Director of Credentials & Licensing

• Join a team where you can enjoy work-life balance and do meaningful work
• Receive a competitive annual salary plus full benefits
• Join an organization where you can experience career growth

About The Law Society of British Columbia

The Law Society ensures the public is well served by legal professionals who are honourable and competent.

We regulate the legal profession in BC, protecting the public interest in the administration of justice, by setting and enforcing standards of professional conduct for lawyers. We also bring a voice to issues affecting the justice system and the delivery of legal services.

To read more about us, our mission, various initiatives, and resources, please visit our website.

About the Opportunity

Currently, the Law Society is seeking a candidate to become a Director of Credentials & Licensing to join our team. This is a hybrid work position, however, the successful candidate must reside in the Lower Mainland.

The Director of Credentials & Licensing is responsible for ensuring that Law Society regulatory standards relating to admissions, reinstatement, return to practice, inter-jurisdictional practice, practitioners of foreign law, continuing professional development, Family Law Mediators, Arbitrators and Parenting Coordinators, unclaimed trust funds, multi-disciplinary practices, and law firm regulation are met.

Your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Supervising the assignment of work to Credentials Officers and Credentials administrative staff, ensuring quality and quantity standards are met
• Advising licensees and applicants on requirements of the Legal Profession Act and Law Society Rules, pertaining to Parts 2, 3 and 9
• Advising on all exceptional or anomalous applications for admission
• Providing support and advice to the Credentials Committee
• Monitoring compliance of restrictions and conditions imposed by the Credentials Committee and Credentials Hearing Panels
• Executing policy decisions and Rule changes relating to credentials, admissions, and entitlement to practice
• Ensuring information on the website relating to credentials and licensing information is accurate
• Overseeing the mandatory Continuing Professional Development program, including compliance monitoring
• Overseeing accreditation of family law mediators, arbitrators, and parenting coordinators
• Managing processes related to unclaimed trust fund
• Developing and executing departmental policies and procedures
• Hiring and training Credentials staff and providing ongoing performance feedback and conducting annual performance reviews
• Developing and managing the annual budget for the department.

About You

To qualify, you will hold a law degree or have completed related legal training, and 5+ years of direct operational experience with a focus on administrative law matters. 

Skills, experience, and background in the following are required:

• Management experience, including managing employee performance and managing a budget, preferably in a legal, regulatory, membership or admissions environment
• Demonstrated leadership and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent time management, analytical, writing, interpersonal and
  communication

Please note: For the safety and well-being of our clients and employees, we require proof of COVID-19 vaccination before commencing employment. Accommodations will be made for those exempt from the COVID-19 vaccination, based on grounds protected by relevant human rights law.

About the Benefits

As recognition for all your hard work and determination, you can look forward to a competitive annual salary evaluated on skills and experience, plus the following:

• Opportunity to work in a hybrid work model
• Extended health benefits, including vision, prescription, and dental coverage
• Insurance coverage including accidental death and dismemberment, life, and short and long-term disability
• 4 weeks' vacation to start 
• The Law Society health spending account
• RRSP matching
• Join an organization that promotes a healthy life-work balance and a respectful workplace
• Team and organization social events such as monthly socials, celebrating birthday and service milestones, and annual events including the annual winter party and recognition lunch 

If you share our values and have the skills necessary to bring success to the role, then we invite you to apply today!