Legal Assistant

Description:

The Legal Assistant is responsible for providing direct legal assistance and support to the Workers' Safety and Compensation Board’s Director, Legal Services and to other members of the organization.

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.
 

• Diploma or Certification in Office Administration, Business Administration, Paralegal or a related field
• Experience providing senior/executive level administrative support (prepare, edit and revise documents and correspondence, maintain detailed electronic and paper records, take minutes, etc.)
• Experience researching and preparing complex executive reports, charts and presentations with the ability to create and manipulate data
• Experience working with legislation, and administrative policies and procedures
• Experience working in a legal environment.

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

Conditions of Employment:

• Have and maintain RCMP Security Clearance