OUR COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE
UPP is the first pension plan of its kind in Ontario’s university sector, proudly serving over 46,000 members across six universities and nineteen sector organizations. Our purpose is to bring greater retirement peace of mind to the university sector by investing with integrity and serving members with care. As a sector-wide plan designed for growth, our doors are open to all Ontario universities.
UPP is recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for 2026. Together, we’re a team of progressive thinkers and agile doers operating within a fast-paced culture of collaboration and respect. We believe in bringing smart and capable people together to create, solve, and grow with a clear shared vision and values of integrity, inclusivity, ingenuity, and impact.
Our culture is intentionally welcoming and purposefully rooted in equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation (EDI&R). We believe diverse teams, perspectives, and lived experiences contribute to better decisions and a better workplace.
As a pension plan, UPP approaches investing through a long-term lens to generate and safeguard value. Our commitment to investing responsibly accounts for material risks that impact our investment portfolio to generate sufficient risk-adjusted returns to meet the pension needs of our members.
Join us in building a bright future for our members, our organization, and each other.
THE ROLE
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced corporate paralegal or law clerk to join a high performing collegial team and make an impact! The Corporate Paralegal will provide legal and administrative support to UPP’s Legal and Governance team in various areas of law and legal functions, including but not limited to investments, corporate, and legal operations. The successful candidate will benefit from a cross-functional, operationally-focused experience and collaborate closely with diverse stakeholder groups across UPP.
This role is based in downtown Toronto under a hybrid work policy, allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely and in-office (min two days per week in-office).
This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Assist with a wide variety of legal and administrative work, with a focus on investments, corporate and legal operations, and provide support to other practice areas or functions within the legal team as required.
- Participate in implementing investment transactions, including subscription packages, global market opening documentation, bank account opening documents, officer and notarial certificates
- Assist in all aspects of entity formation and maintenance of corporate records, including name searches, incorporation, minute books, resolutions, etc.
- Draft, review, maintain, and file corporate documents, agreements, and/or records
- Draft correspondence and coordinate and receive approvals and signatures for agreements and documents
- Assist in drafting and reviewing amendments to contracts, statements of work, and other documents in the contract lifecycle
- Assist with the implementation, execution and maintenance of UPP’s document/knowledge management system
- Participate in the monitoring of legislative and regulatory changes relevant to UPP
- Build and maintain UPP’s know-your-client database
- Provide support on legal transactional matters, including non-disclosure agreements
- Advise colleagues and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues and risks, approval processes, and organizational policies and procedures.
- Develop and support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, legal processes, and repositories of legal knowledge
- Promote integration, partnership, and collaboration across legal, governance, and other business functions
- Contribute to UPP’s reputation as a respectful employer, partner, and participant in the financial sector
- Other duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Post-secondary degree
- A minimum of 5 years work experience as a paralegal, law clerk or related roles
- Experience in supporting institutional investments and/or other financial services
- Licensed Paralegal designation a strong asset
- Pension industry experience a strong asset
- Experience with artificial intelligence platforms (ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.), business intelligence platforms (e.g. PowerBI, Domo), knowledge management and/or document management software a strong asset
ATTRIBUTES
- High degree of self-motivation, organization and professionalism
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a time sensitive manner
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- A collaborative approach to understand and respond to organizational needs and partner with various organizational and control functions
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Strong commercial and strategic judgment
- Alignment with UPP’s desire to be a leader in Responsible Investing, ESG, and climate change.
EXPECTED COMPENSATION
The expected compensation for this role is an annualized base salary in the range of $78,000 to $90,000. This range reflects the expected range for new hire base salaries and is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
You may also be eligible for a variable incentive depending on organizational, divisional and personal performance. The final total compensation offered will vary depending on your skills, experience and other factors.
LIFE AT UPP
Do work that matters. We are duty-bound to serve our members’ interests, and it’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly. That’s why we’ve ingrained sustainability in our work from day one—to ensure our members have a resilient future to retire into, both today and for generations to come.
Stronger together. Collaboration is how UPP was born, and it’s how we work with each other and our partners day in, day out. No one at UPP is just a number (even if they are excellent at math) and every win is a shared win.
Grow every day. You’ll have the opportunity to work on unique, once-in-a-career projects that maximize your skill set and probably teach you some new ones—at any stage in your career.
Prioritize wellness. At UPP, wellness takes many forms. Ultimately, it’s about ensuring our people are cared for in the ways that matter to them. Check out some highlights of our inclusive employee-focused benefits program including:
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Flexible hybrid work model
- Paid time off – vacations, personal days and wellness days
- Work remotely up to eight weeks/year
- Comprehensive group benefits including medical, dental, vision, etc.
- Extended paramedical and mental health service coverage
- Health care and lifestyle spending accounts
- Fertility treatments, paid parental leave, and gender affirmation coverage
- Education Assistance program
This posting will remain open for a minimum of seven (7) days and will remain open until a sufficient number of qualified applications are received or finalist candidates have been identified.
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support certain stages of the recruitment process, including sourcing, screening, and assessment. All hiring decisions involve human review and intervention by UPP employees.
UPP enthusiastically welcomes applications from all qualified applicants and especially invites people with lived experience as an Indigenous person, a person with a disability or as a member of another Human Rights Code protected group that faces barriers to employment to apply. Our goal is to create a barrier-free experience for every candidate throughout the recruitment process.
UPP respects your privacy. For information on how UPP handles the personal information you provide during the application process, please see our Job Applicant Privacy Statement.
