Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Legal Services Board of Nunavit
A high-impact business and legal mandate for a politically astute senior executive who is prepared to lead business, financial and legal resources in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment and ensure the delivery of high-quality legal aid services.
About the Legal Services Board of Nunavut
The Legal Services Board of Nunavut (LSB) is an independently run, arm’s length public agency. As the territory’s legal aid plan, it is responsible for providing legal services to financially eligible Nunavummiut in the areas of criminal, family and civil law. LSB is governed by a territorial Board of Directors comprised of a Government of Nunavut (GN) representative, a Law Society of Nunavut representative, three regional representatives, and two members-at-large, all appointed by the GN Minister of Justice.
Legal services are provided through three regional aid clinics, located in Cambridge Bay (Kitikmeot Law Centre), Rankin Inlet (Kivalliq Legal Services), and Iqaluit (Maliiganik Tukisiiniakvik). Each clinic is staffed by a complement of family and criminal lawyers, administrative support, and court workers, the latter based both within the clinics and in the communities. In addition to its staff lawyers, LSB relies on private counsel to meet the demands of clients, conflicts, the Court, and a growing circuit schedule.
About the Role
LSB’s Board of Directors is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who, based at LSB’s Maliiganik Offices in Iqaluit, will provide efficient, effective leadership of the Legal Services Board of Nunavut, including its regional clinics, and ensure the effective, efficient delivery of a range of flexible services responsive to the legal needs of eligible Nunavummiut.
With an estimated annual budget of $11.8 million, LSB’s primary purpose is to promote and provide equitable legal services to eligible Nunavummiut, through the promotion of law reform and the provision of relevant community education programs. As CEO, you will deal, both in policy formulation terms and day-to-day management, with the competing interests of Governments, the Board and its directions, the private legal profession, community organizations and clients.
Reporting to the Board of Directors (under the Legal Services Act), you will directly oversee a capable and dedicated team consisting of the Chief Operations Officer, the Comptroller, Regional Directors, the Director, Access to Justice, and the Executive Services Coordinator, in the delivery of legal services, the professional development of staff and the development of broad legal aid policy.
