Legal Counsel, Privacy and Contracts

Description

HEABC leads and supports the strategic planning related to human resources and labour relations on behalf of British Columbia's publicly funded health employers. HEABC is responsible for negotiating provincial agreements for 138,000 unionized health care employees including nurses, physician residents, ambulance paramedics, health science professionals, and more.

Responsibilities include:

• Responds to a variety of legal queries, including escalating and challenging files with privacy implications that may affect the healthcare industry as whole and the business operations of HEABC. May strategize and/or contract with external counsel on files and projects to ensure organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Represents or works with external counsel to represent the organization and its members in arbitrations and legal proceedings with sector-wide impact where privacy is engaged and in matters involving the BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
• Provides advice, research, recommendations, and opinions to HEABC staff, including professional staff and leadership, on issues that engage privacy, including organization-wide risk assessments.
• Reviews, research, and prepares legal opinions that may have significant impact to the health sector and the organization, including the Provincial bargaining tables and labour relations disputes with a Provincial-wide impact. Assists and informs the implementation of privacy-compliant policies and practices across the organization and its external stakeholders
• Leads the review of third-party contracts within HEABC's contract management processes. Drafts, reviews, amends, and interprets all corporate contracts, leases, forms, documents, proposals, policies, and strategy papers for legal effect, and provides constructive advice and input to senior leadership.

• Experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts (including privacy and/or IT security).
• Experience providing legal advice on privacy and data protection.
• Demonstrated ability to manage challenging and competing demands and produce high-quality results within a limited timeframe.

$118,923 to $148,653

In determining salary, HEABC considers many factors including the successful candidate's skillset and experience as well as internal equity. The final salary offer will be at HEABC's sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

How to apply:

If you're looking for a fulfilling and challenging career within a dynamic organization, please submit a cover letter and resume outlining your experience at:

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We wish to thank all applications for their interest and effort in applying; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.