Corporate Counsel (Employment)

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The Corporate Counsel (Employment) function at OMERS is accountable to ensure that OMERS legal risks are well managed while supporting OMERS business units, including Oxford Properties. This individual will be tasked with planning, executing, and supervising a variety of complex legal projects/issues, including engaging and managing external counsel. 
The Corporate Counsel (Employment) will be responsible for providing legal and business advice and support on employment and labour, general corporate, commercial, and general business matters that arise as part of OMERS business and corporate operations globally. 

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for providing legal support to: 

• The Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer and the Corporate Legal team on various matters;

• The OMERS Human Resources team with respect to all manner of global labour and employment matters; and

• OMERS generally with respect to corporate, commercial and policy matters.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• 3 to 5 years of experience working as a labour and employment lawyer;

• Significant employment and labour law experience, including with respect to employment contracts and letters, severance negotiations, policy review, employment and labour law litigation, collective bargaining, workplace investigations, human rights, and otherwise providing advice with respect to all manner of employment and labour law issues;

• Some experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts;

• Fully qualified to practice law in Ontario;

• Exposure to the public pension and investment industries;

• Highly developed interpersonal and relationship management skills;

• Strong business acumen;

• Excellent negotiating skills;

• Sound judgement and high integrity;

• A bias for action and possess a high degree of initiative; and

• A knack for getting things done.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4+ days per week.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.