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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Director of Professional Development
About the role
Richards Buell Sutton LLP
Published
June 23, 2026
Location
401 West Georgia Street, Suite #700, Vancouver, Canada
Category
Training / Professional Development
Job Type
Full-time
Minimum
175000
Maximum
200000
Description
As a full service law firm with a history of over 150 years in Vancouver (including a busy Surrey (Guildford) office), Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) is committed to providing the highest standard of service to our clients and strives to be one of the top employers in B.C.!
We are seeking a Director of Professional Development to join our team.
The Director of Professional Development is an enthusiastic and strategic minded leader responsible for further developing and managing our associate programs, leading our student recruitment efforts and overseeing the firm’s student program. Reporting to the Partner in charge of Associates, the Director works directly with the firm’s associates and students to implement our programs, including orientation, professional development, wellness, mentorship and performance evaluations. The Director also helps approve and organize the firm’s lawyer events, including associate events and helps build and manage the programs’ annual budget.
Key Responsibilities
strong leadership skills, with a proven ability to lead from the middle exceptional interpersonal and communication skills excellent written and verbal communication skills strong organizational skills strategic thinker ability to collaborate with various parties, from direct reports to the Management Committee and manage sensitive and confidential information appropriately strong analytical abilities ability to think outside the box proven managerial skills recruitment experience preferred keen interest in lawyer development and recruiting experience with creating and managing a budget
Qualifications And Experience
A JD or LL.B. is preferred, together with experience practicing law.
Full-time preferred but would consider a shorter work week.
Richards Buell Sutton LLP is committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive workplace and upholds the values of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Come join the RBS Team!
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About BC Legal Management Association
We are a non-profit organization with more than 625 individual and 35 honorary members representing more than 185 member firms. Our member firms are predominantly located in the Metro Vancouver area, but also reach as far as Prince George, the interior and Vancouver Island. More than 80 percent of our members work in small law firms of 15 lawyers or less.
The BCLMA is focused on providing you with the professional development, support and networking opportunities you need to enjoy and advance your career in legal management.
We know that success is rarely achieved alone. We create comfortable opportunities to ask questions, make enquires, identify professional landmines, share war stories and connect with respected like-minded colleagues. At BCLMA, you are supported.
With BCLMA, you are:
- surrounded by colleagues
- part of a community
- supported by resources
- invited to learn, network, experience, enquire, share and gather together
- building your professional reputation
- getting answers to questions you didn’t know to ask
- invited to join any of our nine subsections
Together, we learn and advance.