Job Description

Competition # : 37830

Department: Justice

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG

Closing Date: 3/9/2023 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

Who We Are

The Legal Services Division (LSD) is the government\'s law firm, providing a full range of legal advice and services to support government operations and help government achieve its corporate priorities. With a staff of more than 160 lawyers, paralegals, researchers and administrative professionals, the Division is one of the largest law offices in the Province.

At LSD, we don\'t just accept difference - we want and celebrate a supportive culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging!

For more information on the Department of Justice Legal Services please visit our website:

Who You Are

You\'re a natural leader that strives for their team\'s success. You are comfortable inspiring others with your communication skills whether they be senior leaders or lawyers or legal support professionals. You love to collaborate across roles and organizations, and you can create a path forward from uncertainty. You\'re curious, and your humbleness helps you and your team learn and grow.

You share our values of Respect, Integrity, Diversity, Accountability & Public Good, have a passion for service excellence and actively promote and encourage the importance of people, teams, diversity, and culture.

Your Role & It\'s Impact

As the Legal Services Supervisor, you will:

• Be an integral part of a leadership team working to ensure effective and efficient provision of a range of legal services to support government operations.
• Build relationships and interact tactfully and diplomatically with various stakeholders (Colleagues, Senior Management, Vendors, opposing counsel and the legal community in general).
• Demonstrated flexibility and creativity in problem solving, action management, team building, and staff motivation.
• Have significant independence and accountability for the delivery of an extensive range of managerial responsibilities for a team of legal support professionals, ensuring alignment with core human resources, financial, business, and administrative systems and processes, such as:

• All HR responsibilities for the team (recruitment and selection, performance planning and development, performance management, attendance, and absence management).
• Onboard and Train new users.
• Set standards and best practices for the team.
• Decisive and effective at prioritizing and delegating tasks, including ensuring deadlines are met by others with little margin for error.
• Procuring required resources.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement by developing new and revised legal and business processes to support the smart deployment of resources.
• Main point of contact for all legal administration and corporate services needs for the team.
• Promote a positive, healthy, safe, and secure work environment.

How You Can Make An Impact

• Genuinely share knowledge with others to build a strong, collaborative team.
• Be a key partner in influencing the development of the Division\'s overall mission, purpose and mandate and be a critical part of ensuring the Service\'s effective operation.
• Have a continual awareness of legal and legislative changes and ensure these are communicated to staff in a timely and effective manner.

What You Bring To The Table

• Your ability to:

• Successfully supervising a team to ensure success by allowing them to meet their fullest potential while ensuring service standards are upheld.
• Engage collaboratively across all roles and the organizations.
• Innovatively problem solves in restrictive timeframes.
• Ability to balance demands and time management in competing priorities over multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Work in complex legal environments.

• Your experience in:

• Legal Field;
• Supervising a team of legal support professionals; and
• Onboarding and Training.

• Leadership competencies required at this level of work are: Analytical Thinking, Action Management, Developing Others, Team Leadership, Effective Interactive Communication, Interpersonal Understanding, and Intercultural and Diversity Proficiency.

Equivalency

You have successfully completed a paralegal or legal assistant diploma or certificate from a recognized post secondary institution plus several years directly related experience supervising a team. An acceptable combination of your education and experience may be considered.

We recognize that everyone brings different skills and experiences to the table and that not everyone \xe2\x80\x9cchecks all the boxes\xe2\x80\x9d. We encourage you to apply anyway! Demonstrate any equivalencies you have in their application. Tell us why you\'re the right fit for the job.

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

What We Offer

• An opportunity to fundamentally reshape the way programs and services are delivered.
• A close-knit, collaborative team of leaders and an engaging workplace where our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in.
• Department specific flexible working schedules, to support your life at and outside work.
• Forward-thinking policies and strategies.
• Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
• Countless Career Paths and resources to develop yourself.

Benefits

Based on the employment status the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Pension, General Illness (Short and Long Term), Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Click to learn more about our various benefits offering and eligibility criteria.

Working Conditions

• May be required to work overtime on occasion.
• Regular travel to offices throughout the province is required.
• Pressure to meet deadlines and ensure accuracy of work.
• May be required to work overtime on occasion.
• Work is most often completed in a comfortable office environment, includes travel by car, sometimes long distances.
• Need to concentrate on a variety of sensory inputs requiring due diligence and attention to interpret effectively and accurately while under tight deadlines.

Additional Information

These positions are based in Halifax.

This competition is to fill a Permanent & a Term employment opportunity based in Halifax with an anticipated end date of March 24, 2024. The position type (term/temporary/casual) will depend on the start date of the candidates.

Pay Grade: EC 08

Salary Range: $2,361.99 - $2,952.48 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement:

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.

Current government employees may access this posting through the link below:

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.

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