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Conveyancing Supervisor
Organization:
Ministry of Transportation
Division:
Provincial Highways Management
Language of Position(s):
English
Job Code:
5A009 - Legal05
Salary:
$64,605.00 - $90,300.00 Per Year
Do you consider yourself an expert in the field of property title searching, conveyancing and expropriation? Are you looking for a career move that will allow you to hone your supervisory and leadership skills? If so, consider joining the Northwest Region Property Section team at the Ministry of Transportation.
What can I expect to do in this role?
In this dynamic role you will plan and coordinate the property administrative services and real estate activities for the region. This will include:
• supervising staff engaged in the transfer of legal title (by purchase and sale) of land and buildings
• coordinating and directing title searches of properties
• leading and directing expropriation procedures
• reviewing property agreements and ensuring compliance
• ensuring maintenance of all production control records
• providing consultation and advice and responding to inquiries
How do I qualify?
Leadership Skills and Abilities:
• You have leadership abilities to supervise staff, explain work assignments and provide direction and technical advice.
• You have planning and administration skills to schedule priorities and meet pre- determined property acquisition deadlines.
• You have coaching skills to effectively coordinate resources, transfer knowledge, and develop skills.
Technical Expertise:
• You have knowledge and experience with real estate practices, common law, contract law, estate law and corporate law related to real property and expropriation.
• You have working knowledge of policies, directives, guidelines and legislation related to conveyancing and expropriation.
• You are able to interpret and apply policies, procedures and statute and common law to ensure course of action is appropriate and authorized.
Communication, Influencing and Consultation Skills:
• You have proven written and verbal communication techniques to create correspondence, draft legal documents and briefing notes.
• You have interpersonal and presentation skills to represent the ministry
with a range of external stakeholders.
• You have influencing and advisory skills to convince others and update management.
• You have consultation and negotiation skills to define issues, resolve discrepancies and determine courses of action.
Administrative Skills:
• You have knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and systems to prepare and monitor budgets and supervise land payments.
• You are able to assess operational, technical and administrative needs of the unit.
Additional Information:
Address:
- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 615 James St S, Thunder Bay, North Region
Compensation Group:
Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario
Schedule:
6
Posted on:
Thursday, February 27, 2014
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Remember: The deadline to apply is Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
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Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.
