Closing Date: October 3, 2024

Are you seeking an opportunity to grow your communication, analysis, and stakeholder engagement skills in a fast-growing company where you can have an impact? Do you want to spend your term in a fast-paced Legal Department Operations team, focusing on both software project and department operational tasks inside the largest investment house in the province located in beautiful British Columbia? The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is currently seeking a Legal Operations co-op student/intern for the Winter, Summer or Fall work terms (January to April, May to August, or September to December 2025) to work with our Legal Affairs (LA) Department Operations team.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

BCI manages a globally diversified portfolio of assets valued at $250.4 billion and is one of Canada’s largest institutional investors. We invest globally to support pension and other funds for more than 30 clients based in British Columbia. We are proud to have been chosen as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and BC’s Top Employers. These national and provincial competitions recognize employers who offer exceptional workplaces for their employees.

The Legal Operations co-op/intern will work within our LA department in the Department Operations team. This is a great opportunity for you to learn and apply your knowledge to support this team as they navigate everything from strategic planning to day-to-day execution of projects and business-as-usual activities for the LA department.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will work with the Department Operations team in BCI’s LA Department. Department Operations is a function formed in 2022 that provides technology enablement and adoption, financial planning, reporting and department analytics, outside provider management, and strategic planning services to the LA department.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Specific focus on business analysis activities, including

• Engaging with business areas to understand and document their needs

• Collection, organization, and analysis of problems to support solution recommendations

• Support of users during design activities

• Support of users during project implementation

• Support of project closeout tasks including transition to operations and lessons learned

• Support the development of operational deliverables such as Standard Operating Procedures

• Day to day support and management of the team’s task board in JIRA

• Assist with recording and distribution of meeting minutes and other project communications

• Ad hoc data analysis tasks

Required Skills

The ideal student:

• Is detail-oriented, accurate, conscientious, and focused

• Has the ability to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy, excellent product quality, and attention to detail

• Has an interest in investment management, a dedication to hard work, and a commitment to the highest ethical standards

• Has strong research skills combined with analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Can use Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook

• Possesses a strong work ethic, initiative, perseverance, and grit to get the job done

• Can communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

• Is professional and has excellent interpersonal skills

• Demonstrates an eagerness to learn coupled with the ability to fail and recover

• Has strong technology skills including the ability to effectively use Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint

• Has familiarity with JIRA

• Has previous work experience in a business or corporate setting (not necessarily in a legal capacity)

• Has familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools such as One Drive, SharePoint Online, and MS Teams would be an asset

WHAT WE OFFER

• Excellent career development and training in business analysis within a strategic department operations function with high visibility across the entire department

• Opportunity to work with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment

• The development of real-world skills at one of the largest institutional investors in Canada

• Exposure to some of the most talented, approachable, and inspiring people in the industry

• Time to connect with co-op students & interns at BCI – build your network and shared learning

• 2 paid days per year for volunteering

• Competitive pay: Mid / Back Office: $2,260.00 gross bi-weekly or $2,090.00 gross bi-weekly + vacation leave paid based on 6% of salary ($2,260.00 gross biweekly for those with (or working towards) a graduate degree or joining the Investment Strategy & Risk department and $2,090.00 gross biweekly for those with (or working towards) an undergraduate degree, diploma, or certificate)

THE DETAILS

• Work term: Winter, Summer or Fall (January to April, May to August, or September to December 2025)

• Department: Legal Affairs

• Office Location: 750 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC

• Spend your off hours exploring beautiful Victoria and Vancouver Island

• Travel: if coming to Victoria for this work term, BCI will provide a fixed-rate travel allowance based on your location

• All co-ops/internships will need to be completed in person at our Victoria office. We are piloting a hybrid program whereby employees may work from home up to one day per week. Please note, some positions are not eligible for hybrid work.

HOW TO APPLY

• Apply directly to the Legal Operations Co-op/Internship posting on our careers page: https://bci.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/BCI_Careers

• Application deadline: October 3, 2024 at 11:59 pm PT

• Please upload a cover letter, resume, and transcripts (unofficial transcript will suffice)

• Note: The ability to legally work full-time in Canada for the duration of your work term is a condition of employment at BCI

At BCI, we value diversity and believe in fostering an inclusive culture where all employees can be successful.

We are performance and client focused and value integrity; if you share these values, we want to know you. 

We recognize that some skills can be learned on the job and encourage all to apply.

If you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), contact us at [email protected].

We would like to hear from you!