Paralegal Specialist

**Description** **Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.** Air Canada is the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market, and in the international market to and from Canada. In 2021, together with our regional partners, we operated flights to 154 direct destinations on six continents. In October 2021, our company was recognized for our people, products, and services at the 2021 Skytrax World Airline Awards with honours for: Best Airline Staff in North America and Best Airline Staff in Canada among others. We were also recognized by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers and ranked among the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces with recognition as one of the 'Elite8' companies within the 2021 Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces. We have an innovative and passionate team of over 50 legal and compliance professionals and support staff that continues to earn the respect and confidence of its internal clients, participating as true business partners to support Air Canada's strategic objectives. When you join Air Canada and its Law and International Affairs Branch, you'll become a vital part of a team of driven professionals that aim to be "World Class" in everything we do. **Description** - Drafting and reviewing correspondence and hearing documents (briefs, witness statements, written arguments, motion records, etc.) and coordinating comments and sign-off on these documents from various internal branches at Air Canada. - Assisting responsible lawyers in the preparation of materials for hearings and presentations. - Liaising with internal clients to prepare filings with governmental authorities in Canada and abroad and coordinating the flow of required documents. - Investigating, formally and informally, the background to inquiries, complainants and grievances and assist counsel in collecting the documentation and testimony to counsel Air Canada properly. - Preparing training materials and delivering training to internal clients on labour, employment, human rights and privacy matters. - Liaising with foreign external counsel and internal clients to facilitate securing advice on labour and employment matters overseas - Creating, maintaining and updating the tools and templates used by the Labour and Employment team, and, where appropriate, automating those tools and templates. - Working with internal clients, Human Resources and external counsel to securing immigration authority (ex.: work permits, permanent residency, etc.) for Air Canada employees to work in Canada or foreign jurisdictions. - Assisting with the in-take of new matters by performing initial review of files and preparing them for review by counsel and working with clients to resolve straight forward matters - Obtaining instructions from internal client on the approach to overall strategy regarding files and to specific decisions as the file unfolds; - Assisting in preparing witnesses for hearing; - Preparing drafts of questions for examinations and cross-examinations of witnesses; - Assisting with and/or conducting mediation to resolve disputes; - Providing guidance to clients on Air Canada's approach to certain recurring kinds of questions, for example, reasonable notice periods; - Reviewing of company policies for consistency; - Obtaining budget information from outside counsel when mandate is outsourced **Qualifications** - Formal paralegal training and a paralegal certificate with formal paralegal training and practical experience or extensive experience in this area. - A minimum of two years of relevant experience as a paralegal in labour and employment law practice at a major law firm or major publicly traded corporation. - Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and French. A writing sample may be requested. - Strong customer service skills - An evidenced facility with Adobe, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, QuickLaw and other online legal research tools. **Personal Attributes** - Desire and ability to pursue continuous learning. - Willingness to ask questions and to seek information as needed to complete projects and tasks. - Strong attention to detail and rigorous. - Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize. - Strong time management skills, including the ability to work independently and to work on several projects simultaneously. - Project management skills, including the ability to adhere to strict project deadlines while being flexible as necessary in response to changes and delays. - Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others, ability to work as a team member and to interact successfully with people at all levels of the organization, including attorneys, clients and outsid