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**A FEW WORDS ABOUT CLYDE & CO**

Our Canadian offices are an essential part of Clyde & Co's global practice, providing a strong regional focus for both local and international clients across a range of complex and contentious matters, including professional liability, casualty, construction and infrastructure, cyber risk, class action defence, insurance defence and coverage, D&O liability and product liability. Our lawyers have vast experience litigating disciplinary proceedings against a broad range of professionals as well as handling fraud, antitrust, anti-corruption and regulatory investigations.

At Clyde & Co, we offer a highly supportive culture in a friendly, welcoming environment, characterized by diversity and inclusion. Our fast-growing international firm is known for its global outlook, comprehensive practice, and genuine commitment to clients as well as for its distinctive approach within an open, fast-paced and rapidly changing field.

**Overview of the Role**

As the Bilingual Recruitment Specialist (North America) you will support recruitment of attorneys, law students and business services in Canada and the US. In this position you will be responsible for Montreal recruitment including attorneys and business services roles, which necessitates the use of French as the official language. You will also act as the recruitment lead for the articling recruitment processes in our three Canadian locations.

**Primary Responsibilities**

General recruitment responsibilities:

- Develop and update job postings in consultation with reporting managers or partners to best define the business needs, the targeted responsibilities and the required qualifications to succeed in the role
- Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with human resources colleagues
- Maintain positive relationships with agencies and work with them as needed to fill critical time sensitive roles
- Develop and maintain the pipeline of incoming CV's
- Maintain record of active recruitment and provide other key performance data and indicators as necessary
- Maintain knowledge of market trends and recruitment best practices
- Other recruitment department projects as required

Articling Student Recruitment:

- Take part in the annual Montreal internship race, '_'Course aux stages''_, with a small team of lawyers and other employees in order to coordinate a number of activities as part of this yearly process, with a peak period extending from the career day in January until the end of March when the final interviews and offers are made. This process also involves a summer student program which unfolds over the whole year
- Support the annual articling recruitment and future summer student program in Toronto, working with the lawyers and administration, with a peak period extending from June to September
- Support the annual articling recruitment and summer student program in Vancouver with the Partners and administration, with a peak period extending from June to October

**Qualifications Required**
- Fluent in French and English, both verbally and in writing
- Bachelor's degree in human resources management, commerce or administration with a major in human resources, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 2 to 5 years of experience at recruiting within a law firm or other professional services environment
- Experience with Articling Student programs
- Ability to write job postings, in French and English, that are both meaningful and appealing to the targeted audience
- Experience working in an ATS
- Intermediate or advanced Microsoft Office Suite knowledge and skills (Word and Excel)
- Capable of quickly learning new systems and tools
- Ability to manage a wide range of relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Exceptional work ethic, professionalism and discretion
- Flexibility, teamwork and adaptability to change
- Sound judgement, sense of initiative and proactivity
- Sense of professional maturity and emotional intelligence are considered additional assets

**À PROPOS DE CLYDE & CO**

Nos bureaux canadiens jouent un rôle essentiel dans les activités internationales de Clyde & Co, en fournissant tant aux clients locaux qu'aux clients internationaux des services juridiques régionaux d'avant-garde sur une variété de questions complexes et litigieuses, notamment en matière de couvertures d'assurance et de défense en matière d'assurance, de résolutions de différends et d'arbitrage, de fraude, d'_antitrust_et d'enquêtes réglementaires. Nos avocats sont des experts dans les domaines de la responsabilité professionnelle, de la construction et des infrastructures, des cyber-risques, de la défense d'actions collectives, de la responsabilité des dirigeants et des administrateurs et de la responsabilité des produits.

Chez Clyde & Co, notre culture est entièrement axée sur le soutien, dans le cadre d'un environnement amica