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- Employment type
- Full-time, Temporary
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 37 hours per week
Job summary
A Worker Advisor represents the interests of injured workers and their dependents by providing advice, assistance, representation, and advocacy services, which may include seeking a review and filing an appeal of a WCB entitlement decision. Specific accountabilities involve reviewing claim files, analyzing evidence, consulting clients, conducting background research, and representing clients at the two levels of the WCB appeals process.
Job details
A Worker Advisor represents the interests of injured workers and their dependents by providing advice, assistance, representation, and advocacy services, which may include seeking a review and filing an appeal of a WCB entitlement decision. Specific accountabilities involve reviewing claim files, analyzing evidence, consulting clients, conducting background research, and representing clients at the two levels of the WCB appeals process. Candidates must have a university graduation in a related field such as commerce, law, political or social sciences, or public administration, along with a minimum of four years of progressively responsible experience providing advice, assistance, representation, and advocacy, or interpreting and applying legislation and policy. Required knowledge includes government legislation such as the Workers’ Compensation Act and experience writing and delivering persuasive arguments.
What you’ll do
A Worker Advisor represents the interests of injured workers and their dependents by providing advice, assistance, representation, and advocacy services, which may include seeking a review and filing an appeal of a WCB entitlement decision. Specific accountabilities involve reviewing claim files, analyzing evidence, consulting clients, conducting background research, and representing clients at the two levels of the WCB appeals process.
Requirements
Candidates must have a university graduation in a related field such as commerce, law, political or social sciences, or public administration, along with a minimum of four years of progressively responsible experience providing advice, assistance, representation, and advocacy, or interpreting and applying legislation and policy. Required knowledge includes government legislation such as the Workers’ Compensation Act and experience writing and delivering persuasive arguments.
Listed skills
- Decision Making · Preferred
- Problem solving · Preferred
- case management · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Advice
- Advocacy
- Representation
- Legislation Interpretation
- Policy Application
- Research
- Decision Making
- Systems Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Agility
- Conflict De-escalation
- Case Management
- Argument Presentation
- Stakeholder Consultation
- Mentoring
- Investigation
Job areas
- Government & Public Sector
- Legal
- Social Services
- Administrative
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