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Are you passionate about doing meaningful work? Do you care about water as one of our most important resources? The Water Security Agency is seeking a Legal Counsel to join the Legal Services team in our Moose Jaw, Regina, or Saskatoon, SK location.

Reporting to the General Counsel, an employee in this job will provide professional legal advice, support, and services to the Water Security
Agency (WSA).

Work includes a specific water management focus on contracts and property issues, impacts of constitutional law, federal and provincial
legislation, common law, First Nations issues, interagency and intergovernmental issues, major projects, and regulatory structure.

This position will provide support for and/or pursue organizational legal actions as required including corporate, contract matters, regulatory compliance, human resources, privacy and access matters and aboriginal issues.

You will also provide legal advice and counsel to all levels of the organization concerning business practices, policies, corporate initiatives, direction and procedure.

You will work among a diverse and passionate team of professionals from various disciplines and contribute to projects that will have an
impact province-wide.

The role requires extensive knowledge of corporate, and government processes requirements and governance best practices.

You will possess a Degree in Law, membership in the Law Society of Saskatchewan and a minimum of 2 years of experience, preferably in
environmental, corporate, commercial, and real property law. A background/interest in Legislation is preferred.

This role is subject to a satisfactory criminal record check.

Please submit a cover letter, quoting the competition number WSA-09-2024/25 and a detailed resume by 5:00pm on June 16, 2024 and send to hr@wsask.ca