Director, Corporate & Commercial Jobs

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Director, Corporate and Commercial acts as senior corporate/commercial counsel for WorkSafeBC and leads a department of corporate/commercial lawyers.

Where you'll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you'll work primarily at our Richmond office (or the nearest WorkSafeBC office to you). You will travel occasionally throughout the province.

• Be responsible for developing the legal skills of the lawyers on your team through hands-on coaching and mentoring.
• Negotiate and draft commercial agreements on behalf of WorkSafeBC with external parties for the delivery of services, including IT, health care and general business services.
• Participate in strategic and business planning for the Law & Policy Division, including formulating operational plans for your team.
• Provide overall direction and leadership on the Department's provision of corporate/commercial legal services to WorkSafeBC.
• Support business initiatives by participating on enterprise and divisional committees.
• Carry a full caseload, with a focus on procurement law. You will advise WorkSafeBC management during all phases of the procurement process, including strategic legal advice on procurement and contract requirements, contract management and vendor management.

We're looking for someone:

• Can interact with management, peers, and clients in a confident, professional and objective manner.
• Can work in a corporate environment.
• Whose clients trust them to provide legal advice that is not only right, but is practical, timely, and includes options for clients to achieve their desired outcome.
• Who constantly strives to grow and develop as a lawyer, and takes pride in producing a quality legal product.
• Who takes an outcome-oriented and problem-solving approach with clients and team members to resolve an issue.

Your background and experience

• Senior level experience in a private practice or inhouse setting, working with executives and senior-level management.
• A lawyer who is a member in good standing of the Law Society of British Columbia, with a minimum of ten years of related corporate/commercial experience.
• Experience in managing a busy corporate/commercial practice in a team-based environment.

Important to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must consent to a criminal record check and confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada.

WorkSafeBC's COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the "Policy") is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who We Are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What's it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It's challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experience that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Learn more : Discover who we are .

Our Benefits

As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work – and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• 4 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service
• Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more)
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire
• Optional leave arrangements
• Benefits package that includes customizable options for health care and dental benefits, additional days off, and a health care spending account

Learn more: Find out what we offer .

Want to apply?

• Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.
• Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
• Cover letters are not mandatory but welcomed.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.