Director of Legal Affairs

Our client, a friendly municipality located in Montérégie, is looking for a person who will take on these responsibilities:

- Establish the orientations and objectives of the department in collaboration with the general management
- Define priorities and implement projects and action plans within the 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 expert leadership
- Contribute to budget planning related to your sector of activity
- 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 his/her responsibility by ensuring constant quality management
- Implement new processes or ways of doing things
- Carry out in-depth legal analyses of the files under his or her responsibility
- 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
- Draft 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
- Fluency in the French language, oral and written
- Good knowledge of the English language
- Writing skills

As a notary or lawyer, join the ranks of this dynamic municipality that offers, among other things, group insurance paid largely by the employer and an excellent pension plan!