Manager - Legal Services
About the role
This opportunity is for a permanent position working 75 hours biweekly
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) administers workplace health and safety and workers’ compensation in the territory. WSCB’s mission is to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses in partnership with employers and workers and to support workers when injuries occur. We take care of injured workers by facilitating their stay at work, return to work and recovery.
Values:
WSCB’s strives for “vision zero” work related injuries, illnesses, or fatalities. As we fulfill that mandate, three organizational values guide our internal conduct and our external relationships:
• Partnership
• Accountability
• Compassion
The Role:
Reporting to the Director, Legal Services; the Manager, Legal Services is responsible for providing legal services and support to the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) to ensure that the administration of the workers’ safety and compensation systems are conducted lawfully, in compliance with the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act and other relevant legislation. The Manager, Legal Services also administers, reviews and provides decisions on matters adjudicated under the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act. The reviews occur in a quasi-judicial setting and contribute to the WSCB meeting its legislated mandate. This includes internal review of workers’ compensation decisions, workplace health and safety orders and decisions, employer assessment decisions and administrative penalties.
Essential Qualifications:
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet each of the following qualifications. Please note, selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.
• Post-secondary degree in law.
• Experience in the application of procedural fairness, the principles of natural justice and the ability to weigh evidence and render reasoned written decisions.
• Significant experience in adjudication, including the interpretation of legislation, evidence and conducting hearings or file reviews.
• Experience researching, analyzing and providing recommendations on legal issues and case law.
Candidates who have education, training, and/or experience equivalent to the essential qualifications listed above may be equally considered.
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Suitability:
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their competence according to the standards set within the Yukon Government Core Competency Framework
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Demonstrating Client Focus
-
Promoting Common Values and Ethics
-
Modeling Interpersonal Skills and Personal Responsibility
-
Taking action and achieving results
Condition of employment:
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Member in good standing with the Yukon Law Society
-
Have and maintain RCMP Security Clearance
Additional Information:
Discover why the Yukon government has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employer in Canada since 2014.
Learn about what Yukon Government can offer you https://yukoncareerpaths.ca/what-we-offer.
Check us out: Working at the Yukon Government
Uniquely Yukon - Discover what makes the Yukon unlike any other place in the world.
**Contact details:
For information about this competition, please contact Matthew Fehr, Human Resources Consultant at Matthew.Fehr@wcb.yk.ca
Please do not email resumes to email address above; resumes may only be accepted through E-Recruitment. To create your E-Recruitment account and to learn how to prepare your resume follow this link .**
About Government of Yukon
The Yukon public service offers a diversity of career options in a stable work environment. As a Yukon government public servant, you have access to on-the-job learning, leadership courses, interdepartmental training and tuition reimbursement, and the daily opportunity to direct your career path.
As Yukon government public servants, we are able to make a genuine difference in our communities. Every day, we work closely with both the people we serve and with the decision-makers who guide the policies that affect our lives. A career with us allows you to be a part of that process and watch the results of your work come to life in the real world.
Our employment equity policy affirms equal access for women, aboriginal people and people with disabilities to government jobs.
The Yukon government has been recognized as a Top 100 Employer in Canada since 2014. This is due to the benefits, leave options and opportunities for training and career development.
Manager - Legal Services
About the role
This opportunity is for a permanent position working 75 hours biweekly
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) administers workplace health and safety and workers’ compensation in the territory. WSCB’s mission is to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses in partnership with employers and workers and to support workers when injuries occur. We take care of injured workers by facilitating their stay at work, return to work and recovery.
Values:
WSCB’s strives for “vision zero” work related injuries, illnesses, or fatalities. As we fulfill that mandate, three organizational values guide our internal conduct and our external relationships:
• Partnership
• Accountability
• Compassion
The Role:
Reporting to the Director, Legal Services; the Manager, Legal Services is responsible for providing legal services and support to the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) to ensure that the administration of the workers’ safety and compensation systems are conducted lawfully, in compliance with the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act and other relevant legislation. The Manager, Legal Services also administers, reviews and provides decisions on matters adjudicated under the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act. The reviews occur in a quasi-judicial setting and contribute to the WSCB meeting its legislated mandate. This includes internal review of workers’ compensation decisions, workplace health and safety orders and decisions, employer assessment decisions and administrative penalties.
Essential Qualifications:
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet each of the following qualifications. Please note, selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.
• Post-secondary degree in law.
• Experience in the application of procedural fairness, the principles of natural justice and the ability to weigh evidence and render reasoned written decisions.
• Significant experience in adjudication, including the interpretation of legislation, evidence and conducting hearings or file reviews.
• Experience researching, analyzing and providing recommendations on legal issues and case law.
Candidates who have education, training, and/or experience equivalent to the essential qualifications listed above may be equally considered.
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Suitability:
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their competence according to the standards set within the Yukon Government Core Competency Framework
-
Demonstrating Client Focus
-
Promoting Common Values and Ethics
-
Modeling Interpersonal Skills and Personal Responsibility
-
Taking action and achieving results
Condition of employment:
-
Member in good standing with the Yukon Law Society
-
Have and maintain RCMP Security Clearance
Additional Information:
Discover why the Yukon government has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employer in Canada since 2014.
Learn about what Yukon Government can offer you https://yukoncareerpaths.ca/what-we-offer.
Check us out: Working at the Yukon Government
Uniquely Yukon - Discover what makes the Yukon unlike any other place in the world.
**Contact details:
For information about this competition, please contact Matthew Fehr, Human Resources Consultant at Matthew.Fehr@wcb.yk.ca
Please do not email resumes to email address above; resumes may only be accepted through E-Recruitment. To create your E-Recruitment account and to learn how to prepare your resume follow this link .**
About Government of Yukon
The Yukon public service offers a diversity of career options in a stable work environment. As a Yukon government public servant, you have access to on-the-job learning, leadership courses, interdepartmental training and tuition reimbursement, and the daily opportunity to direct your career path.
As Yukon government public servants, we are able to make a genuine difference in our communities. Every day, we work closely with both the people we serve and with the decision-makers who guide the policies that affect our lives. A career with us allows you to be a part of that process and watch the results of your work come to life in the real world.
Our employment equity policy affirms equal access for women, aboriginal people and people with disabilities to government jobs.
The Yukon government has been recognized as a Top 100 Employer in Canada since 2014. This is due to the benefits, leave options and opportunities for training and career development.