Director, Experiential And Clinical Learning Hub

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Posting Reason:

Replacement of a temporary position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months(for contracts and temporary assignments):

12

Job Family:

Academic Program Management

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/09/10

Applications must be receivedBEFORE(YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/09/21

Hours per week:

17,5

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NM2

Salary Range:

$118 675,00 - $148 344,00About the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law
Over the past 20 years, the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa has become a national and global leader in many fields. We are the only law school to offer a common law degree in both English and French, and our faculty is one of the most accomplished in the country. We are an engaged Faculty, and we have a strong culture of public engagement. We also have a strong bond with the legal community in Ottawa and a special relationship with the Supreme Court of Canada. We are leaders -- leaders in research, leaders in the profession and leaders in our community. On any given day, members of our faculty may be seen testifying before a Parliamentary committee, providing expert commentary in the media, or contributing to public policy debates on the issues of the day. We are the most-cited law faculty in the national media. Through our dedication we have built strong experiential learning opportunities for our students where our students have unparalleled access to, and interaction with, the highest judges in the land to help foster an inclusive and high-quality student experience. 

Position Purpose:

The Common Law Section has established an Experiential and Clinical Learning Hub (the ExCL Hub) to provide a pedagogical framework and operational infrastructure for supporting teaching, learning and supervision across all experiential and clinical entities, courses and programs. This position oversees the operation of the ExCL Hub, including planning, budgeting, fundraising, administration, resource creation, training, and supervision. The position may include teaching and supervision in relation to development of knowledge, skills and values in legal practice, dispute resolution and professional responsibility. The position must ensure that all experiential and clinical learning programs are undertaken in alignment with best practices in risk and practice management and relevant regulatory requirements, including those of the Law Society of Ontario and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Provide expertise, leadership, and innovative practices to develop and enhance experiential and clinical learning opportunities in the Common Law Section, in French and English and in both the English and French Programs.

• Manage the operation of the Experiential and Clinical Learning Hub (ExCL Hub) as an institutional framework and infrastructure for developing and supporting experiential and clinical learning opportunities in the Common Law Section, in French and English for both the English and French Programs.

• Undertake strategic planning, budgeting and fundraising for the ExCL Hub.

• Engage with professors and staff in the Common Law Section involved in experiential and clinical learning, in both the English and French Programs, to ensure a collaborative and coordinated approach.

• Engage with professors and staff in other University of Ottawa faculties and programs involved in experiential and clinical learning to ensure appropriate alignment of activities and operations and to advance collaborative initiatives.

• Cultivate strong professional relationships with legal practitioners and law-related organizations in the Ottawa francophone and anglophone legal communities and beyond to enable maintenance and development of experiential and clinical learning opportunities, with an orientation of access to justice.

• Engage with the broader community of professors and legal professionals involved in experiential and clinical learning programs at other law faculties in Ontario, nationally and internationally, to develop and maintain knowledge of best practices and new developments in the field.

• May teach up to three (3) credits per academic semester in the undergraduate program (JD) related to development of knowledge, skills and values in legal practice, dispute resolution and professional responsibility, as determined by the Vice-Dean of the English Program and Vice-Dean of the French Program.

• Provide supervision, which may include legal, pedagogical and administrative supervision, to students engaged in clinical or experiential learning programs.

• Develop, maintain, and ensure implementation of pedagogical frameworks and resources in French and English, as well as operational guidelines in alignment with relevant regulatory requirements and best practices in risk and practice management applicable in experiential and clinical learning contexts in the Common Law Section, in both the English and French Programs.

• Ensure the development and maintenance of appropriate promotional and informational webpages and other sources for prospective and current students, as well as internal and external partners, in relation to availability and operation of experiential and clinical learning opportunities in the Common Law Section, in both the English and French Programs.

What you will bring:

Essential Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in law (LL.B./J.D.).

• A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience working as a legal professional, and in good standing in a provincial or territorial law society.

• Demonstrated experience in leading, managing and supervising experiential and clinical learning opportunities in a law faculty or other relevant context.

Other Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of the application of core competencies in the legal profession.

• Knowledge of non-profit entity models, including set-up and governance frameworks.

• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and associated compliance processes for legal education and the legal profession.

• Demonstrated ability to manage an organization, including experience in administrative and financial management.

• Demonstrated ability to create, maintain and build relationships and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders.

• Excellent and current knowledge of best practices in experiential and clinical legal education.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Ability to assess desired learning outcomes and transform those into meaningful and challenging programming.

• Demonstrated commitment to principles of reconciliation and decolonization, and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.

• Superior time management skills.

• Proficiency with a variety of computer programs, including MS Office, D2L/Brightspace and applications for legal practice management.

• Active knowledge of English or French and passive knowledge of the other official language of the University of Ottawa, which means that the candidate’s proficiency in the second official language is sufficient for them to grasp the essential content of oral and written communications addressed to them in the course of their employment at the University of Ottawa and Common Law Section.

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact [email protected] to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.