Job opportunity: OKT Yellowknife Legal Assistant

Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP is a firm of 33 lawyers working for Indigenous clients across Canada with offices in Yellowknife and Toronto.   We are looking for a full-time assistant to join us in our Yellowknife Office.  You do not need to have a legal background, though that would be helpful.

The assistant’s duties include:

• receptionist duties
• supporting the lawyers in the office with respect to
  • photocopying and scanning documents
  • drafting and sending correspondence
  • assisting with travel arrangements
  • delivering and picking up documents
  • managing lawyers’ calendars
• assisting in office management such as ordering office supplies, arranging and hosting client meetings, IT/Internet troubleshooting and communications with Internet and phone providers for the Yellowknife office
• managing incoming and outgoing mail
• assisting with litigation matters including court/tribunal filings and drafting forms
• communicating with our northern Indigenous clients

What you need:

• good interpersonal skills
• good computer skills (preferably experience with Office 365 and Windows 10)
• the ability to prioritize work and complete it in a timely manner
• attention to detail
• good writing and conversational skills
• familiarity with court registries
• knowledge of and experience working with northern Indigenous Nations and their members
• ability to converse in one of the Dene languages is an asset
• ability, or willingness to learn, to use Dene orthography is an asset

We offer a competitive salary and benefits, including a northern allowance.  Our office environment is more casual than most and we pride ourselves on collegiality and our work for social justice.  

If you are bright, capable of handling a wide variety of duties, and want to work where you can apply your good communication skills in working with lawyers and Indigenous clients on interesting matters:

Please send your resume and covering letter by email to:

Naim Hassin
(NHassin@oktlaw.com)

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