Legal Counsel

Vancity • Vancouver, BC

56d • $125,000 - $147,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Legal Counsel, you’ll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, providing strategic legal advice to Vancity and its subsidiaries to mitigate risk and help achieve business goals. You’ll be surrounded by a team of senior, experienced lawyers who are genuinely invested in your growth - offering guidance and training to support your career development. It’s a role where you’ll build broad in-house expertise across a range of practice areas.

This is a Full-time, Permanent role based at our Vancouver head office and will report to either the Director, Deputy General Counsel or the VP Legal, General Counsel, and through them to the Chief Legal Officer. This is a hybrid role, four days per week in office.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Law or Juris Doctor
• Minimum of 4-8 years’ relevant experience at either a law firm or in-house
• Member in good standing of Law Society of British Columbia
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Commercial law expertise and experience in the financial services industry
• Ability to distill complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice

Nice To Haves

• Experienced in retail lending, labor and employment, or litigation

Responsibilities

• Experiencing a dynamic mix of legal matters where no two days look the same, supported by a collaborative team of experienced lawyers who love what they do
• Partnering with business and operational teams to provide strategic legal advice that reduces risk and enables business goals. You address challenges with proactive, solution-oriented guidance
• Supporting senior lawyers across a broad range of legal areas, including strategic procurement contract review and negotiation (with a focus on IT agreements), marketing and sponsorships, privacy, AI and data, litigation support, retail and commercial products and services (including retail lending), branch operations, and labour and employment matters
• Advising on legislation, regulations, industry standards and best practices in the financial services industry
• Researching, negotiating, drafting, and reviewing various types of agreements, including member-facing agreements, third party services agreements and product and services terms and conditions
• Assisting the business and functions in proactively identifying and mitigating legal risk
• Delivering clear, timely legal guidance that helps decision-makers understand the risks and impacts at both the business unit and enterprise level
• Finding ways to make legal services more efficient and helpful for the teams you support
• Managing legal projects, including those related to strategic initiatives and business goals

Benefits

• Living Wage Employer: We’re the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and consistently ranked among Canada’s Top Employers.
• Customizable Benefits: Permanent employees receive flexible benefit packages that can be tailored annually to meet evolving needs.
• Generous Vacation: New employees start with 3-4 weeks of vacation per year, with additional days earned over time.
• Extra Stat Holidays: In addition to BC’s 11 statutory holidays, we offer 2 extra days, plus care days for personal or family illness.
• Immediate Health Coverage: Health and dental benefits begin on your hire date, with three levels of coverage to choose from.
• Defined Benefit Pension: Our retirement plan provides a guaranteed income for life, recognizing that retirement looks different for everyone.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level