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The City of Saskatoon is seeking an experienced, strategic legal leader to serve as City Solicitor, providing comprehensive legal services and trusted counsel to City Council, the City Manager, Administration, and civic Boards and Committees. This executive leadership role oversees the City Solicitor’s Department, guides complex legal matters, and provides expertise in municipal law, litigation, legislation, bylaws, and contracts.

Duties & Responsibilities

The City Solicitor’s Office provides legal services to the City of Saskatoon, City Council and its Boards, Committees and other related organizations. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this professional position provides legal advice and opinions on policy and process matters to the City Manager, City Council, the Leaders, Administration, and City staff under the general direction of the City Manager. You will provide leadership and guidance to the members of the City Solicitor’s Department, including Solicitors and Administrative Assistants, and will support their professional development. You will also oversee and approve the drafting of bylaws and contracts relating to all aspects of the City’s operations, including utility operations, land transactions, municipal planning and development, construction, IT and community partnership activities. This position is responsible for providing full legal services to the City of Saskatoon, including litigation and in-house counsel services to City Council, the Administration and various civic Boards and Committees. Duties include:





- Sets the overall strategic direction of the City Solicitor’s Office by establishing goals and short- and long-term objectives that are consistent with the overall strategic direction of the City.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with organizational leaders and to work cooperatively with colleagues at all levels, as well as with a wide range of internal and external contacts, agencies and members of the public.
- Organizes and directs the City’s legal activities. Supervises the provision of legal services to City Council, the Administration and civic Boards and Committees in a variety of areas including Litigation, Municipal Law, Planning and Administrative Law, Employment Law, Prosecutions, Real Estate and Construction Law.
- Attends and provides legal advice at Council meetings. Frequently called upon to give immediate answers based on accumulated knowledge and experience without the opportunity to conduct research. Attends and provides legal advice at Executive Committee meetings of Council.
- Provides legal counsel and direction in a timely manner to senior management and departmental personnel on corporate matters involving legal problems/issues.



Works closely with senior management and department personnel to assist them in achieving their goals in a manner which is consistent with protecting the City’s interests from a legal standpoint.
- Manage outsourced specialised legal service providers to ensure the City’s interests are kept while managing costs.
- Proactively shares information, analysis and recommendations based on legislation, court and tribunal decisions that may affect the organization and its practices.
- Represents the organizations at various levels of court, and other formal and informal legal proceedings.
- Demonstrated political acumen and the ability to negotiate, mediate, facilitate and present information to a varied audience.
- Provides ongoing departmental leadership by using effective management techniques and performance management processes. Encourages the professional development of personnel so that employees are highly qualified, competent and provide excellent service. Is available for consultation with legal staff.
- Acts as a member of the City’s Executive Leadership Team and represents the City at a senior level.
- Develops departmental budgets and ensures that the departmental budget is implemented in accordance with the City’s budget plan.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Who we are looking for:

Visioning and Strategic Thinking - Thinks long-term, stretching horizons and challenging imaginations to develop an image of how to deliver innovative and creative services that meet and exceed community expectations. Creates a vision that drives the incumbent’s performance and skilled motivation, and captures and energizes others to commit to the vision.

Building Organizational Effectiveness - Sets the stage and builds the culture and standards for a high performing workplace. Acts as a role model.

📌 City Solicitor (Canada)
🏢 City of Saskatoon
📍 Canada