Position: Policy Staff Counsel (Community) - Desired Start Date Application Deadline:

You share the values that animate this work: • Recognizing and honoring the community’s expertise, strengths and resources; • The centrality of listening; • The commitment to working collaboratively with community members to identify problems, issues and strategies for change; • Recognizing the limitations of the law and being willing and able to use a range of not-traditionally-legal approaches t. [...] • Must be extremely well-organized, able to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines, and work independently and as part of a team; and • Experience mentoring and supervising others an asset; Job Description: Community Legal Engagement • Lead the BCCLA’s community legal engagement work supported by the Policy department and the Executive Director, with the goal of ensuring that all Policy work is both. [...] • Evaluate, in consultation with the Policy Director and Executive Director, potential civil liberties and human rights issues to take on, with special attention to their intersection with EDI, BCCLA’s strategic plan, and commitments to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action. [...] • Develop and maintain relationships with community groups, partner agencies, advocates and community groups around the province, and across Canada, with attention to BCCLA’s commitment to EDI and the TRC Calls to Action. [...] • Works closely with grassroots and community organizations throughout the province to understand issues and experiences from an on-the-ground perspective and to ensure the work of the BCCLA accurately and respectfully supports those being represented, particularly those from marginalized and oppressed communities.