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 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 Community Legal Worker to serve Mishkeegogamang (New Osnaburgh) and the Independent First Nation Alliance communities of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake), Muskrat Dam, and Lac Seul.

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.
• possess a valid driver’s license

Location: Sioux Lookout or Lac Seul, ON, with extensive travel to the communities.

Salary: Salary negotiable.

Closing Date: Friday, January 19, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and 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.