Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary - Toronto, Canada - Public Health Ontario

Public Health Ontario

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

The Role:

The Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary leads the legal services portfolio and provides support to the Board of Directors.

The position works closely with the CEO and Board Chair.

Key Responsibilities

Provides practical, solutionoriented, riskbased legal advice on a broad spectrum of the agency's operational and strategic work.
Engages and manages external legal counsel, as necessary.
Advises the Board on corporate governance matters, maintains corporate minute book, drafts resolutions, and attends all Board and Board Committee meetings. Leads meeting scheduling, agenda preparation, creation and review of meeting materials, for Board of Directors meetings and the Board's Governance and Human Resources Committee meetings.
Acts as a strategic partner with the President and Chief Executive Officer and other PHO executive team members, to define, action and model the agency's vision, mission and values and actively contribute to developing and articulating a vision for PHO's role in the public health sector. Champions the organization's values and ethical standards in all agency business.
Develops and maintains various corporate and Board policies, processes and practices to enable the organization to meet its obligations and accountabilities as a Crown agency, and follow best practices in board governance.

Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated knowledge of relevant legal practice areas, including Crown agency governance (relevant legislation, regulations, and government directives), procurement, conflict of interest, freedom of information and privacy law in the health sector, information technology, and contract law.
Ability to communicate complex legal concepts to a variety of audiences

Education and Experience

Membership in good standing as a lawyer with the Law Society of Ontario.
Minimum 5 years corporate commercial legal experience, preferably in the public and/or healthcare sector.
Previous experience as a corporate secretary, preferably in the public and/or healthcare sector.
Proven ability to produce highquality work under tight deadlines with changing and competing demands
Experience with government decisionmaking processes and procedures is preferred.
Proven expertise in developing and maintaining executive level relationships with senior government officials, members of Boards of Directors and health system leaders.

Attributes and Competencies

Acts as a strategic partner with the President and CEO and Executive counterparts to ensure that the leadership team of the organization receives the necessary strategic legal advice.
Demonstrated commitment to and experience in leading by example, exercising sound judgment in interpersonal engagements, displaying integrity and emotional intelligence in decisionmaking and prioritizing respect and authenticity in relationships.
Skilled in building, supporting and inspiring multidisciplinary team members with varied expertise and experience.

Contact

While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose._

Duration:
Permanent

Hours of Work:
Full time, 36.25 hours per week

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Schedule: