Law Clerk

Requisition ID : 184947

Career Group : Corporate Office Careers

Job Category : Legal Corporate

Travel Requirements : 0 - 10%

Job Type : Full-Time

Country : Canada (CA)

Province : Nova Scotia

City : Stellarton

Location : King St. Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers.

Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country.

With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We are currently looking for a full-time Law Clerk to join our team.

This is a hybrid role and there is an in-office requirement of 3 days a week.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing :

• Assembling and organizing information for legal documents
• Preparing comparison documents
• Drafting various types of legal documents including, software license and support agreements, software-as-a-service agreements, consulting agreements, service agreements, confidentiality agreements, amending agreements, according to general instructions for lawyers’ review
• Document proof reading and editing
• Managing files from opening to the conclusion of the transaction
• Managing and assisting with various projects within the legal department
• Performing a variety of duties in the area of corporate law
• Exercising initiative and judgment in assisting lawyers with administrative detail on files
• Process invoices, cheque requests and wire transfers
• Reviewing files to confirm key timelines / deadline dates and updating these timelines and / or deadlines into legal diary systems
• Preparing memos, reports, and letters
• Fielding, managing, and responding to general inquiries from the business
• Researching law and Acts to update legal precedents and documentation
• Reviewing files and responding to inquiries that do not require a legal opinion
• Obtain and process statements of claim
• Prepare expense forms for various members of the legal department
• Request and prepare ITSR forms
• Review, organize and prepare files for destruction or storage
• Conduct due diligence searches
• Prepare contract profiles and enter signed contracts in edocs
• Schedule meetings and conference calls

What you have to offer :

• A College Diploma with a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience is preferred
• Experience in drafting legal documents is preferred
• IT contracts experience an asset

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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week.

This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively.

We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque :

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.