Indigenous Recruitment Specialist
At Woodward & Company Lawyers LLP, our mission is to be the leading national boutique law firm that provides excellent legal services to advance Indigenous communities, governments, and businesses, advancing transformative change in an era of reconciliation and decolonization.
Role Overview
The Indigenous Recruitment Specialist, a newly created position, will work with our HR team to grow and develop our legal services staff team and Indigenous talent. You share our passion for respecting Indigenous protocols, cultures, traditions, and practices. You also enjoy promoting a culturally safer work environment and valuing the experiences and contributions of all staff.
Ideally, you bring experience and connections from working with Indigenous communities. Experience in legal or professional services would be an exceptional asset, but not required.
This position is central to advancing the firm’s recruitment and retention goals, priorities, and values. You will facilitate internal training to build awareness of Indigenous culture that further creates positive and effective working relationships between management, operations, lawyers, support staff, and clients.
Key Responsibilities
Build and grow a network that supports our search for diverse top talent and keeps on the lookout for promising new resourcing channels or career opportunities that align with the firm’s goals and initiatives.
Manage and support highly targeted, and effective recruitment projects and selection of support staff and management positions from start to finish which includes updating or writing job descriptions, posting positions, reviewing resumes, screening candidates, conducting interviews, completing references and contribute to other HR related projects as needed.
Build relationships of trust and mutual benefit for candidates, students, communities, and team.
Plan and facilitate professional development and orientations including working with HR to develop policies to increase retention and ensure Woodward is a culturally safe environment.
Create an applicant tracking system to streamline recruitment activities.
Be a data wizard and report out on measurable performance indicators and trends.
Manage effective recruitment project communications between Firm Governance, Special Projects Managers, and other teams or stakeholders to ensure consistent messaging and brand image.
Support the performance management process and annual salary reviews.
Assist with recruitment budgets and accountability across departments and teams to ensure resources are adequately allocated to accomplish projects and tasks.
Qualifications
The Indigenous Recruitment Specialist requires a wide range of on-the-job training and experience working with HR and partners on strategic recruitment initiatives. Other requirements include:
a) Strong knowledge and respect for Indigenous cultural traditions, languages, ceremonies, and protocols involving Elders, traditional knowledge keeper, and Indigenous communities;
b) Experience working with and for Indigenous clients, such as Nations, communities, businesses organizations or students;
c) 4+ years’ experience in a talent acquisition or recruitment position with a proven track record in sourcing talent. Experience recruiting in a variety of positions, legal services industry preferred;
d) Experience serving as an advisor and partner to hiring managers and leadership for all things related to recruiting and training initiatives;
e) Completion of a business administration program or HR management certification and a CPHR designation will be considered an asset;
f) Experience working under tight deadlines and juggling multiple recruitment projects;
g) Experience working with diverse groups to achieve organizational goals and objectives;
h) Excellent emotional intelligence, effective communication skills, judgement, and sound integrity; and,
i) Good technical skills – you embrace technology and leverage it in all that you do including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (role specific: Planner, Project, and Forms).
Why Woodward?
Woodward offers meaningful work, meaningful relationships, and a great workplace culture. We offer a compensation package combined with a generous range of benefits, including health and wellness, dental, RSP, vacation and additional paid time off, professional development for full-time positions (maximum 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday).
This position is anticipated to be fully in-office for the first 6 months throughout the training and probationary period, and then may integrate into a hybrid work arrangement with flexibility for 2-3 days per week subject to the needs of the business. The position is located in Victoria, BC.
How to Apply
If you would like to progress your career with a collaborative team that is passionate about providing excellent legal services to Indigenous communities, governments, and businesses, while advancing the practice of Aboriginal Law for transformative change in an era of reconciliation and decolonization, please email a cover letter and resume as soon as possible by July 28, 2023 to: employment@woodwardandcompany.com We will review and consider applications as received.
Applicants with Indigenous ancestry are strongly encouraged to apply. Woodward is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and human rights in our legal services as we know that diversity strengthens Woodward values for Excellence, Respect, Accountability, Trust, and Ethics, and that we all share responsibility for creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusively collaborative workplace.
Thank you for your interest in Woodward & Company LLP. We can’t wait to meet you!