Assistant(e) Gérant(e) de service - Belleville, ON, Canada - Legal Aid Ontario

Description

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 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 .

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
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.