Board Legal Counsel
Government of Alberta
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Edmonton • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$189,889 - CA$210,552 per year
About the role
- Provide legal advice throughout appeal processes, ensuring alignment with legislation, natural justice, and procedural fairness while respecting the Board’s independent decision-making role.
- Prepare clear, well-reasoned legal documents including decisions, reports and recommendations, and procedural rulings that are rational, defensible, and easy to understand.
- Support mediation activities by advising what types of agreements may be entered, when ministerial approvals may be required, and how to structure enforceable outcomes.
- Interpret and apply multiple areas of law in situations where precedent is limited, using strong judgment, research skills, and analytical reasoning.
- Anticipate legal, social, economic, and political implications of high-profile matters, ensuring advice aligns with the Board’s legislated framework and responsibilities.
- Collaborate with the General Counsel and other Board Counsel to support consistent, principled approaches to complex or novel matters.
- Apply experience with judicial reviews and similar litigation processes to support legally robust Board procedures and decision-making.
Requirements
- Active membership in good standing with a Canadian law society and eligibility for membership with the Law Society of Alberta.
- Minimum seven (7) years of experience providing legal advice to administrative bodies, tribunals, regulatory decision-makers, and conducting judicial reviews.
- Experience in environmental law, including regulatory approvals, compliance, or related administrative proceedings.
- Mediation or dispute resolution experience in regulatory or administrative contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to draft clear, defensible legal decisions or recommendations.
- Strong legal writing skills for decisions, recommendations, or complex legal analyses.
- Strong legal research skills across statutes, regulations, case law, and policy.
- Knowledge of natural justice, procedural fairness, and quasi-judicial processes.
- Ability to manage high profile matters involving multiple jurisdictions and complex stakeholder environments.
- Experience conducting judicial reviews or similar litigation matters is required.
Benefits
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
- Leadership and mentorship programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal advicelegal writinglegal researchjudicial reviewsenvironmental lawregulatory approvalscompliancemediationdispute resolutionanalytical reasoning
Soft Skills
strong judgmentcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsability to manage complex stakeholder environments
Certifications
active membership in Canadian law societyeligibility for membership with the Law Society of Alberta