Bilingual Labour Relations Assistant (Litigation)

**Location: Ottawa, ON Canada** **Type: Permanent Full-time** **Group/Grade: Bargaining Unit/ Support Grade 2** **Rate: $69,660.82 (start)** **Date: November 12, 2026** The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is Canada’s largest nurses’ union. We are powered by our members — 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, and 18,000 nursing student affiliates — who provide care in hospitals, long-term care, public health, the community, clinics and industry. Our mission is to defend the rights of and advocate for nurses and health-care professionals who care for the health of Ontarians. We empower members and fight against unfair and unsafe treatment, negotiate and enforce our contracts, offer benefits and insurance, provide tailored education and development opportunities and much more. We confront governments, administrations and other policymakers head on to fight for high-quality public health care. ONA is seeking to hire a **Bilingual Labour Relations Assistant for the Litigation Team in the Ottawa Office**. This posting is for an existing vacancy. ONA’s litigation team consists of 20 litigators engaged in an active labour practice, led by the Manager, Litigation. ONA is seeking a legal assistant to provide administrative and clerical support to litigators for a labour practice involving labour arbitration, labour board, human rights tribunal, and other legal proceedings. This would include handling legal and administrative tasks, overall file management, processing of grievances to arbitration, scheduling and calendar management, document database management, assistance in preparing pleadings and legal documents, and other support to litigators as required. Our ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise, judgment and independence to provide advanced-level administrative support across their team with a professional and service-focused approach. With a high attention to detail and a motivation to take initiative, the successful candidate will be accountable for providing support to members and staff, in collaboration with our Litigators. **This is what else you can expect from this dynamic role:** * Assist the litigator by organizing and supporting their labour practice involving labour arbitration, labour board, human rights and/or other types of legal proceedings. * Responsible for file management including organizing documents, record management (electronic and hard copy), and document database management. * Responsible for performing administrative tasks, implementing applicable work processes, tracking deadlines in regards to processing of grievances to arbitration, and supporting ongoing litigation. * Develop a file tracking system in coordination with the litigator to monitor the progress of cases * Calendar management for the litigator including booking prep meetings and hearing dates * Develop relationships and deal regularly with internal and external stakeholders including local and bargaining unit leaders, members, arb