Paralegal

2 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Community Legal Services of Ottawa Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa Full time

**COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES OF OTTAWA**

Community Legal Services of Ottawa / Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa is a community legal clinic, funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We provide legal services for the low-income residents of Ottawa, as well as community development, organizing, law reform and legal education initiatives.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Provide legal advice and represent clients in housing and income support matters
- Work closely with our staff teams
- Provide duty counsel services for tenants at the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Participate in law reform matters, public presentations, lobbying, policy advocacy and media work
- Community initiatives with partner organizations

**Qualifications and Experience**
- Paralegal with Law Society of Ontario license in good standing
- 1 year of advocacy experience for vulnerable individuals
- Community development experience
- Capacity to work in French is strongly preferred. Fluency in other languages spoken by our clients is an important asset
- A demonstrated commitment to social justice and working for change for vulnerable and marginalized groups
- Excellent oral and written advocacy skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work collaboratively
- Strong ability to handle multiple priorities in a high-volume environment
- Ability to supervise students

**Application Deadline: July 28, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.**

The salary range is $60,000 to $64,000 commensurate with training and experience.

Clarisse Titus, Executive Director

Community Legal Services of Ottawa / Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa

406-1355 Bank St

Ottawa, ON K1H 8K7

**SERVICES JURIDIQUES COMMUNAUTAIRES D’OTTAWA**

Services juridiques communautaires d'Ottawa / Community Legal Services of Ottawa est une clinique juridique communautaire financée par Aide juridique Ontario. Nous fournissons des services juridiques pour les résidents à faible revenu d'Ottawa ainsi que des initiatives de développement et d'organisation communautaires, de réforme du droit, et d'éducation juridique.

**Principales responsabilités**
- Fournir des conseils juridiques et représenter des clients en matière de droit du logement et de prestations de soutien de revenu
- Travailler en étroite collaboration avec nos équipes du personnel
- Comparaître à la Commission de la location immobilière en tant qu’avocat de service pour les locataires
- Participer aux initiatives de réforme du droit, présentations publiques, lobbying et travail médiatique
- Initiatives communautaires avec nos organisations partenaires

**Qualifications et expérience**
- Parajuriste en règle du Barreau de l'Ontario
- 1 an d'expérience en représentation des personnes vulnérables
- Expérience en développement communautaire
- La capacité de travailler en français est fortement préférée. La capacité de parler d’autres langues parlées par nos clients est un atout important
- Un engagement manifeste à œuvrer pour la justice sociale pour les groupes vulnérables et marginalisés
- Excellentes compétences en plaidoirie orale et écrite
- Compétences interpersonnelles et capacité démontrée de travailler en équipe
- Forte capacité à gérer plusieurs priorités dans un environnement avec un volume de travail élevé
- Capacité à superviser les étudiants

**Date limite pour postuler: le 28 juillet à 17 h.**

Le salaire est proportionnel à la formation et l'expérience, basé sur un salaire annuel de $60,000 - $64,000.

Clarisse Titus, Directrice générale

Community Legal Services of Ottawa / Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa

406-1355 rue Bank, Ottawa, ON K1H 8K7

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: $60,000.00-$62,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Paid time off

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-07-28


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