Senior Advisor, Legal affairs

As a senior legal affairs advisor, you help protect the organization’s legal interests by ensuring it complies with all laws. You also play a key role in making sure that its rights are protected and obligations are met. You represent the organization in situations involving its legal interests. You may be responsible for one or more sub-specialties, such as contested matters and the Office of the Corporate Secretary (ethics and professional conduct, official registries, meeting minutes, the general meeting, etc.). You lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and innovative. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area. You make recommendations on the planning and execution of operationally and conceptually complex projects and initiatives that require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business. Coordination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to :

• Act as manager for projects, mandates and development activities specific to your activities specific to your field of specialization, whose scope the scope and impact of which are major for the company and Group level
• Advise and support your customers and partners in positioning, planning, development, execution and follow-up of various strategic projects and mandates under your responsibility
• Identify and analyze major issues and challenges. Establish and make recommendations to the relevant authorities
• Interpret laws and regulations, issue legal opinions, draft or validate  regulations, standards, policies, procedures, forms and agreements impact on the organization
• When represent the company before the courts. In this capacity  develop the strategy to be adopted, draft procedures, prepare witnesses prepare witnesses and conduct pleadings, or negotiate on the best possible terms in complex cases
• See the development and evolution of policies, standards, models and programs in support of your unit's strategic projects and mandates unit
• Represent your unit in dealings with authorities

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria

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What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of French is required   

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