Legal Counsel, Boardwalk Quebec

Boardwalk provides Canadians with a quality, comfortable, home living experience. We offer rental apartments and townhouses that come in a wide breadth of shapes, sizes and sets of amenities. We operate 33,000 units across Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

Boardwalk recognizes our Associates as our most valuable asset. We are proud to provide competitive wages, profit-sharing, and amazing benefits like flexible group medical and dental, fitness reimbursement, training and development, group RRSP matching, rental discounts, and more.

Job Responsibilities

• Act according to the organization interest in any legal proceeding or statutory rights and obligations duties and analyze the likely outcome of cases using knowledge of legal precedents.
• Represent Boardwalk before the Tribunal administratif du logement and other courts for the 12 BRQ sites (+/- 3000 units).
• Draw up and reply to formal notices to the organization and negotiate settlements of civil disputes in agreement with the leader.
• Evaluate the merits of tenant claims based on legislation and jurisprudence.
• Manage any request filed with the Tribunal administratif du logement in a civil cause of action, with the help of the area coordinator, or assist the area coordinator (according to the Tribunal administratif du logement Act).
• Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments for preparing and pleading cases.
• Non-payment: file claims for non-payment when required and as per leaders' request.
• Civil cases: gather facts, witnesses, prepare representation, pleadings, and legal argument before the Tribunal).
• Relocation and recovery compensation: file necessary claims for tenants who skip and / or cause damages to apartments, track or have these tenants tracked, send enforceable decision to collection agencies, prepare requests (obtain relevant information from stakeholders) and gather evidence, plead cases or support area coordinator during hearings (according to the Tribunal administratif du logement Act).
• Fixing of rent: RN form preparation, obtaining information from head office in preparing the calculation for fixing rents, allocating expenses according to RN's items, pleading in court fixation cases. Provide at the end of the year the provisory increase rates to area coordinators for the coming year based on preliminary figures (RN Form).
• Manage notifications by bailiffs, notices of hearing, orders, enforceable judgments in a timely manner, coordinate evictions with the bailiff as per enforceable judgment.
• Act as a resource person for area coordinators and customer service associates for any questions regarding legal issues in the buildings or between tenants.
• Prepare notices for major works in collaboration with the Capital Admin team.
• Prepare and draft legal documents: contracts, parking spaces, storage space, buildings' rules, pleadings, affidavits, legal briefs, commercial lease contracts and renewals, etc. as per the leader's request.
• Act as a resource person for insurance claims: send formal letters for claims, manage claimed amounts, reimbursement agreements with the lessee's insurer in collaboration with head office.
• Perform any other related tasks as per the leader's request.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor of Laws and member in good standing of the Barreau du Québec
• Background in administration or graduate level education in a related field (asset)
• In-depth knowledge of the Tribunal administratif du logement Act, Consumer Protection Act & Quebec Civil Code (asset)
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in insurance and / or disaster management
• Experience in legal disputes (asset)
• Strong ability to negotiate
• Excellent verbal and writing skills, in both English and French
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Must own a vehicle and be able to travel within Quebec

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume.

We would like to thank you in advance for your application, however, only those candidates who are being considered will be contacted. Offers of employment will be contingent on satisfactory Security Background Checks, Reference Checks, and Post-offer/Pre-employment Physical Testing where applicable.

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Ready to shape the future of our communities? Come work with us and learn where doing what you love means never working a day in your life!

Deeply rooted in family spirit and humility, Boardwalk's five core values of integrity, associates, teamwork, customer service and social responsibility are more than just words - they are a way of life. Coupled with our Golden Foundation of 'treat others as you would like to be treated,' 'be good,' 'love community' and 'have fun,' we believe in happiness and creating the most memorable experiences for both our Associates and Resident Members, continually looking for new and innovative ways to enhance and strengthen all our Boardwalk communities.

We hope these values speak to you as they speak so meaningfully to us!

As we continue to grow, we remain unwavering in our commitment to providing Resident Members with the best quality rental communities. This same commitment means Boardwalk is always seeking individuals who have a positive attitude, are energetic and passionate, self-driven, productive, have the capacity to deliver high-quality results and who believe in the power of teamwork.

Together, with you as part of our team, we will continue to create meaning every day for those who choose to call Boardwalk home.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Statement

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse team that will honour and celebrate your experiences, perspectives and unique identity regardless of age, ethnicity, race, colour, abilities, religion, socio-economic status, culture, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Together, our communities strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

We believe every Associate in our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of values, customs and experience to better understand and engage with the world around us, identify challenges, so as to discover, design and deliver solutions together.