MANAGER – LEGAL SERVICES / ERT COUNSEL

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Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario (ELTO) seeks a strategic thinker with highly developed leadership skills and expertise in environmental law to:

1. Effectively manage the legal services unit, the provision of legal advisory services and legal and contractual risks, and
2. Specifically provide legal advice to the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT)

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About the job

Duties will include:

• Providing and overseeing the provision of expert legal services and advice to the Executive Chair, Associate Chairs, Vice Chairs, Tribunal members, and case management staff and management teams
• Supervising and leading a team of legal professionals to maintain and enhance the quality, consistency and coherence of ELTO's adjudicative processes and decisions
• Conducting in-depth legal research and providing legal expert advice to the Associate Chair and Members of the ERT
• Representing and promoting ELTO in professional and public fora and as necessary to represent tribunals before the courts

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Upper Canada

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated legal management/leadership experience and the ability to lead transformation initiatives
• Proven client service, communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to provide innovative solutions and manage complex issues and changing priorities
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in administrative law and administrative justice principles, practices and procedures, including Rules of Procedure and alternative adjudicative processes
• Demonstrated experience, knowledge and expertise in environmental law
• Demonstrated success in managing and conducting litigation matters before the courts and tribunals
• Knowledge and ability to supervise the practice of law related to ELTO's mandate
• Knowledge of principles, policies, processes and procedures related to financial management and HR administration including collective agreements

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service Employment Screening Checks Policy, the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Please refer to the Additional Information / Address section above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  You will be responsible for obtaining the criminal record check at your own expense and provide it, along with your written consent, to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), HR Service Delivery Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional screening checks as indicated in the Additional Information / Address section above that were not obtained directly by you. (Note: If a Vulnerable Sector Screening/Check is required, it must also be obtained in person at your local police service.)
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
• Your application and cover letter must be sent as an attachment in either MS Word (.doc, .docx), PDF (.pdf), Rich Text (.rtf) or Plain Text (.txt) format, less than 2MB in size and must not be password protected

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Language requirements and assessment:
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