Manager, Legal Services

- Job requisition number
- 039741Job location
- RichmondFull-time / part-time
- Full-timeSalary
- $153,770 - $186,830/annuallyExpected Salary RangePosting period
- From 11/05/2025 to 11/26/2025- Overview- Do you have a strong passion for providing corporate and commercial legal advice with respect to public procurement processes? Do you want to mitigate legal risks and support clients in achieving operational goals? We are looking for a **Manager, Legal Services (Corporate/Commercial)** to join our Legal Services department at WorkSafeBC. This is a critical role for someone who excels at drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts while providing advice to internal departments to reduce legal risks at WorkSafeBC.
- **How you’ll make a difference**:You’ll ensure WorkSafeBC is serving stakeholders across B.C. effectively.
- **Where you’ll work**
- At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines working remotely, and in our offices based on the operational needs of the position.
- In this role, you will work primarily from our Richmond Office at a minimum of three days per week with some flexibility to work from your home in B.C.
- What you'll do-
- Carrying your own file load to deliver corporate/commercial legal advice to internal clients, including health care departments.
- Managing corporate counsel and/or articling students.
- Being responsive to and establishing collaborative working relationships with internal clients and departments to provide legal solutions that meet WorkSafeBC’s needs.
- Working with client groups, including Procurement Services, to continuously improve service delivery.
- Ensuring compliance with applicable legislation in commercial contracts
- Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.- Is this a good fit for you?- We’re looking for someone/people who:

- Is trusted to provide legal advice that is practical, timely, and includes options for internal clients to achieve their desired outcome.
- Is capable of demonstrating skills in leading and planning, as well as explaining legal information in plain language, adapting communication style to suit the audience.
- Demonstrates ability to collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders while exercising sound judgment and independence in completing assigned work.
- Constantly strives to grow and develop as a lawyer.
- Takes an outcome-oriented and problem-solving approach with clients and team members to resolve an issue.
- Can interact with management, peers and clients in a confident, professional and objective manner.- Your background and experience- A **minimum of 5 years of experience** practicing corporate commercial law.
- A member in good standing with the Law Society of British Columbia.
- Experience with public procurement and/or health care contracts is an asset.- We’ll consider equivalent combinations of education and experience.
- **Important to know**
- Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

- Consent to a criminal record check
- Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada- **Who we are**
- At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.
- **What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?**
- It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.
- Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.
- **Learn more**:Discover who we are.
- **Our benefits**
- As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work — and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

- Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire
- 4 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service
- Benefits package that includes customizable options for health care and dental benefits, additional days off, and a health care spending account
- Optional leave arrangements
- Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more)- **Learn more**:Find ou