Director Labour Relations, Occupational Health & Safety; Legal Counsel
Lead the organization's labour relations, occupational health and safety, and legal counsel strategies within a highly unionized healthcare setting. Advise senior leadership on workforce strategy, manage collective bargaining, and oversee workplace investigations and legal compliance.
- On-site
- Toronto, ON
- Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Apply by Aug 14, 2026
- 1 position
Job summary
At CAMH, people are at the centre of what we do. As the largest academic mental health hospital in Canada, CAMH provides care and treatment to patients with mental health and addiction illness, while also being an advocate and leading globally renowned research. The work of the People & Experience department is central to advancing our mission and to supporting an engaged, high performing workforce that enables world-leading mental health care, research and education. People and Experience is responsible for labour relations, employee relations, health and safety, as well as talent acquisition, training and development, performance management, workforce planning, compliance and regulatory issues, succession planning, organization culture and change management, total rewards, and workforce mental health, amongst other things.
What you’ll do
Lead the organization's labour relations, occupational health and safety, and legal counsel strategies within a highly unionized healthcare setting. Advise senior leadership on workforce strategy, manage collective bargaining, and oversee workplace investigations and legal compliance.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (JD) and membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario. Candidates need 6-10 years of progressive experience in labour relations, employment law, and OHS, preferably within the healthcare or public sector.
Benefits
• Hoopp Defined Benefit Pension Plan • Extended Health Benefits • Wellness Benefits
Other relevant skills
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- Labour Relations
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Employment Law
- Collective Bargaining
- Grievance Management
- Arbitration
- Workplace Investigations
- Change Management
- Legal Drafting
- Strategic Leadership
- Disability Management
- Return-to-Work Initiatives
- Stakeholder Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Litigation
- Public Sector Relations
Job areas
- Legal
- Human Resources
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
- Security & Safety
Additional details
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum experience
- 5+ years
- Apply by
- Aug 14, 2026
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week