and insight to every interaction
  • Customer Focus - Cultivating an authentic desire to help others succeed
  • Innovation - Embracing change and championing new ways forward
  • Respect - Valuing the work we do, who we do it with, and the people we serve

We will be accepting applications until 11:59 PM on June 07, 2024.

Please note that while all applications are appreciated, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

No agencies please


EEO Statement
Maximus is passionate about our employees and place their well-being at the center of our people strategy. We are committed and proud to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value diversity, equity and inclusion and invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, veterans and gender identities recognizing that this is paramount for the growth and success of our organization.

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