Assistant General Counsel @ Canada Post

Canada Post / Postes Canada

Ottawa, ON (On-Site)

Job Requisition Id:

201485

Business Function:

Legal

Primary City:

Ottawa

Other Location(s):

See below for more information

Province:

Ontario

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Employment Status:

Permanent

Language Requirement:

Bilingual Non-Imperative (CBCC) - Candidates do not need to meet the language requirements at the time of hire. Unilingual candidates are welcome to apply. The successful candidate must commit to learning the second official language.

Employee Class and Level:

CPLGA04

Number of Vacancies:

1

Area of Competition:

National

Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD):

2026/07/24

Job Description

The Assistant General Counsel (AGC) is a senior practitioner as well as a team leader and manager, with these responsibilities being of equal importance. The AGC is responsible for providing timely and accurate advice on matters that are of strategic significance to the Corporation (based on size, sensitivity, associated risk, cost), enabling informed, business focused decision-making through clear options and recommendations aligned to enterprise priorities, while ensuring that the team does likewise on any other matter, proactively engaging with business needs and facilitating business outcomes.

The work is complex, as the expectations and challenges of stakeholders both within and outside of the Corporation must be met. Success is measured by the ability to effectively balance these in a manner that prioritizes business outcomes, while proactively supporting the business, strengthening trusted partnerships, and contributing to the Corporation’s strategic goals and objectives.

Achieving more with less is a significant challenge as the Corporation strives to efficiently reduce costs and transform its operations. As a result, the AGC is accountable for balancing the administrative workload while continuing to provide quality and timely legal advice that is responsive to business needs and calibrated to risk and value. The volume of work, especially in respect of labour matters, requires the judicious use of external counsel. Regardless of where in the Corporation budget is for these costs, the AGC is expected to actively manage and optimize the Corporation’s overall external legal spend to ensure alignment with business priorities, cost-effectiveness, and measurable value.

Job Responsibilities

Provides proactive, sound and effective strategic, risk appropriate, business-focused and decision-enabling legal advice to all levels of management within the Canada Post Group (subsidiaries as required), to support problem resolotion and decision making, including by representing clear options and recommendations to enable the successful operation of the Corporation and achievement of business priorities.

Provides expert advice and coaching to legal professionals within Legal Affairs, including providing a broader / strategic perspective on the files under consideration, so that they are able to deliver the required quality and standard of service required by the Corporation while strengthening business acument and an outcome-focused mindset, and improving their own capabilities and knowledge.

Creates a positive work environment and culture, provides clear objectives and performance expectations for subordinates, conducts training and development needs assessments and ensures that team members are provided with the support necessary to deliver against the expectations of their roles and contribute to measurable business outcomes.

Leads the provision of legal services relating to large / complex files within personal areas of expertise and experience, in order to secure outcomes in accordance with the specific objectives determined by the Corporation while balancing risk, speed, and business impact.

Job Responsibilities (continued)

Directs the Legal Affairs team to ensure they are capable of meeting client requirements across a broad range of legal fields (e.g. labour law, contracts, franchising, intellectual property, civil litigation), meeting ongoing demand while proactively anticipating issues and opportunities to support problem resolution and decision-making, and delivering high-quality, cost-effective services through flexible and scalable processes aligned to business value creation.

Determines the work priorities and allocation of files to legal professionals to optimize, grow and utilize the available capability, while balancing workloads to achieve timely service delivery and responsiveness to business needs supporting the development of trusted, proactive client counsel relationships that position Legal as a valued business partner.

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