Legal Counsel @ National Police Federation (NPF)

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Leadership Role

You will be providing advice on labour and employment matters by investigating and analyzing emerging trends related to the Collective Agreement, assessing their impact on the NPF and its Members, and evaluating the importance for existing interpretations, policies, and procedures. You will be responsible for providing comprehensive legal support to the organization both as an employer and an entity.

Strategic

You will be tasked with receiving, categorizing, reviewing, and addressing labour and employment cases involving NPF members. Your responsibilities include selecting and directing external legal counsel, as deemed necessary, to provide the most comprehensive and effective support to members, particularly in the context of potential adjudication.

Training & Education

You will play a critical role in ensuring that the NPF and its membership are well-equipped with relevant legal information and documentation to handle any issues that may arise. You will prepare legal information and conduct training for staff on relevant legislation, policies, legal cases, and precedents.

Legal Counsel @ National Police Federation (NPF)

Company: National Police Federation (NPF)

Position: Legal Counsel

Location: Canada (remote)

The National Police Federation (NPF) was certified to represent ~20,000 RCMP Members serving across Canada and internationally in the summer of 2019. The NPF is the largest police labour relations organization in Canada, the second largest in North America, and the first independent national association to represent RCMP Members. Like many growing organizations, the National Police Federation is expanding its infrastructure and support in the areas of Member Services, Government Relations, Legal and Labour Relations Counsel, Communications, IT Services, Finance and Administration, with its Members’ needs and priorities at the forefront. This is an opportunity to make a difference in an important and growing national organization.

Skills & Experience

Strategic & Operational

You have the capability to strike a harmonious balance between executing a strategic function and assuming a hands-on operational role. Prioritizing conflicting demands is a distinct strength and you are organized in meeting deliverables. Your attention to detail, while avoiding a perfectionist approach, enables you to maintain a clear perspective of the organization’s overarching goals and objectives.

Communication & Bilingualism

As a seasoned professional with a well-developed communication style, you have the ability to effectively engage with external counsel, boards of directors, members, and stakeholders. You adopt a diplomatic but resolute approach in dealings, striving to educate, advise, and understand the perspectives of others. As you will be working on cases across the country it will be considered an additional asset should you be bilingual in both English and French.

Background

You exhibit a thorough comprehension of labour relations and employment law, garnered through your tenure in a specialized labour relations practice or a comparable in-house role. With a focus on unionized environments, your proficiency in offering legal counsel is rooted in your extensive background in dealing with innovative and precedent-setting cases.

Experience

You possess a demonstrated history of managing disciplinary proceedings and possess hands-on experience in litigation, which may include participating in arbitration proceedings and appearing before labour boards in a courtroom setting. It will be considered a significant asset should you have experience with law enforcement.

Summary of the Role

As directed by the Director of Legal Service, the Legal Counsel will offer strategic legal counsel and interpretation to the Labor Relations Officers and staff, while serving as the representative of the National Police Federation in assigned legal cases.

On a daily basis, the Legal Counsel will be providing advice on labour and employment matters by investigating and analyzing emerging trends related to the Collective Agreement, assessing their impact on the NPF and its Members, and evaluating the importance for existing interpretations, policies, and procedures. You will be responsible for providing comprehensive legal support to the organization both as an employer and an entity. This will include offering legal guidance on bylaws, policies, and other pressing issues that arise on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. In addition, you will support the staff directors from an advisory stance, to ensure that their initiatives are carried out in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

The NPF has made significant strides in strengthening its in-house legal capacity, enabling a more strategic, deliberate, and effective triage of member-related cases. As the Legal Counsel, you will be tasked with receiving, categorizing, reviewing, and addressing labour and employment cases involving NPF members. Your responsibilities include selecting and directing external legal counsel, as deemed necessary, to provide the most comprehensive and effective support to members, particularly in the context of potential adjudication. You will play a key role in advising and guiding the grievance process, including arbitration, and directing the NPF’s external counsel on the resolution of referred cases.

As a Legal Counsel, you will play a critical role in ensuring that the NPF and its membership are well-equipped with relevant legal information and documentation to handle any issues that may arise. You will prepare legal information and conduct training for staff on relevant legislation, policies, legal cases, and precedents. You will draft submissions, represent the NPF in administrative tribunals and courts, and facilitate both formal and informal dispute resolution processes. Your expertise and commitment to advancing member interests will be instrumental for you to make a meaningful impact in this role.

 

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