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About the Role

Canada Soccer is seeking a General Counsel to provide strategic legal guidance to the Executive Team, oversee all legal affairs, and manage key legal responsibilities including contract drafting, review, and negotiation support. This role ensures compliance with laws and regulations, manages legal risk, and supports sound governance and ethical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal advisor to the organization, including the Executive Team and Board of Directors, on a broad range of legal, commercial, regulatory, and governance matters.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that supports the organization’s strategic plan, commercial activities and sport development objectives.
• Monitor legal developments affecting sport and not-for-profit entities and recommend policy or operational changes.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across the organization.
• Provide legal and governance support to the Board of Directors, Board Committees, and Corporate Secretary, including advising on governance procedures, fiduciary obligations, bylaws, policies, committee mandates, and delegations of authority.
• Support the preparation and review of governance documentation, and assist the Governance Committee in maintaining key governance instruments, including bylaws, resolutions, codes of conduct, and disciplinary frameworks.
• Lead the drafting and review and advise on the negotiation and ongoing compliance of commercial agreements, including sponsorship, marketing, broadcast, event hosting, licensing, technology, and vendor agreements.
• Develop and maintain standard contract templates and contractual risk-management practices.
• Support major events and competitions by advising on venue agreements, insurance and indemnity clauses, participant waivers, and third-party service contracts.
• Advise on employment, human rights, and labour relations matters, including agreements, investigations, terminations, and compliance with applicable legislation.
• Provide guidance on relationships with member associations, athletes, coaches, officials, and other stakeholders.
• Advise on and support the administration of the players’ collective bargaining agreement, including interpretation, compliance, disputes and amendments.
• Oversee protection and management of the organization’s intellectual property, including trademarks, logos, and digital assets, and advise on licensing and brand use by partners and member organizations.
• Review key public-facing materials for legal and reputational risk.
• Provide legal advice on complex or escalated disciplinary, complaint, and appeal matters related to safe sport, ethics, anti-doping, and competition integrity, in collaboration with the Director, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs.
• Support the Director, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs in managing high-risk compliance and integrity issues, and ensuring alignment with applicable legislation, sport policies and regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• Law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and membership in good standing with a Canadian law society.
• 4 - 7 years of progressive legal experience, ideally including in-house counsel experience within a multi-stakeholder organization.
• Demonstrated experience advising on corporate/commercial law, governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with employment and labour relations matters, policy development, and dispute resolution.
• Experience working with boards of directors and senior executives, including in a public, not-for-profit, or regulated environment.
• Experience with labour relations matters, including the interpretation, administration, and negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, particularly in a professional sports or similarly complex environment, is considered a strong asset.
• Experience in the sport sector or with national/provincial sport organizations is considered a strong asset.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Canadian corporate, not-for-profit, employment, privacy, and administrative law.
• Excellent judgment, with the ability to balance legal risk with organizational objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts in clear, practical terms to non-lawyers.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, event-driven environment.
• Collaborative team player comfortable working in a cross-functional environment.
• Bilingual (English/French) preferred; additional languages considered an asset.

Location

• Toronto, Ontario

Work Type

• Full-time
• Permanent
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 4 - 7 years

Education Level

• Law degree (LL.B. or J.D.)

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

• Canada Soccer is the governing body for soccer in Canada, playing a key role in growing and developing the sport nationwide.
• Joining the organization provides an opportunity to contribute to programs that create meaningful pathways, strengthen participation, and support the continued growth of soccer communities across the country.
• Canada Soccer promotes the growth and development of soccer in Canada, from grassroots to high performance, and on a national scale.
• Soccer is the largest participatory sport in Canada and continues to grow across communities nationwide.

Equal Opportunity

• Canada Soccer is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and work environment.
• Canada Soccer provides equal opportunity for all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences pardoned or suspended, marital status, family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• Self-identification by candidates in the process is completely voluntary.
• We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities.