Director of Legal Affairs and Clerk

A municipality in Haut-St-Laurent/Montérégie is looking for a full-time Director of Legal Affairs and Clerk to join the administrative team in a community where the quality of life is as important as the quality of municipal services.
In this position, you will play a key role in the structuring, compliance and evolution of municipal governance in a context of modernization of practices.

What is offered to you
- Competitive salary
- 35 hours from Monday to Friday, the office closes at noon on Friday
- Possibility of teleworking 1 and a half days per week
- Continuing education
- Group insurance (80% paid by the employer)
- RRSP with employer contribution of 5% of base remuneration
- Annual leave: 2 weeks after 1 year of service
- Sickness: 1 day per month worked, max. 12 days/year
- EAP and telemedicine

Your role
Under the responsibility of the Director General, the person in office is responsible for planning, directing, controlling and coordinating all the activities of his or her department in the areas of municipal clerkship, archives and litigation. He or she acts as a strategic partner to the General Manager and the City Council in matters of governance, risk management and legal compliance. He or she ensures the legal framework for all the activities of the municipality.

Your responsibilities and tasks
- Ensure the legal compliance of municipal activities, file follow-ups, drafting of legal opinions, calls for tenders, by-laws, receipts, etc.
- Act as the person responsible for the application of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information;
- Act as the person responsible for property and casualty insurance portfolios and claims;
- Act as the person responsible for the real estate portfolio (acquisition, alienation, easements, expropriation, etc.);
- Act as the person responsible for municipal archives, document management and document retention schedules;
- Preside over municipal elections, referendums and public consultation procedures;
- Establish the orientations and objectives of the legal department.

The profile sought
- Hold a Bachelor of Laws and be a member of the Quebec Bar or the Chambre des Notaires du Québec;
- Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the municipal field;
- Demonstrate a developed political sense;
- Have a strong ability to solve problems and disputes;
- Have good writing skills;
- Have a spirit of analysis and synthesis, a sense of active listening, organization and priorities;
- Have rigor, diplomacy, discretion and the ability to work in a team.

Put your expertise to good use by having a concrete impact on the quality of life of citizens, in a stable and humane workplace. Give us the privilege of getting to know you!