Counsel, Law​/Legal

City:
Toronto

Job term: 1 Temporary (up to 18 months secondment/contract with possibility of extension)

Job code: ALOC - Crown Counsel

Salary: commensurate with legal experience

ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS COMPETITION IS RESTRICTED TO STEP 1 CANDIDATES INCLUDING OPS ALOC AND OCAA LAWYERS living 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 Legal Services Branch of the Treasury Board Secretariat seeks an intermediate counsel to work with members of our Finance and I & IT Group on a variety of files related to corporate/commercial law, procurement, and privacy law. Further this role would involve providing legal support to the Ministry of Francophone Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response.

About the job

Provide strategic legal advice in the areas of corporate/commercial, procurement, and privacy law

Provide advice related to the planning, expenditure management and controllership functions of Treasury Board Secretariat

Provide legal support to the Ministry of Francophone Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response

Advise on the development of policy, legislation and regulations, including liaising with Office of Legislative Counsel

Support client policy and program development

Draft and review orders in council

Provide written and oral legal opinions in complex areas of law often on an urgent basis with short turnaround times

Provide litigation support, including liaising with Crown Law Office Civil and the Constitutional Law Branch in high profile litigation

Work closely with counsel within the branch and across government on various matters including those related to privacy and the Financial Administration Act

What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements

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

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge of the Financial Administration Act, French Languages Services Act, Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Demonstrated experience in providing written and oral legal advice and opinions on an urgent basis

Knowledge of legislative and policy development and implementation processes

Knowledge of privacy, funding, transfer payments and procurement

Demonstrated oral and written communications skills

The ability to provide innovative solutions to complex problems

Demonstrated experience in negotiating and drafting a variety of legal instruments including contracts, orders in council, memoranda of agreements, data sharing agreements, and other similar documents

Professional judgment, political acuity, analytical, problem solving, negotiation, conflict resolution and communication skills

Proven ability to produce high-quality work under tight deadlines with changing and competing demands

An enthusiasm to actively promote branch collegiality and a culture that values everyone's contributions, and

The ability to promote a collaborative, diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace

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