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#Crown Counsel

Job ID:

243254

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of the Attorney General

Division:

Criminal Law Division – Office of Strategic Initiatives

City:

Toronto

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

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

Job code:

OCAA - 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.

Are you an experienced Crown Counsel, aspiring to leadership, looking for an opportunity to develop and demonstrate your skills? Do you enjoy the challenges and opportunities of business process improvement and implementation? Consider this unique opportunity working with the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) providing support for the development and implementation of divisional tools and technologies to increase effectiveness and efficiency of criminal case processing.

As part of the OSI team you will provide support for a range of high-profile projects, including SCOPE, Digital Disclosure, Heads Up Display and other priority Criminal Law Division initiatives. For the SCOPE application, you will be involved in the continued enhancement and maintenance as well as providing guidance on utilization of the existing system. You will be a key point of contact, building and supporting relationships with stakeholders, to ensure user acceptance and the development and implementation of best practices.

##About the job

Duties will include:

• Providing legal and operational support for various projects led by the Office of Strategic Initiatives
• Liaising with local Crown Attorneys' Offices, police, Victims and Vulnerable Persons Division staff and other justice stakeholders as required to implement and support divisional tools and technologies to increase effectiveness and efficiency of criminal case processing
• Maintaining and strengthening technical skills to communicate and work effectively with computer technology and databases made available to professional staff
• Keeping informed on office/regional/divisional/provincial initiatives, protocols and directives and implementing them in a manner that ensures consistent practices within the justice system.
• Supporting the development of regional and local subject matter experts in divisional technologies
• Assisting in the development of standards and best practices
• Drafting briefing material on specific aspects of the criminal prosecution process
• Assisting with business process mapping, training, support and other maintenance and development activities for SCOPE, the Crown Case Management System

##What you bring to the team

###Mandatory requirements

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

###Business and Technical Legal Experience

• Demonstrated knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, criminal law procedures, rules of evidence and case law
• Knowledge and understanding of the role and functions of a prosecutor in the criminal justice system in Ontario
• Proven judgement and analytical ability to determine appropriate legal remedies
• Technical skills to work proficiently with computer technology and databases made available to professional staff

###Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholder relationships and build partnerships
• Demonstrated communication skills to explain, interact, train, and negotiate effectively
• Relationship management skills to effect local change management and sustained best practices
• Demonstrated persuasion skills to influence stakeholders and build consensus
• Written communication skills to prepare complex business cases, reports, and presentations

###Research and Analytical Skills

• Ability to assess business objectives, processes and their interactions with justice sector participants to identify process efficiency needs and standardization opportunities
• Demonstrated research and analytical ability to organize a principled approach to cases and issues
• Demonstrated research, analytical, and writing skills to draft and edit reference documents on key issues in criminal case management

##Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

##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

##What we offer

Who We Are

The Ministry of the Attorney General strives to create an innovative, sustainable, and responsive justice system that inspires public confidence and upholds the Rule of Law, a necessary precondition for a just society. The Criminal Law Division has a responsibility to ensure public safety, through the effective and efficient prosecution of crime.

The Criminal Law Division is a large geographically dispersed operation with approximately 2000 staff (1200 legal and 800 business professionals) who collectively work together to protect community and personal safety through the prosecution of offences across the province. The division's vision is to be the foremost prosecution service in Canada. Additional information can be foundhere.

Specifically, the division:

• prosecutes all offences under the Criminal Code of Canada and the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and the most serious offences under the Provincial Offences Act (Part 3 only), in Ontario's 49 judicial districts

• represents the Crown in criminal appeals at all levels of Court (the Superior Court of Justice, the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada), as well as provides specialized services in relation to applications for wiretap authorizations (as designated under Part 6 of the Criminal Code of Canada), extraditions and search warrants

• provides specialized legal advice in all areas of criminal law to the police, the Attorney General, and the Deputy Attorney General

• examines and establishes policy guidelines for the conduct of prosecutions within the Province of Ontario

• provides world-class education to its prosecutors and prosecutors from across Canada and the United States

This role comes with a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes:

• a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement)
• group health, dental, life and disability benefits
• a range of vacation and leave options
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services

##Additional information:

Apply by:

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 720 Bay St, Toronto, Toronto Region, Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check, Intelligence, Local Police Databases Search, PIP/NICHE/RMS

Compensation group:

Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Legal Services

Posted on:

Friday, March 27, 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.

• For issues with submitting applications, or questions, please contact CSMD.HR.LegalCompeti@ontario.ca

##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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