Assistant Director of Legal Services

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre (CALC)

Are you looking for meaningful employment, and to promote community lawyering approaches? Are you committed to social justice, service innovation, evidence-based practice, and strategic thinking? We invite you to consider joining our dynamic, progressive and collaborative staff team. We are a busy and creative community legal clinic serving three counties and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in rural central/south-eastern Ontario. The successful candidate will share responsibility with our newly appointed Executive Director/Lawyer for the day-to-day oversight of our legal services. This includes ensuring the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of our individual client services and related community development, law reform and systemic advocacy projects identified as priorities in CALC’s strategic plan.

If you have the following experience and competencies, please consider applying:

A minimum of ten years experience as a lawyer
Experience in areas of law impacting people living on a low income, particularly income security programs, housing and homelessness, workers’ rights, human rights, consumer and debt, as well as gender-based violence (and relevant criminal, family, and civil law expertise)
Provision of effective legal supervision to law and articling students and lawyers
Proven track record in legal services program and project planning, managing and evaluation
Capacity and interest in tracking service outcomes, and developing evidence-based practice
Effective participation in impactful community development, law reform and systemic advocacy work
Exhibited capacity to undertake community-based research and professional report writing
Evidence of leadership initiatives in Ontario’s clinic system (or other comparable system)
Exceptional leadership skills including the ability to inspire others, and communicate professionally
Litigation and tribunal experience, including at appellate levels, and in appropriate dispute resolution
Commitment to trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approaches, and social justice
Broad knowledge of innovative legal aid service delivery models and practices
Demonstrated ability to work with people living on a low income and in rural communities
Understanding of significant legal and other issues impacting on these communities
Proven capacity to work collaboratively and across disciplines with partners in the justice, health, social service, government, and/or community sectors
Demonstrated high achievement in prior employment with excellent analytical, creative, evaluative, and strategic thinking skills as well as strong time management skills
High degree of computer literacy and administrative self-sufficiency

This is a permanent employment opportunity. The salary range is under review, but is currently $97,000 – $107,000. If you are interested, please forward your resume, a letter explaining your interest in the position, and three professional references no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 1, 2023 to lynda.morgan@calc.clcj.ca. We will consider applications on a rolling basis, and only those being offered an interview will be contacted. Find out more about us here.

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY & LEGAL CENTRE
158 George Street, Level 1
Belleville, Ontario K8N 3H2
www.communitylegalcentre.ca

We are an equal opportunity employer striving to reflect the population living in Ontario.