Associate Vice President, Legal

Job highlights

Job ID

03O - 000580/25

01/04/2025

07/03/2025

Glencore Canada – Legal Department

Toronto, Ontario

The role at a glance

Ready for your next step? In this role, you will have the opportunity to work as an integral member of the Glencore Canada Corporate Legal team. Reporting to the VP Legal, you will be responsible for providing high quality general legal advice and support to Glencore’s North American metals operations in all aspects of their business, including business development, regulatory, environmental, exploration, contract negotiation, property management, commercial sales, employment matters, engagement, governance and dispute resolution (litigation/arbitration/mediation). The ideal candidate will benefit from the significant opportunity for professional growth and initiative in a dynamic in-house legal environment.

You are a practical lawyer who will be expected to:

Glencore Canada is Canada’s largest critical minerals producer, with 7,000+ employees operating copper, nickel and zinc mines, smelters and refineries across the country on a 24/7 basis. Furthermore, Glencore Canada manages dozens of legacy sites in various jurisdictions around North America, a large by-products supply operation (including sulphuric acid), various public company interests and additional business opportunities as they arise, as well as corporate secretarial and governance and compliance support to reduce risk exposure. Therefore it is important that the ideal candidate hold a relevant and important skillset and be willing and motivated to adapt and develop additional skillsets representative of the breadth and pace of our operations

More specifically, you will:

Relationships:

Internal:

As a critical service provider, with a direct reporting line to the VP Legal it is important that the ideal candidate understand the need to build effective relationships with heads of the various business units and their teams, including but not limited to:

The ideal candidate will also have one or more direct reports on the legal team.

External:

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

Do you have the essential qualities?

Languages: Bilingualism (French-English) strongly preferred.

Travel: You are flexible to travel up to 20% within North America with additional opportunities to travel internationally.

Working Conditions: Based in Toronto, Ontario, work demands are reflective of the broad operational business in Canada (7,000 employees) which operates on a full-time (24/7 basis) and some international exposure to the business. The Glencore Canada legal function is a service-focused legal function committed to providing top-level service and responsiveness to the business.

Only candidates with full working rights in Canada will be considered.

Accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.