Job Description
The Department of Justice is working to ensure Yukon remains a safe, secure, and healthy place to live and work. We build strong and healthy relationships with others to support good governance and to foster safe communities. The Department of Justice provides supportive and dynamic work environments comprised of teams of professionals who are committed to making a difference in the lives of Yukoners.
Reporting to the Deputy Minister, the Assistant Deputy Minister provides executive level direction to the branches of the Legal Services division and provides senior level legal advice to departments.
The ideal candidate will be a senior member of the bar who has significant public or private sector experience in human resource management, fiscal management and policy development.
Essential Qualifications
Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the following qualifications. Please note selection for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.
- Law degree from a Canadian University, membership in good standing with Yukon Law Society or eligibility and at least 10 years at the bar;
- Significant experience as a private or public sector lawyer; and
- Strong executive-level experience in the public and/or private sector;
- Theoretical base in leadership and public sector administration, including strategic planning, human resources, and financial management; and
- Experience providing strategic leadership in the management of diverse and complex program areas, leading teams, and working collaboratively across government and externally.
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Suitability:
As an ideal candidate, you will have a proven record of success as a strategic, influential and service-oriented leader who has effectively committed and applied resources to achieve positive and meaningful results. You balance multiple priorities in a complex, multi-disciplinary and often high-profile work environment while building effective relationships within your department, across the territorial government and externally (with federal, provincial/territorial, municipal and First Nations governments). Through visionary leadership, political acumen, resilience and a willingness to take calculated risks, you integrate and operationalize significant and fast paced change. You model appropriate behaviours and promote a highly engaged workforce though organizational commitment, supportive relationships, self – awareness and ethical decision making.
Conditions of Employment
- Active member in good standing with Yukon Law Society or eligibility to achieve membership.
Job Requirements
- Wiliness to travel within and outside of Yukon.
The principles that guide the Department of Justice (DOJ) are:
Reconciliation with Yukon First Nations: Together as Department of Justice (DOJ) representatives we commit to embracing the spirit of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada entitled Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future, by conducting ourselves in our day-to-day business in a manner that embodies the purpose of reconciliation with our First Nations members in the Yukon. We recognize the importance of employee education on First Nations history and the encouragement of innovative thinking by all DOJ personnel on our ability to effect meaningful change towards true reconciliation.
Working as a Team: As DOJ employees we value working together as a team within branches and within the department as a whole, while respecting our respective roles in the administration of justice, to work as one entity to meet our collective objective to serve the public. We are mindful of the impact of our actions on the people around us both in proximity and in the larger department and strive to ensure that we maintain the best interests of the department in our approach to our work.
Identify and Meet our Clients' Needs: DOJ personnel have a wide variety of responsibilities and an equally diverse clientele, internal and external to government, and we are committed to ensuring that they know we work for them and that we treat them with empathy, inclusion, integrity, respect and professionalism.
Initiative and Innovation: Management will encourage DOJ staff at all levels to think innovatively and to take initiative that will improve the work we do and services that we provide to allow for positive change and creativity in the workplace. Management will encourage DOJ personnel to reconsider our approach to the services we provide and adapt to the changing environment.
Communications: We are committed to improving the way we communicate internally with one another and externally to the public in order to better perform as a DOJ Team, share information and ideas with each other, dispel negative myths about the department and to ensure that the general public has an appreciation for our excellent work.
Escape the Ordinary—Build Your Life and Career in Whitehorse, Yukon
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We are the Yukon public service. Every day, we come together to serve the people who live here and have an influence in so many ways. Here, you will find the diverse opportunities you desire to develop your career while enjoying a warm sense of community and vibrant artistic, cultural and recreational amenities - all set in a spectacular natural environment.
As part of our team, your achievements and enjoyment in both your work and personal life will be valued as you explore the many opportunities the Yukon, and the Government of Yukon, has to offer.
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Why Yukon?
- Career Impact – Opportunities to take on meaningful responsibilities within the Public Service and grow faster in your field.
- Work–Life Balance – Short commutes, flexible lifestyles, and time to enjoy what matters most.
- Close-Knit Community – A welcoming, inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
- Unparalleled Nature – Vast landscapes, fresh air, and year-round outdoor recreation right at your doorstep.
- A Different Kind of Living – Experience a slower pace without sacrificing opportunity or connection.
Whether you are seeking adventure, a stronger sense of community, or the chance to make a real difference, Yukon offers a workplace—and a lifestyle—unlike anywhere else in Canada.
Join us and discover where your career and life can thrive.
Approved candidates will be provided reimbursement of relocation expenses if required, in accordance with the Interview & Relocation Expense Directive.