Executive Advisor, Office of the Chief Executive Officer (Hybrid, Toronto)

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Job Purpose

The Executive Advisor to the CEO is a senior trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Chief Executive Officer of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO). The position plays a central role in enabling the CEO to lead the organization effectively and with maximum impact ensuring the CEO is consistently well-informed thoroughly prepared and strategically supported across all dimensions of organizational leadership including governance regulatory operations and strategic planning.

As an integral member of the CEOs Office the Executive Advisor works in close partnership with the executive leadership and their divisions to coordinate information facilitate preparation of materials and briefings and ensure the CEO is positioned to lead and prioritize effectively. The role is one of coordination advisory support and facilitation to the CEO office. The Executive Advisor works with the Executive Assistant CEOs Office in the day-to-day functioning of the CEOs Office.

Qualifications Required:

Education
University degree in law public administration business administration political science or a related field. A graduate degree (LLB/JD MPA MBA or equivalent) is strongly preferred.

Experience
A minimum of eight (8) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in a senior advisory policy legal regulatory or organizational leadership role.
Demonstrated experience functioning as a trusted senior advisor to executive leadership with a background in senior policy advisory executive leadership support or senior management roles.
Experience working within a complex multi-stakeholder organization experience in the legal regulatory public sector or professional association environment is a significant asset.
Proven track record in coordinating and managing information flows briefings and materials on behalf of a senior executive leader.
Experience working in or with governance environments including boards committees or elected/appointed governing bodies.

Knowledge
Comprehensive understanding of the legal profession legal regulation access to justice issues and the broader justice sector in Ontario.
Knowledge of the Law Society of Ontarios mandate governance structure regulatory framework and strategic priorities.
Familiarity with Ontario government policy processes and legislative frameworks relevant to the legal profession.
Understanding of equity diversity and inclusion principles as they apply to professional regulation and access to legal services.

Competencies
Strategic Thinking: Anticipates issues synthesizes complex information and identifies options and implications to support sound CEO decision-making.
Issues Management: Effectively identifies analyzes resolves and communicates problems that arise during project or organizational activities.
Analytical Excellence: Interprets multi-dimensional information from diverse sources and produces clear well-reasoned analysis and recommendations.
Organizational Awareness: Understands the formal and informal dynamics of a complex organization and applies this awareness to advance the CEOs priorities effectively and respectfully.
Judgment and Discretion: Demonstrates impeccable judgment in managing sensitive confidential or politically charged matters; knows when to act independently and when to escalate.
Communication Excellence: Produces and reviews high-quality written materials; communicates with clarity precision and credibility to diverse audiences.
Relationship Management: Builds trusted working relationships at all organizational levels and with external stakeholders; earns confidence through professionalism reliability and respect for others roles.
Adaptability: Operates effectively in a fast-paced dynamic environment; manages multiple priorities and shifting demands with composure.
Client Focus: Centres the CEOs effectiveness and the LSOs public interest mandate in all work and decision-making.
Influence Without Authority: Achieves coordination and results through collaboration credibility and relationship-building rather than positional authority.
Initiative and Accountability: Self-directed; takes ownership of complex files and proactively advances solutions without requiring close direction.
Integrity: Models ethical conduct professional transparency and consistent alignment between words and actions.
Collaborative Leadership: Works across organizational lines to support consensus surfaces issues constructively and advances shared objectives.
Commitment to Continuous Improvement: Seeks opportunities to strengthen processes products and ways of working within the CEOs Office.

Travel
The role requires availability outside regular business hours to respond to urgent matters support time-sensitive governance processes and attend events. Up to 10% of time will be required to travel within Ontario. The position involves regular exposure to confidential legally sensitive and reputationally significant information requiring the highest standards of discretion.

1. Coordination Across Divisions and Senior Leadership

Work across all Divisions and with Executive Directors and the Corporate Secretary to facilitate and drive the flow of information issues and materials to and from the CEO ensuring the CEOs

agenda and priorities are clearly understood and supported across the organization.
Coordinate the preparation assembly and review of briefing notes issue papers and decision-support materials for the CEO drawing on content and expertise from the relevant Divisions.
Track follow-up on commitments decisions and action items arising from CEO meetings and engagements working with Executive leadership to support timely completion and accountability.
Support the development monitoring and coordination of the CEOs Annual Work Plan and organizational priorities including coordination across Divisions during strategic planning processes.
Facilitate effective cross-divisional communication on matters requiring the CEOs awareness or decision ensuring relevant issues are surfaced with appropriate context and background.
Build and maintain trusted working relationships with Executive Directors and their teams serving as a reliable point of contact within the CEOs Office.

2. Advisory Support and Issues Management

Provide the CEO with well-researched analysis background and options on complex organizational regulatory and policy issues drawing on information from across

the organization and the broader sector.
Monitor emerging issues internal and external that may affect the LSOs mandate reputation or operations and proactively brief the CEO with timely context and proposed

considerations for response.
Assess and help prioritize competing demands on the CEOs attention ensuring that high-impact matters are surfaced with appropriate information and supporting analysis.
Support the CEO in preparing for Executive Committee Convocation and other governance meetings by synthesizing materials identifying key considerations and anticipating questions.
Participate on behalf of the CEO at internal board committee meetings and external meetings briefings and events as delegated. With a depth of insight facilitate management of issues

and decision support with political acuity and discretion in the interests of the CEO; provide thorough decision papers follow-up on relevant items and escalate matters to enable execution

of the CEOs plans and decisions
Provide advice and support drafting speeches announcements and materials on cross-divisional initiatives governance matters regulatory trends and sector developments as

required by the CEO translating executive decisions into clear actionable communication.

3. Communications Support

While communications and stakeholder relations are Divisional accountabilities the Executive Advisor provides direct support to the CEO in the following areas:
Prepare and coordinate materials to ensure the CEO is thoroughly briefed and well-prepared for meetings events and engagements with the Treasurer Convocation members

Ministry officials government representatives legal profession stakeholders and community partners.
Draft and coordinate CEO correspondence speaking notes and written communications working in collaboration with relevant Divisions to ensure accuracy strategic alignment

and consistency withthe LSOs positions and values.
Manage sensitive and confidential communications with discretion providing the CEO with appropriate context and recommended approaches for complex or politically sensitive matters.
Liaise with relevant Divisions to support the CEOs engagement with key relationships and to ensure the CEOs communications needs are met in a timely and coordinated manner.
Provide advice to the CEO on internal communications matters as needed coordinating with the appropriate Division to ensure effective messaging.

4. CEOs Office Support

The Executive Advisor works collaboratively and collegially with the Executive Assistant CEOs Office who is accountable for the administration and day-to-day operations of the CEOs Office.

The Executive Advisors role in this area is to provide complementary support as follows:
Ensure the CEO is appropriately prepared for scheduled engagements working with the Executive Assistant to confirm that briefing materials logistics and background information are in place.
Coordinate and prepare the CEOs contributions to organizational reports Board materials and presentations ensuring quality accuracy and strategic coherence.
Lead or support special projects and initiatives on behalf of the CEO including participation in task forces working groups and organizational reviews as directed.
Support the development and reporting of key performance indicators (KPIs) gathering existing and new KPIs across the organization.
Maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in managing sensitive organizational personnel and stakeholder information.
Support effective information management within the CEOs Office to enable informed and timely decision-making by the CEO.

5. Governance Support

Support the CEO in fulfilling obligations to Convocation and its committees including coordinating the preparation of CEO reports governance updates and materials for Convocation meetings.
Liaise with the Treasurers Office and the Corporate Secretary to ensure effective coordination between the CEOs Office and the LSOs governance bodies and to facilitate the CEOs

governanceresponsibilities.
Monitor governance-related trends and best practices relevant to professional self-regulatory organizations and brief the CEO on implications for the LSO.
Coordinate the CEOs participation in sector-wide bodies inter-regulatory working groups and other external governance initiatives.

6. Financial Accountabilities

Assists the CEO in preparing and monitoring the Office of the CEOs annual operating budget.

The working arrangement for this position has been classified as hybrid requiring employees to work fourdayperweek (Monday through Thursday) in the office with Friday established as a regular work-from-home day subject to business and operational needs.

The Law Society of Ontario is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from persons representing the diversity of our community. We are committed to creating an accessible barrier-free and inclusive workplace and are committed to continuing compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Please make any requirement you may have for accommodation during the recruitment process known when contacted.

If you are unable to apply to this position due to the requirement for an accommodation of any kind please email us at or call . We appreciate all interest and will directly contact candidates under consideration.

This is an existing position.

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