Intake Legal Assistant

**Location**: Vancouver, BC

**Status**:Full-time Permanent

**Affiliation**:British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU)

**Salary range**: Job Class 10 ($55,189 - $62,968)

**Competition #**:B073-24

**Application Deadline**:September 10, 2024

We are seeking anIntake Legal Assistantto join our team.

The Opportunity

As **Intake Legal Assistant, **your primary function to provide front-line contact and intake services to the public, provide legal information, verified legal advice, assess eligibility for legal aid and may provide legal secretarial and administrative support to staff lawyer(s) and paralegal(s). This will include performing intake services in person and remotely.

**Key accountabilities include, but aren't limited to**:

- Answer visitor and telephone enquiries; provide information on services offered or direct to other community resources;
- Appoint duty counsel in local courts, prepare roster;
- Contact lawyers to arrange representation for clients; issue contracts to private bar lawyers, staff lawyer(s)/paralegal(s), or other agencies

**Who We Are**

Legal Aid BC (LABC) is a non-profit organization established by the Legal Services Society Act in 1979. Our mission is to provide legal information, advice, and representation services to BC's most vulnerable and marginalized citizens who lack the necessary resources to effectively access the justice system when their families, freedom, or safety are at risk. Our vision is to see BC’s legal system transformed, by the way LABC represents our clients, into one more equitable and inclusive with a mission to strengthen client-centred legal help for British Columbians experiencing barriers accessing the legal system.

At LABC, we know that our continued ability to help the people who need us is due to the hardworking individuals who make up our team, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of people in need. We foster a positive culture of open communication for our team to thrive within, underpinned by our values of client focus, advancing Truth and Reconciliation, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and change through leadership.
- Grade 12 education supplemented by Legal Administration courses or program
- Preference for completed courses in Law, Sociology or related disciplines
- Preference for Administration experience in a law environment, or similar work environment
- Preference for 1 year of intake experience, or similar experience
- Or equivalent combination of education and experience

**We Offer**

A competitive annual salary, as well as a comprehensive benefits package (based on your employment status and affiliation including:

- Four weeks paid vacation to start that grows the longer you are with LABC
- An excellent employee benefits package, where premiums are 100% paid by LABC
- A generous defined benefit pension plan
- Support for training and development
- An Employee and Family Assistance program
- The opportunity to participate in various Employee programs (Employee Wellness, etc.)
- Support for a healthy work/life balance
- Generous leave provisions (sick time, special leaves)
- 13 paid statutory holidays
- An opportunity for a flexible hybrid work arrangement for some positions (LABC reserves the right to change this policy at any time)
- Transit friendly employer for eligible staff to have their commute subsidized
- Dog-friendly offices
- Dedicated Cultural Leave provisions for Indigenous employees
- An Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council, and Indigenous employees Council and Accessibility Committee of employees from equity-seeking groups that advises on ongoing improvements and investments in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at our workplace

Pay: $55,189.00-$62,968.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Wellness program

Work Location: In person