Job Posting: Senior Legal Education Specialist
Location: Greater Toronto Area (this is a primarily remote position with in-person requirements in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area)
Closing date: January 13, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Contract type: Full-time
Start date: February 2025
Hours of work: Flexible. Some evening and weekend hours will be required.
Salary: $70,000 - $80,000
Benefits: A generous benefits package will be made available following the end of the three-month probationary period, which includes health and dental benefits, AD&D, long-term disability and life insurance. Group and individual professional development opportunities are also provided to staff.
Paid time off: Four weeks (20 days) of paid vacation and 10 paid sick days per year. CCHR also typically closes between Christmas and New Year’s Day, providing additional paid days off.
About CCHR
CCHR is one of Canada’s oldest charities working to advance the right to adequate housing. Founded in 1987, CCHR has worked tirelessly for over 37 years at the intersection of human rights and housing and is one of Canada’s leading NGOs working in the area of social and economic rights. CCHR works to advance the right to adequate housing by:
Working at CCHR
CCHR is a collaborative and cross-functional team of about 30 motivated professionals working across Canada, linked by our commitment to advancing the right to housing. Over the past three years the organization has grown fivefold, expanded our work nationally, and developed innovative ways to engage communities, individuals and organizations to support rights-based housing solutions. CCHR launched our 2024-27 Strategic Plan in October, with a goal of tackling Canada’s housing affordability crisis through initiatives that promote affordability, equality and security of tenure across the country. CCHR’s five functional teams (Services; Education; Policy and Law Reform; Research; Communications) work collaboratively in service of advancing our mission.
CCHR’s head office is located at the Centre for Social Innovation (Spadina location), an exciting, shared workspace that houses 250 non-profits and social innovators in downtown Toronto. It is accessible by transit and offers substantial opportunities to network with like-minded people and participate in a mission-driven, innovative community through various events both in person and virtually. CCHR’s team works primarily remotely, and our office offers several workstations which are available to staff who would like to work from the office on a part-time or occasional basis or who are visiting Toronto from their home region.
About the role
We are seeking a motivated, experienced housing rights educator and/or legal professional with strong skills in public legal education, facilitation, curriculum development, community engagement, and an understanding of Ontario housing law and systems, human rights, and the right to housing. In this role, you will work closely with the Director of Education and Community Initiatives to develop and deliver both in-person and digital educational programming and products for a variety of audiences including a broad spectrum of renters, social service agency staff, and housing providers. You will support CCHR’s mission to ensure that renters understand and claim their housing rights, that service providers can support them in doing so, and that housing providers understand and promote rights-based practices and policies.
In this role, your ability to develop and deliver engaging content across a variety of platforms and juggle multiple responsibilities under tight timelines is essential. If you are a self-starter with demonstrated experience delivering public legal education, developing educational products, working with communities and cultivating respectful and reciprocal relationships with a variety of partners and stakeholders, this could be the right role for you.
Responsibilities include
Required qualifications
Skills and attributes:
We recognize and value the unique perspective that people with lived experience of poverty and/or precarious housing bring in addition to the skills and qualifications listed above.
To apply for this job:
Applications should include a resume and cover letter in one PDF document submitted by email to with the subject line: Application – Senior Legal Education Specialist.
At CCHR, we believe that a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve strengthens our ability to achieve our mission. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, abilities, and with a range of life experiences to apply.
We are committed to full compliance with the Human Rights Code, the Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and all other applicable legislation. We will provide accommodation during the hiring process upon request and information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
We thank all applicants for their interest.
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone enquiries please.
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