Bilingual Coordinator, Student Programs

McCarthy Tétrault is a leading Canadian law firm offering a full suite of legal and business solutions to clients in Canada and around the world. With offices in Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, Calgary and Vancouver, we provide challenging and rewarding career opportunities across the country. Recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for eleven consecutive years and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for fourteen consecutive years, our culture is guided by The McCarthy Way
—our shared approach to working with clients and with each other.

The McCarthy Way is built on four core elements:
Excellence
, through attracting and developing top talent committed to delivering on our Client Commitment;
Collaboration
, through seamless, integrated teamwork;
Inclusion
, through eliminating barriers to belonging and success; and Innovation
, through delivering maximum value by embracing leading-edge technologies and approaches. Together, these principles shape how we work, lead, and grow—every day.

We are recruiting for a Bilingual Coordinator, Student Programs to join our team in our Montreal office. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience, ideally gained in a professional services (or similar) environment and will be responsible for coordinating the service delivery of the Firm’s talent programs, administration and shared services. McCarthy Tétrault employees benefit from a hybrid work environment.

The candidate will be part of a team where they will be required to handle communications and requests in both English and French from lawyers, professionals, and vendors who may communicate exclusively in one of these languages. As communications and requests may be submitted in either English or French, maintaining bilingual staff is essential to ensure the effective operation of Shared Services and the educational teams within the Professional Resources Group.

Bilingualism in both French and English is a requirement for this position.

As a Bilingual Coordinator, Student Programs, you will be:

Talent Programs

Coordinating the service delivery of the Firm’s talent programs, including, and not limited to, some or all of the following:

• Recruitment
• Conflict management, onboarding & integration including national orientation programs
• Off-boarding
• Leaves and secondments
• Performance management
• Work allocation
• Compensation
• Partnership admission
• Mentor pairings and mentor awards
• Law school liaison and student recruitment
• Law society filings
• Data collection
• Engagement and social events

Administration

• Managing calendars and scheduling meetings
• Preparing materials for meetings and attending where appropriate
• Administering confidential files in One Drive
• Creating and maintaining intranet (espresso) pages

Shared Services and Teamwork

• Identifying PR processes, tasks, and project improvement opportunities and collaborating with PRG team and Firm members to improve
• Learning about changes in technology and ways to enhance work such as AI, Workday, vi Global, MS Teams, MS Forms, MS Bookings, SharePoint and Client Connect
• Providing back-up support to the team
• Other general support, as required

As our ideal candidate, you will distinguish yourself by the following profile:

• Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience, ideally gained in a professional services (or similar) environment.
• Fluent bilingualism (French / English) required for Quebec Region.
• Excellent organizational, time management and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional client service skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and manage competing priorities.
• Flexibility to new ideas, frequent change in priorities, etc.
• May require flexible lunch hours and some evening work…