Director of Legal Affairs and Registry

Are you a lawyer or notary, but have a penchant for management and administration? A position in the Legal Affairs and Registry Department is opening up in a small but oh so warm municipality in the South-West of the Montérégie. You will have the opportunity to be at the heart of the legal management of the municipality, within a small team in a family atmosphere.

Your mission will be to:
- Establish the orientations and objectives of the legal department in collaboration with the general management
- Define priorities and implement projects and action plans within your team
- Issue legal advice and recommendations on the municipality's orientations and practices, both to the municipal council and to the administrative side of the municipal organization
- Ensure compliance with by-laws, laws or policies in the municipality's day-to-day practices through your expert leadership
- Contribute to the budget planning of the legal department
- Optimize processes and ways of doing things within your department
- Act as the person responsible for municipal elections and municipal referendums
- Direct, control and review the operational processes assigned under your responsibility by ensuring constant quality management
- Create and implement new processes or ways of doing things
- Conduct in-depth legal analyses of cases
- Act as the Access to Information and Archives Officer
- Carry out legal compliance checks, follow-ups on files and coordinate municipal council meetings
- Ensure communication with external lawyers
- Offer advice in legal terms and legal references
- Drafting legal opinions, contracts, settlements (negotiations)

Qualifications:
- Hold a Bachelor of Laws degree and be a member of the Quebec Bar or the Chambre des Notaires du Québec
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience in the field
- Experience in municipal law is an asset
- Be proficient in the French language, both oral and written
- Have a good knowledge of the English language
- Have good writing skills

Are you looking for a new challenge that will give your career stability? Join the ranks of this dynamic municipality that offers, among other things, group insurance paid largely by the employer and an excellent pension plan!