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Description

Reporting to the General Counsel, this position offers an opportunity for meaningful and challenging work in an encouraging and dynamic environment that promotes trust, excellence, leadership, and teamwork.

The Senior Legal Programs Specialist supports CIC by leading several core legal and compliance programs, ensuring CIC fulfills its statutory, policy, and governance obligations while continuously improving the efficiency and effectiveness of its compliance programs. This position supports clear and consistent practices across the Crown sector and oversees CIC's Records and Information Management Program, internal and subsidiary Crown policy manuals, the Freedom of Information (FOI) program, internal contract processes, and provides guidance on procurement practices.

This position involves managing:
-The CIC Records and Information Management Program to ensure CIC meets all legal and policy obligations.    
-The internal CIC Policy & Procedures Manual and the Subsidiary Crown Policy Manual, ensuring the policy governance framework is adhered to and continually improved.
-CIC's Freedom of Information (FOI) Program to ensure compliance with the legislation, associated timelines and coordination across the Crown sector, supporting collaboration with and oversight of subsidiary Crowns.  
-Internal contract processes, including supporting business units in the use of template contracts and liaising with legal counsel to draft contracts requiring legal expertise.
-Recommending, undertaking, and participating in initiatives required to support the corporation in fulfilling its role and mandate.

Qualifications will include:
Completion of a one-year post-secondary certificate in Legal Administrative Services or a related discipline, supplemented with a minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in areas such as records management, FOI coordination, policy development, legal administration, contract management or public sector compliance.