Associate Lawyer – Headwaters LLP

Job summary

Advise and support clients on employment, administrative, and corporate law matters, applying an Indigenous lens. Handle labour and workplace matters, including policy development, terminations, employment contracts, litigation, workplace safety and health, and privacy, as well as corporate and economic development matters for Indigenous and on-reserve businesses.

Job details

We are looking to add an associate lawyer to our team. In this role, the successful candidate will advise and support our clients in various ways. The Associate will be engaged primarily on matters related to employment, administrative and corporate law with an Indigenous lens. This includes providing strategic advice and legal support on matters relating to labour law, including policy development, terminations, employment contract drafting and human resource policy development, litigation, workplace safety and health matters, and privacy. The Associate will also assume matters related to corporate and economic development of indigenous and on-reserve businesses, including providing strategic advice respecting joint venture agreements, limited partnership structures, and commercial agreements. Learn More Closing Date: December 1, 2026

What you’ll do

Advise and support clients on employment, administrative, and corporate law matters, applying an Indigenous lens. Handle labour and workplace matters, including policy development, terminations, employment contracts, litigation, workplace safety and health, and privacy, as well as corporate and economic development matters for Indigenous and on-reserve businesses.

Requirements

The posting does not specify formal education, licensing, or years-of-experience requirements. It seeks an associate lawyer able to advise clients on employment, administrative, and corporate law, including Indigenous business and economic development matters.

Listed skills

• Policy development · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Employment Law
• Administrative Law
• Corporate Law
• Labour Law
• Strategic Legal Advice
• Policy Development
• Employment Contract Drafting
• Human Resource Policy Development
• Litigation
• Workplace Safety and Health
• Privacy
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Limited Partnership Structures
• Commercial Agreements
• Indigenous Business and Economic Development

Job areas

• Legal

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