Join Our Team
About Clarke Immigration Law (CIL): CIL is a dynamic boutique immigration law firm that provides award-winning services to individuals and businesses. Based in Winnipeg, we serve clients around the world in many jurisdictions. Our team is dedicated to providing the best legal services in Canada by listening to the needs of our clients and helping to achieve their immigration goals.
Roles and responsibilities may include:
- Work directly with clients to properly complete immigration forms and ensure forms are validated as required;
- Prepare draft documents for review, including Statutory Declarations, affidavits and/or letters of support as requested based on the particular circumstances and the potential issues;
- Prepare applications by scanning, copying and organizing supporting documentation while maintaining a paperless backup system;
- Receive payments and record financial transactions in Cosmolex to meet the Law Society of Manitoba requirements and ensure that client’s funds in Trust are meticulously protected;
- Respond to client inquiries and emails in a professional and comprehensive manner within 24 hours during regular business hours;
- Answer calls from prospective and active clients in a professional and respectful manner while ensuring that all information is 100% correct; and,
- Provide support to other team members in a collaborative environment.
Some of the benefits to our Team Members:
- Competitive compensation;
- Comprehensive Canada Life – GroupNet Health, Drugs and Vision Benefits plan, including massage therapy, dietician services, naturopath, and many more (non-deductible);
- Extended Health Care Benefits for yourself and family members including dental care insurance plan;
- Employee wellness programs;
- Underground, heated vehicle parking or Peggo monthly passes may be offered;
- Flexible work schedule;
- Professional development programs and training to acquire or improve skills and professional networks; and,
- Performance-related incentives.
Currently, Team Members at CIL are able to provide professional services in many languages including English, French, Ukrainian, Punjabi, Tagalog, Mandarin, Urdu, Hebrew, Hindi, Taiwanese, Russian and Spanish. Our office language is English and all Team Members are expected to be proficient in both written and verbal Business English. CIL is constantly seeking to find potential new Team Members to expand our clientele, build connections with more communities and serve clients in additional languages.
Location:
CIL Team Members work closely together at our beautiful office located on the 4th floor of the Power Building in downtown Winnipeg. All candidates are expected to work on-site on a full-time basis. Our office operates within the Apple ecosystem and 100% of the computers are Macs. All candidates receive a work station, a Mac with multiple screens and other office tools to ensure maximum connectivity and tech support.
Minimum Qualifications:
All Team Members at CIL must have strong communication skills. We regularly receive applications and requests from foreign-trained lawyers, paralegals and legal professionals who seek to join our team. While we greatly appreciate the time and attention that every candidate has spent on their applications, we only have time to contact top candidates. We do not have the resources to respond to every request. Our focus is, of course, to serve clients. All candidates must have the following minimum qualifications:
- Demonstrated passion for helping others;
- Curiosity to learn individual circumstances and cultural factors of clients from different backgrounds;
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent;
- Experience working directly with immigrants, newcomers and/or refugees;
- Proficiency using MS Office Suite;
- Proficiency using a Mac;
- Professional and courteous approach to clients from diverse backgrounds;
- Exceptional attention to detail, time management and ability to multi-task;
- Ability to learn relevant Ministerial Directions, public policies, laws and regulations;
- Knowledge of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) programs, operational bulletins and guidelines; and,
- Familiarity with Law Society of Manitoba rules and regulations.
We are seeking to work with “superstar helpers” – members of various communities who have a passion for helping others to build Manitoba and to help our clients achieve their immigration goals.
*Should you experience any technical difficulties while submitting your application, please submit your résumé to hiring@clarkeimmigrationlaw.ca, along with a PDF document that addresses all of the questions in the application form.
Application Form
What Happens Next?
If you have correctly followed the above procedures and you have explained how you meet our qualifications, one of our Team Members will respond to schedule an in-person interview in our Conference Room. During that interview, all candidates must confirm their qualifications and they will be assessed to determine their level of knowledge of the Canadian immigration system. All Team Members at CIL are constantly learning and navigating an ever-changing immigration system. All candidates must demonstrate a willingness to learn and fully disclose their own shortcomings. Each Team Member relies on the experience and knowledge of other Team Members and every file follows the CIL “triple check” system. This system only works when there is trust in the office.
CIL’s “Triple Check” System
Applications prepared and submitted by Team Members at CIL must follow our “triple check” system. This system ensures that every application is checked and confirmed by at least three people: the Case Worker, the Client and the Manager. The Case Worker prepares the initial draft and works with the client and supporters. All documents are provided to the client to confirm the information is 100% correct. The Manager reviews all the information to triple-check every detail before we submit. All applications submitted by CIL go through the triple-check system – including all packages to IRCC, CBSA, the IRB (all divisions), ESDC (Service Canada) and Federal Court.
The triple-check system requires significant time and attention. Most law firms do not put in as much time and effort. Our system, however, is designed to ensure that our clients are 100% fully aware of every document, every detail and every legal argument that is being made on their behalf. This system also ensures that the work product of each Case Worker is properly supported and CIL adheres to our team approach. This “triple check” system has proven to result in high quality work, a high rate of positive decisions, and a high degree of confidence with our clients. We publish our Success Stories online to show the high quality of our work and provide useful information for the public.
By law, we cannot guarantee positive results; however, the “triple check” system ensures that our clients can confirm the work product and they understand what they are paying for. Based on our high level of communication with our clients, even clients who received negative decisions have given us positive reviews as they have understood through our process that we gave them the best chance at a positive result. Many clients, after seeing all the hard work we do on their behalf, tell us that we should charge higher fees. Our focus, however, is helping as many people as we can.
