Director, Legal Services

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 69913
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: April 30, 2025
Classification: Civil Crown Counsel 5

**Salary**: $8,819.66 to $10,081.25 bi-weekly ($230,193.13 to $263,120.63/year)

Justice, Legal Services Division, is responsible for providing quality legal advice to the Government of Alberta. The work is fast-paced and provided in a collaborative team environment. Our lawyers are involved in a wide range of legal work that is challenging, interesting, important, and ever-changing. The Legal Services Division is proud to be a learning organization and offers employees opportunities to learn and grow in their careers. With its inclusive workforce, employees are engaged and supported at all career stages.

The Energy Legal Team (ELT) provides legal and related strategic advice primarily to the Departments of Energy and Minerals, and Affordability and Utilities on matters including: royalty, mineral rights/tenure, electricity, utilities, resource development, resource market access, dispute resolution, project approvals, and complex business transactions.

**Role Responsibilities**:
Legal Services Division is seeking to fill the Director position for the Energy Legal Team. This Director will have approximately 13 direct reports and will be responsible for a variety of management/administration duties. The Director will be the lead contact for all energy law issues and will efficiently manage team resources, provide support and developmental opportunities to lawyers who provide legal services primarily to the Departments of Energy and Minerals, and Affordability and Utilities.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director responsibilities will include:

- reviewing and assigning incoming requests for energy legal support including urgent, high profile matters
- communicating updates on legal matters and proactively flagging high profile matters that may garner media attention
- reviewing and approving briefing notes on energy legal matters
- working with the team by assisting, supporting and mentoring lawyers on energy law and other files and attending high level meetings and briefings to provide support if needed
- overseeing the structure and breadth of practice areas development and succession planning for the team
- monitoring workload of the team and identifying solutions for capacity/resource issues when they arise
- manage outside counsel retainers
- manage client relationships and work collaboratively with client departments on creative solutions
- collaborate with other legal team Directors in the division on cross-team/Ministry matters
- manage and oversee human resources including hiring, performance management, and professional development other responsibilities as assigned by the the Executive Director.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** - Must be able to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience, and work effectively in changing environments
- **Drive for Results** - Sets goals and prioritizes work to accomplish them. Follows through on duties and tasks and reports on progress.
- **Develop Self and Others** - Desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of self and others
- **Build Collaborative Environments** - Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.
- **Develop Networks** - Proactively builds networks, connects and build trust in relationships with different stakeholders
- **Systems Thinking** - Understands how work contributes to the achievement of departmental goals. Anticipates changes in own area based on activities in other areas.
- **Creative Problem Solving** - Have the ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

**Qualifications**:
A Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (JD). For Law degrees obtained outside Canada, proof of accreditation from the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) is required. You must be an active member or must have immediate eligibility for full membership with the Law Society of Alberta.

Civil Crown Counsel 5 - a minimum of 11 years of related experience is required.

The successful applicant will have demonstrated formal or informal leadership experience within a government/public law environment.

**Requirement**

**Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.**
***In your cover letter, please briefly summarize**:

- Legal experience