Community Legal Worker Full Time Position in Sioux Lookout office
Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation
Employment Opportunity
The Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation is a unique legal services office in Thunder Bay. The Corporation provides legal, paralegal, and law-related services, public legal education, research, and law reform services to the members of the First Nations of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). The Corporation functions as an Area Office of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO).
This innovative legal service places substantial responsibility for the administration of justice and the provision of all legal services to the members of NAN, in the hands of First Nation people themselves. The Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation is presently recruiting a full-time permanent Community Legal Worker for the Shibogama First Nations Council communities of Kasabonika Lake, Kingfisher Lake, Wapekeka, Wawakapewin and Wunnumin Lake.
Community Legal Worker
Working under the LAO Area Director and Legal Aid Coordinator, the CLW is crucial to the operation of this unique legal services corporation. S/he will work with justice personnel and the communities to improve the administration of the Euro-Canadian legal system of justice, and assist clients and their families in various legal matters. S/he will play a central role in the development and delivery of public legal education in the communities and assist in the development and implementation of restorative justice alternatives.
Qualifications:
- Successful completion of Secondary School and/or equivalent experience in a related field;
- experience with the Euro-Canadian legal system and knowledge of Restorative Justice alternatives;
- experience in organizing and delivering programs;
- ability to work in a cross-cultural environment;
- good command of the English language;
- ability to speak the Oji-Cree language fluently an asset;
- willingness to communicate with others about law-related and traditional issues;
- must be willing and able to travel.
Location: Sioux Lookout, ON, with extensive travel to the Shibogama communities.
Salary: Salary negotiable.
Closing Date: Friday, October 8, 2004 at 5:00 p.m.
Please submit your resume and cover letter including 3 references to:
Mary Jean Robinson, Area Director
Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation
86 Cumberland Street S.
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2V3
(Tel. 1-800-465-5581) (Fax 1-807-622-3024) Email: info@nanlegal.on.ca.
Please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.