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***Apply By:***Tuesday, April 7, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

#Counsel

Job ID:

240505

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of the Attorney General

Division:

Civil Law Division - Ministry of Health/Ministry of Long-Term Care Legal Services Branch

City:

Toronto

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Temporary (up to 12 months secondment/contract with possibility of extension)

Job code:

ALOC - Crown Counsel

Salary:

Salary commensurate with legal experience

ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS COMPETITION IS RESTRICTED TO STEP 1 CANDIDATES INCLUDING OPS ALOC AND OCAA LAWYERSliving or working within 125 km of this location. Note: Eligible lawyers from outside the Area of Search may apply but will not be entitled to relocation or travel expenses for the transfer as set out below.

Step 1: All regular/fixed-term OCAA and ALOC lawyers on staff, current Redeployment List Members and current Articling Student Hireback Pool Members. Step 2: In the absence of qualified applicants at Step 1 the competition may be reposted so that external applicants or non-members of the above-mentioned groups would then be eligible to apply.

The Ministry of Health/Ministry of Long-Term Care Legal Services Branch of the Civil Law Division, Ministry of the Attorney General has an exciting opportunity for one legal counsel to provide legal support on the interesting, fast-paced and multi-faceted work of the branch, as part of a welcoming, collegial and experienced legal team.

##About the job

Duties Will Include:

• Providing strategic legal products and advice that convey complex matters in succinct, clear, effective and client friendly summaries that are timely and responsive to client requests, support business/policy solutions and inspire client confidence
• Providing legal advice in the areas of corporate/commercial, health law, Indigenous law, regulatory, administrative, privacy, enforcement activities, and public law to policy, program and operational clients
• Providing legal support to clients to support policy development work, issues management, communication products and the development of Ministry policies and operational approaches including statutory interpretation and development and implementation of legislation and regulations
• Drafting, advising, reviewing and negotiating contracts, transfer payment agreements, procurement documents, memoranda of understanding and other legal documents or instruments
• Legislative drafting, including regulations and Orders-in-Council
• Providing statutory interpretation in a variety of areas
• Providing litigation support and liaising with litigation counsel on various litigation matters
• Collaboration within the branch and with other legal branches in the development of legal advice
• Being responsive to clients on a wide variety of policy and operational issues, often on an urgent basis with short turnaround times.

##What you bring to the team

###Mandatory requirements

• Membership in good standing as a lawyer with the Law Society of Ontario

###Knowledge & Skills

• You have demonstrated knowledge, interest, or experience in at least some of the areas of law that our branch practices
• You have demonstrated experience or interest in the legislative process, including working on drafting legislation and regulations
• You have experience drafting and interpreting commercial agreements
• You have the ability to recognize and assess legal implications in proposed and existing programs and initiatives and able to provide innovative, strategic, helpful and solutions-oriented legal advice on complex, time-sensitive and high-profile issues that arise
• You have experience with Indigenous consultation and duty to consult considerations
• You have experience working with litigation counsel to support complex and politically-sensitive litigation matters
• You have proven excellent and well-organized communication skills (oral and written)
• You have demonstrated ability to research and analyze a broad variety of legal issues and public policy
• You are comfortable and effective in leading or supporting the legal briefing of senior officials
• You have the ability to thrive in a high pressure, high volume legal practice with short turnaround times while working proactively, professionally and cooperatively with sophisticated clients and colleagues
• You have experience working independently and as part of a team, are collaborative, open to taking new assignments and are committed to a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• You have demonstrated interest and ability to learn new areas of law, new concepts and approaches swiftly and apply that knowledge
• You have demonstrated strong judgment, political acuity and analytical skills to help identify, assess, manage and problem solve complex and contentious legal issues
• You have well developed organizational and time management skills
• You have demonstrated great client service and have a proven record of building positive relationships with clients and colleagues, inspiring client confidence and of fostering and creating a culture of diversity, anti-racism, equity and wellness in the workplace.

##How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario'sHuman Rights Codeand the*Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.*We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

##Additional information:

Apply by:

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 56 Wellesley St W, Toronto, Toronto Region, Criminal Record Check, Intelligence, Local Police Databases Search

Compensation group:

Association of Law Officers of the Crown

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Legal Services

Posted on:

Friday, March 20, 2026

Note:

-About security checks: A criminal or other federal offence recorddoes not automatically disqualify youfrom the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

##How to apply:

• You must apply online.

• Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

• Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

• Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.

• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

• If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment: All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation: Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

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