Legal Officer

3 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Public Service Alliance of Canada Full time

**Branch**: Representation and Legal Services Branch - Administration

**Section**: Legal Services - Administration

**Employment Type**: Indeterminate

**Position Linguistic Designation**: Bilingual (English, French)

**Position Global Linguistic Level**: B2

**Job Band**: Band 12 UNIFOR 2025

**Salary**: $104,256.00 - $117,344.00 + $1,585.14 Bilingual Allowance (2021 rates)

**Union**: UNIFOR 2025

**Location**: Ottawa Headquarters

**Search Area**: Internal; Membership; Public

**Closing Date**: 02/16/2023

**PURPOSE OF POSITION**:

- The Legal Officer provides legal advice and representation to the PSAC Centre and the Components.**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**_Education/Experience_**:

- A law degree from a recognized university, been called to the bar and be a member in good standing of a provincial or territorial law society.
- Experience appearing in the Federal Court as well as appearances before administrative tribunals.

**_Knowledge_**:

- Specialized knowledge of administrative law, labour law, and general knowledge of contract and employment law as well as in relevant areas of law.

**_Abilities_**:

- Ability to recognize, analyze and solve legal problems.
- Ability to do legal research and to write legal opinions.
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
- Ability to negotiate effective solutions to complex legal issues.
- Ability to use a computer (document production and research).
- Ability to develop alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
- Second language skills as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level indicated.

**_Personal suitability_**:

- Ability to be autonomous in his/her work and to demonstrate commitment to union principles and social justice.

**A full job description is available upon request.**:
**NOTES**:
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is committed to achieving and maintaining a representative workforce that ensures the full participation and advancement of traditionally under-represented groups. Applications are encouraged from equity groups including women, racially visible persons, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2+) persons.


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