Labour Law Legal Assistant - Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Union of Public Employee Local 2626

Description

• Work Language: Bilingual
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Education: College/CEGEP
• Experience: Experience an asset
• Legal studies, general
• Legal assistant/paralegal
• Legal professions and studies, other
• Labour and industrial relations

• Unions
• University or college

• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences
• Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and coordinate the flow of information
• Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
• Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
• Administer the collective agreement
• Negotiate collective agreements on behalf of employers or workers
• Mediate labour disputes and grievances
• Organize and administer staff consultation and grievance procedures
• Liaise with management, union officials and HR consultants
• Translate a variety of written material
• Research legal precedents and gather evidence

• MS Word
• Electronic mail
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Google Docs

• Contracts
• Correspondence
• Reports and records

• Union representation
• Labour relations

• Law

• Knowledge of labour relations

• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Initiative

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

• Health care plan

• As per collective agreement

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Wellness program