Division Head - Registry and Legal Affairs (Saint-Léonard)

Job Title

Division Head - Registry and Legal Affairs (Saint-Léonard)

Organization

Saint-Léonard Borough

Recipients

City employees and external candidates

Job Type

Regular employment

Application Period

From July 16 to July 30, 2026

Salary

Salary Scale (2026): $107,394 to $134,231 | FM-07 Class

Job Category: Administrative Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours/week. Hybrid mode, 3 days per week in person. Schedule over 4.5 days

Address: 8400 Lacordaire Boulevard | Access to free parking

This position is referred to as Borough Secretary internally within the City. This posting may be used to fill other positions of this type or similar positions within the same family, within the Saint-Léonard borough.

OUR OFFER

Saint-Léonard is in full swing! With the extension of the Blue Line metro, the borough is transforming and preparing to welcome new dynamic and sustainable living environments. Its 2030 strategic plan focuses on an inspiring citizen experience, responsible territorial development, and revitalization of economic zones. And you could play a role in this transformation!

The Saint-Léonard borough is looking for a dynamic and committed person to join its management team.

Your Mandate

Reporting to the borough director, you exercise the powers of the registry and manage a team of 4 people whose activities include, among other things, providing the necessary support for the organization, conduct, and follow-up of borough council meetings.

You also play a strategic advisory role to all borough departments to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, administrative frameworks, and follow-up of recommendations from oversight bodies. More specifically, you:

• Provide support for borough councils, ensure their proper conduct, and compliance with legal provisions, review and analyze submitted files, oversee the editing and distribution of resolutions, ordinances, and regulations issued;
• Oversee the publication of notices, receipt, opening, and drafting of minutes related to public tenders within the borough's jurisdiction;
• Oversee the process of analyzing and responding to access to information requests;
• Prepare, draft, and edit legal and administrative documents such as public notices, regulations, contracts, agreements, recommendations, and other documents binding the borough;
• Oversee document management and archiving processes for the borough, including digitization and implementation of electronic document management in various departments;
• Conduct research in legislation and case law, consult the Legal Affairs Service and the City's Registry Service to provide legal advice to the borough's management;
• Foster a healthy, respectful, inclusive, and mobilized work environment, while conducting performance evaluations, ensuring skill development, and preparing for succession.

Questions or difficulties applying? Do not hesitate to contact Marie-Christine Piché, talent acquisition advisor.

PROFILE REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in law or another relevant field
• 6 years of relevant experience related to the responsibilities of the position
• 3 years of experience in managing or coordinating a diverse work team
• Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
• Member in good standing of the Quebec Bar or the Quebec Notaries' Association (asset)
• Organized, curious, meticulous
• Kindness, determination, team player, agility, being in action for citizens

These requirements may be adjusted as needed.

As an employer, Saint-Léonard borough is committed to offering a healthy, respectful, and harmonious work environment, where all forms of racism and discrimination are excluded. To implement this commitment, an equity, diversity, and inclusion plan for the years 2024-2026 has been developed by and for the staff. Join our team and become part of this inspiring and enriching initiative!

OUR BENEFITS

• Challenging opportunities
• A career serving the Montreal population
• Competitive remuneration and benefits
• Work-life balance
• The opportunity to advance your career

Be proud or proud to work for the largest employer in the Montreal metropolitan region and the largest francophone metropolis in North America. The City of Montreal, it's nearly 30,000 talents who contribute every day to the growth of the City and make a difference for the population and the public good.

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Considering diversity as a true wealth, the City of Montreal invites women, Indigenous people, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities to submit their applications.

Please identify yourself when applying.

For more information on our recruitment processes, visit https://montreal.ca/careers. For any other questions, email dotation@montreal.ca with the job offer number in the subject line.

Ensure you attach all documents proving you meet the requirements and include all relevant information for your application directly in your resume. We invite you to follow the progress of your application in your online application file. We will only communicate with candidates whose applications are selected.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

The City of Montreal offers a work environment where respect, diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values.

With its employment equity and employment integration programs, the City takes concrete measures to increase diversity within its workforce.

Inclusive, the City strives to remove barriers in the workplace faced by people with disabilities and implements measures facilitating accessibility. In this regard, accommodations during the skills assessment process may be offered upon request.

Thank you for contributing to diversifying and enriching the Montreal public service!