Deputy Director and Deputy Clerk

STATUS: Permanent

JOB NUMBER: 4350

DISPLAY PERIOD: Indeterminate duration

WORK MODE: Hybrid

WORK LOCATION: 3131 Saint-Martin Ouest, office 430, 4th floor

Driven by its strategic vision Laval 2035 urban by nature, Laval continues to evolve its governance practices to provide effective, transparent services tailored to the needs of its population.

The Clerk's Office plays a central role in supporting decision-making bodies, ensuring compliance with municipal processes, and protecting information. To support the evolution of these strategic functions, the City of Laval is seeking a mobilizing leader.

Reporting to the Director and Clerk, you actively participate in the planning, organization, and evolution of the service's activities while managing the teams under your responsibility.

As Deputy Clerk, you play a strategic role with municipal bodies and ensure the rigor of the legal, administrative, and democratic processes that frame municipal activities. You assist the Director and Clerk in all clerk functions and replace them as needed at the City Council and Executive Committee.

You also provide leadership in critical areas related to access to information, protection of personal data, document management, and the evolution and modernization of clerk practices.

In a context marked by evolving regulatory requirements, modernization of governance practices, and maintaining quality service delivery, you are called to play a decisive role in achieving the objectives of the Clerk's Office.

In this context, your main mandates consist of:

• Ensuring leadership of clerk activities in line with the City's strategic directions;
• Acting as Deputy Clerk and supporting decision-making bodies in exercising their responsibilities;
• Ensuring compliance with municipal processes, particularly in regulatory, governance, and legal obligation management;
• Ensuring governance of access to information and protection of personal data from a compliance and risk management perspective;
• Mobilizing teams and leading optimization initiatives aimed at efficiency, service quality, and the evolution of clerk practices.

• Hold a bachelor's degree in law;
• Be a member in good standing of the Barreau du Québec or the Chambre des notaires;
• Have a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience including solid management experience;
• Excellent mastery of municipal law;

• Kindness/empathy
• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Emotional intelligence
• Strategic thinking
• Ability to innovate/optimize
• Managerial courage
• Results orientation

Choosing the City of Laval means joining the third largest city in Quebec, in an environment where your leadership and influence can truly make a difference. It also means having the opportunity to grow within a human, committed, and passionate team for public service.

For this position, we offer competitive working conditions and benefits:

• Competitive annual vacation;
• 5 personal days annually;
• 16.5 holidays per year including several days off during the holiday season;
• Comprehensive group insurance;
• Defined benefit pension plan;
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP);
• Priority access to a CPE daycare.

The City of Laval is committed to promoting an inclusive and equitable work environment as part of its employment equity program. It recognizes and values diversity in all its forms and invites women, people from visible and ethnic minorities, Indigenous peoples, and persons with disabilities to apply.

If you need special accommodations to participate in the selection process, please let us know as soon as you are invited.