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Title posted on Nova Scotia Public Service Commission -
Workers' Adviser (Non-Lawyer)
Posted on
October 02, 2024
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The Government of Nova Scotia
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<p> </p><p><a href="https://hcm17.sapsf.com/sf/careers/jobsearch?company=novascotiaP"><img src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/bf6b9753/38449949-ca76-4c02-8829-4.png" style="width:686.0px;height:36.0px"></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b>Competition # : </b>44126<b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b>Department: </b>Labour, Skills and Immigration</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b>Location: </b>HALIFAX</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b>Type of Employment: </b>Permanent</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b>Union Status: </b><span contenteditable="false">Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16.0px"><b>Closing Date: </b>23-Oct-24</span></span> <span style="font-size:16.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(<span>Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)</span></span></span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Us</b></H2></div><div><p><br><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Workers' Advisers Program is a public agency established in 1996 under Part III of Nova Scotia's Workers' Compensation Act to provide free and independent legal assistance, advice and representation to eligible injured workers and their families as clients seeking workers' compensation benefits. The Program is a division in Nova Scotia's Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration. The Chief Worker Adviser supervises the Program's staff and operations.<br><br>The Workers' Advisers Program has approximately 20 employees located in its Halifax and Sydney offices. Workers' Advisers (lawyers and non-lawyers) meet with workers and represent them at hearings and in other matters at various locations around Nova Scotia. The Program provides representation on behalf of clients at all levels of decision-making in the workers' compensation system, including in Court if appropriate.<br><br>The Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration works to provide fairness, safety, and prosperity for all Nova Scotians by helping them live, learn, and work to their highest potential.</span></span><br> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Our Opportunity</b></H2></div><div><p><br><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Workers' Compensation Act allows a Workers' Adviser to be a lawyer, or a person qualified by other formal education or professional experience to prepare and present claims for workers' compensation benefits and to advise injured workers on routine matters of evidence and law.<br><br>As a Workers' Adviser (Non-Lawyer) with the Workers' Advisers Program you will work in accordance with the Program's guidelines to provide legal services in a solicitor-client relationship to eligible injured workers and their families seeking benefits under Nova Scotia's workers' compensation system, including legal representation before the Workers' Compensation Board and the Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal.<br><br>This position reports to the Chief Worker Adviser.</span></span><br> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b
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LocationHalifax, NS
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Workplace information
On site
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Salary$3,047.22 to $3,809.04BIWEEKLY bi-weekly
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Terms of employment
Permanent employmentFull time
- Start date: 2024-10-23
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
Nova Scotia Public Service Commission
#44126
Advertised until
2024-10-23
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