Description

PLEASE NOTE: This posting is restricted to candidates who have pre-certified through the Yukon government's Centralized Recruitment and Certification process for Administrative Assistants. If you have not applied or certified through this series, please visit our website at: CR&C; process. If you wish to apply for pre-certification please watch the job board for future postings.

Admin Assistant Pool Registry Posting. This is to fill 1 indeterminate position working 75 hours bi-weekly.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to ensure Yukon remains a safe, secure, and healthy place to live and work. We build strong and healthy relationships with others to support good governance and to foster safe communities with opportunities for healing. The Department of Justice provides supportive and dynamic work environments comprised of teams of professionals who are committed to making a difference in the lives of Yukoners.

This position serves a dual role. To provide legal secretarial duties to the Counsel to Independent Statutory Officers (CTISO), administrative supports to the Director of Regulatory Services, and the DOJs Independent Statutory Officers (ISO) within the Regulatory Services Branch. The incumbent is required to work independently and work with lawyers in various practice areas, including, but not limited to, contracts, regulatory law, administrative law, governance and finance, constitutional law, access to information and privacy law, and estate and guardianship, and residential tenancy law.

The principles that guide are:

Reconciliation with Yukon First Nations: Together as DOJ representatives we commit to embracing the spirit of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada entitled Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future, by conducting ourselves in our day-to-day business in a manner that embodies the purpose of reconciliation with our First Nations members in the Yukon.



We recognize the importance of employee education on First Nations history and the encouragement of innovative thinking by all DOJ personnel on our ability to effect meaningful change towards true reconciliation.

Working as a Team: As DOJ employees we value working together as a team within branches and within the department as a whole, while respecting our respective roles in the administration of justice, to work as one entity to meet our collective objective to serve the public. We are mindful of the impact of our actions on the people around us both in proximity and in the larger department and strive to ensure that we maintain the best interests of the department in our approach to our work.

Identify and Meet our Clients' Needs: DOJ personnel have a wide variety of responsibilities and an equally diverse clientele, internal and external to government, and we are committed to ensuring that they know we work for them and that we treat them with empathy, inclusion, integrity, respect and professionalism.

Initiative and Innovation: Management will encourage DOJ staff at all levels to think innovatively and to take initiative that will improve the work we do and services that we provide to allow for positive change and creativity in the workplace. Management will encourage DOJ personnel to reconsider our approach to the services we provide and adapt to the changing environment.

Communications: We are committed to improving the way we communicate internally with one another and externally to the public in order to better perform as a DOJ Team, share information and ideas with each other, dispel negative myths about the department and to ensure that the , public has an appreciation for the excellent work we do.

For more information about this position,



please contact Randi Cave, Director, Regulatory Service at [email protected]

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Ilze Mckenzie, Human Resource Consultant at [email protected]

If you need technical support submitting your application, please contact: (phone hidden) or [email protected].

Please do not email resumes to any of the above addresses; resumes may only be accepted through the e-recruitment application system.

Essential Qualifications
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the following qualifications. Please note selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.

Essential Qualifications

- Successful completion of a Legal Administration Certificate or Office Administration program. A Legal Administration Certificate is considered an asset.
- Extensive experience providing legal administrative and senior-level executive administrative support, preferably within a government or large corporate workplace.
- Extensive experience working with legal and/or court processes.
- Experience providing financial administration, including processing invoices, preparing budget reports, reconciling financial information, and using financial management systems.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Suitability

Candidates should possess, and may be assessed on, the following:

- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Self-motivation, initiative, and the ability to work independently.
- Strong written communication skills.
- Professionalism, including tact, discretion, and diplomacy.
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
- Ability to take direction from multiple sources and effectively manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

📌 Legal Administrative Assistant - (69990) (Whitehorse)
🏢 Government of Yukon
📍 Whitehorse