Legal Counsel

Job #:
**8381**
- Division:
**Legal**
- Vacancy Type:
**Full-time Permanent**
- Affiliation:
**Non-Union: Management & Exempt**
- Contract Length:
- Grade:
**9**
- # of Vacancies:
**1**
- Salary/Hourly Range:
**133,756.53 - 160,507.83**
- Hiring range/wage:
**133,756.53 - 147.132.18**
- Work Details (Days/hours):
**36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday**
- Posted Date:
**1/26/24**
- Existing or New:
**Existing**
- Deadline to Apply:
**2/9/24**

**What we offer**

In addition to a competitive salary and a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference, we offer a comprehensive package that meets the various needs of our diverse employees, including:

- Ability to participate in inclusive employee-led networks to educate, inspire, amplify voices, build relationships and provide development opportunities;
- Minimum four (4) weeks of paid annual vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Four (4) paid personal days;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, includes 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Health and dental benefits, including a health spending account available upon your start date;
- Employee and family assistance program;
- Maternity and parental leave top up (93% of base salary);
- Training and development programs including tuition reimbursement of $1500 per calendar year;
- Fitness membership discount.

**Hybrid Job**: This job offers the opportunity to work from home as part of a hybrid work arrangement. This arrangement will allow you to work some days at a TCHC work location and the rest of the time from home. The amount of time required to work at a TCHC work location is flexible, while considering operational and service delivery requirements.

**Make a difference**

Toronto Community Housing is looking for Legal Counsel-Litigation to join our Litigation Team within our Legal Services Division. In this role, you will provide strategic legal advice and opinions to internal business clients on a range of matters, deliver high quality representation in legal proceedings before a range of courts and tribunals, and develop staff training on legal issues for the Corporation in a manner that supports TCHC’s tenant focused culture.

**What you will do**
- Provide advice and representation to TCHC in proceedings on a range of matters before courts, boards, and tribunals including but not limited to: Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Supreme Court of Canada, and Small Claims Court.
- Draft all pleadings as applicable, prepare witnesses, compile and review evidence, conduct research, related to all matters that arise within any particular proceeding, and represent TCHC at all stages of proceeding.
- Assists various internal clients and provide summary legal advice in various areas of law including, but not necessarily limited to, construction law and corporate/commercial law.
- Research and provide legal opinions and advice to TCHC to proactively assist the corporation and to respond to specific client requirements.
- Provide written and verbal reports to Executive Leadership Team, Senior Management, and/or Board of Directors as required.
- Provide education, training and mentoring to TCHC staff on compliance with Construction Act and relevant policies.
- Provide strategic legal advice in relation to corporate policies, directives, legislative developments, legislative compliance as policies are drafted.

**What you will need**
- License to Practice law in Ontario (L1 license and membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario).
- Bachelor of Laws, Baccalaureate of Law, or Juris Doctor.
- 3 - 7 years post-call litigation experience in related field.
- Knowledge and experience in corporate commercial litigation and construction act litigation
- Ability to research and provide advice on a wide variety of legal issues including social housing related issues, commercial litigation, insurance defence work, construction liens and construction litigation etc.
- Proven ability to interact effectively with, and engage, a variety of stakeholders including: staff, tenants, business partners, and community groups.
- Excellent conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Motivated self-starter with capability to work productively under pressure and in a fast paced environment
- Working knowledge of Construction Act.
- Familiarity with the following acts is an asset: Housing Services Act, the Ontario Business Corporations Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and Residential Tenancies Act.

**What’s next**

Once you apply, we’ll review your resume and contact you if we believe your skills and experience will make you successful in the role. If you are selected to move forward, the process will include one or more interviews and/or assessments and reference checks.

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