Director, Legal Affairs

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕐᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᕐᐸᑦᓯ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕋᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᓯ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᖁᓪᓗᓯ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ.

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applicants who are enrolled under an inuit nunangat land claims agreement will be given priority hiring. We encourage applicants to self-identify.

closing date: february 26, 2026

director, legal affairs - existing position

salary band 8 - $ - $

compensation is aligned with internal equity and market benchmarks. In limited circumstances, offers above the posted range may be considered for candidates with exceptional qualifications or highly specialized expertise

this role, as with all positions at itk is 100% in-office, requires being in the office full-time at 75 albert street, ottawa, on.

we do not use ai to assess or screen applications. Our hiring process is grounded in human review and values lived experience, cultural competency, and diverse career paths, in addition to formal education and work experience.

under the direction of the executive director, and working in close collaboration with the president and itk’s directors, the director, legal affairs will work to develop, implement, monitor, and recommend strategic political initiatives to advise, address and advance national inuit priorities. The incumbent will co-ordinate designated activities to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished in accordance with prescribed priorities, time limitations, and funding conditions.

He/she will formulate goals and objectives, and make recommendations to the ed. In doing so, he/she will maintain an extensive network of contacts within government(s) and public and private sector organizations to keep itk aware of upcoming issues on the broader political and government scene as well as identify linkages between inuit priorities and existing or potential government programs.

• represents itk executive at senior levels within government departments;
• cultivates and maintains relationships with senior government officials and staff to promote itk’s priorities;
• ensures that itk operates according to lawful and ethical standards, and requirements, including provisions of the lobbying act;
• advises executive on legal decisions and reviews contracts and other legal documents on behalf of itk;

• advises and develops strategic and political options for the executive;
• makes presentations to itk board of directors, government officials and working groups;
• develops business cases, reports, studies and other decision-making documents;
• prepares speeches, op-eds, and contributes to press releases as required;
• prepares correspondence and position papers for executive when necessary;
• liaises, on behalf of the executive, with regional inuit organizations and other national agencies;
• communicates to itk department heads any information/leads which could be of interest to the achievement of itk objectives;
• works with itk’s communications department to develop key messaging in response to government initiatives, funding and policy changes, and to prepare presentations and speeches related to government relations;
• mentor and oversee team members and, and work collaboratively with officials from inuit organizations, funding institutions, and other agencies both government and private; and,

• monitors and evaluates pending legislative, program and policy changes and their potential impact on itk’s strategic priorities and/or operations;
• works with executive to develop itk’s response to support coordinated future communications with government officials;
• provides advice and guidance on potential legal impacts of changes to legislation, funding, and policy;
• initiates and conducts research, internal consultation and external consultation with inuit organizations as required;
• identify needs for board level policy;
• formulates policy options and recommendations;
• recommends corporate policies; and,
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