MPI’s Legal and Compliance Division is looking for a lawyer with a minimum of five years experience to join its Corporate Commercial team. 

As in-house Counsel you will provide advice to the Corporation focused on corporate, commercial, procurement, property, privacy, and compliance law. This work involves:

• Working directly with internal business units to provide timely legal advice.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts. These may include software and information technology agreements and licenses, consulting and other service agreements, sponsorship agreements, commercial leases, information sharing agreements and memoranda of understanding with various government agencies and other stakeholders.
• Drafting a wide variety of procurement related documentation and providing procurement law advice at all stages of the procurement process.
• Providing privacy and access law advice related to the Corporation’s information sharing agreements, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) requests, related to corporate technology and business process change initiatives.
• Providing advice and opinions on the drafting, interpretation and application of internal policies, directives, the law, and the Corporation’s compliance with them.

• Analyze and handle complex issues of varying degrees of risk that impact the Corporation across all its lines of business.
• Provide legal research, drafting and negotiation expertise, advice, opinions, and solutions for a wide variety of issues.
• Assist the Legal leadership team by coordinating projects and leading meetings, mentoring, and assisting junior lawyers, and provide input to improve departmental processes and procedures.

• A Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor degree from a recognized Canadian (or equivalent) law school.
• Call to the Manitoba Bar, or eligibility to be Called to the Manitoba Bar.
• A minimum of five years in the practice of law with experience in corporate commercial law.
• Experience in procurement, privacy and access, compliance law, negotiations or with information technology and software agreements is considered an asset.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, legal research skills, and an eye for detail.

Hybrid Work

This role is eligible for hybrid work.

Health benefits

We offer a comprehensive health benefits program that includes:

• flexible health, dental and vision plans
• health spending account
• travel health coverage
• other extended health benefits such as ambulance, massage and physiotherapy

Financial security

In an effort to support financial security, we offer:

• registered pension plan
• group, dependent, and optional life insurance coverage
• critical illness insurance
• sick leave to cover short-term disability
• long-term disability

Wellness

We offer programs that focus on how to better achieve a balance between work and personal commitments, as well as maintain a healthy workplace culture. This includes:

• vacation entitlement
• maternity, parental and adoptive leaves
• bereavement and family responsibility leaves
• employee and family assistance program
• mental-health programming
• lunch-and-learn offerings
• discounted gym memberships and wellness account

Diversity and inclusion

Manitoba Public Insurance believes that diversity and inclusion strengthens us. We consider ourselves to be a barrier-free organization where individual values, beliefs and practices are respected and appreciated for the diversity they bring to our work life.

Employee recognition

It’s important to recognize our employees for their contributions. Not only do we recognize employees as they achieve milestone years in their careers, we also have several outlets for leaders and peers to reward each other for work well done.

Professional development

We want our employees to grow, which is why we offer support in keeping their skills up-to-date. We offer in-house training, professional development and an educational assistance program.

Safety and health

In an effort to encourage a safe and healthy work environment, we offer various safety, health and workplace policies and programs along with technical expertise and assistance to support employee activities in safety and health.