Legal Counsel

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 76738
Ministry: Justice
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full-Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 14, 2025

**Salary**: $7,275.46 to $8,067.13 biweekly ($189,889.51 to $210,552.09/year)

The Court and Justice Services (CJS) Division provides a wide range of resolution and court services for people involved in legal disputes. In collaboration with the courts of Alberta, Court and Justice Services provides various programs and services including educating and helping Albertans finding solutions for legal issues, navigating the court system, offering programs at no cost or a nominal charge, and administrative support to all courts in Alberta.

Within the CJS Division, the Legal and Legislative Initiatives (LLI) Unit focuses on developing and implementing policies, programs, and legislative and regulatory initiatives specifically related to the Courts, court administration, judicial officers, court processes and services.
- **Role Responsibilities**:

- Are you a lawyer with strong analytical and research skills, ready to accelerate your career? Do you have in-depth knowledge of litigation and a background in family law? If so, Legal and Legislative Initiatives (LLI) has an exciting opportunity waiting for you

As Legal Counsel, you will primarily support the Business and Resolution Services (BRS) branch, which is mandated to assist Albertans with legal issues that may result in a court appearance.

You will build and maintain relationships with the judiciary, court administration, staff, and management, as well as external and internal stakeholders. Additionally, you will contribute to the successful delivery of BRS programs by providing legal and strategic advice, and by supporting the BRS leadership team with oversight and training of staff and program development.
- **Key Responsibilities**:

- Acting as designated authority and friend of the court for interjurisdictional support matters in the Court of King’s Bench (Edmonton).
- Collaborating with BRS management and staff to ensure staff have the legal and practical knowledge necessary to provide accurate legal information and referrals to Albertans.
- Providing guidance based on legal knowledge and practical experience to ensure the successful operations of BRS Programs and Court Administration.

**To be successful in this role, you will bring**:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong diplomatic abilities to engage with various stakeholders on complex and sensitive matters.
- The ability to work independently with mínimal supervision, manage competing priorities, and perform well under pressure.
- Agility and flexibility to provide backup support to other Legal Counsel as needed.- Please
- **APS Competencies**:

- Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

- **Agility**: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and work effectively in a changing environment.
- **Develop Networks**: Proactively build networks and connect and build trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
- **Build Collaborative Environments**: Lead and contribute to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
- **Systems Thinking**:The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and interrelated environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems Thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.
- **Creative Problem-Solving**: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.
- **Drive for Results**:Determine what outcomes are important and maximize the use of resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and all stakeholders.
- **Develop Self and Others**:Commitment to lifelong learning and the desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of self and others.

**Qualifications**:

- **Requirements**:
A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) degree with 11+ years of legal experience. Demonstrated experience in litigation, legal research, and the interpretation of policy, legislation, and regulations is an asset.

For Law degrees obtained outside Canada, proof of accreditation from the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) is required.

Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta or eligibility for membership is requ