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Apply By: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Counsel

Job ID:

249721

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of the Attorney General

Division:

Victims and Vulnerable Persons Division – Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee

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 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 Ministry of the Attorney General, Victims and Vulnerable Persons Division, Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) seeks one (1) counsel to provide legal services in and manage a high-volume and diverse legal practice in the area of property guardianship services at the OPGT's Toronto Office.

About the job

Duties will include:

• Managing a high-volume legal practice providing legal advice to OPGT internal clients, including daily contact with members of the OPGT's Client Services teams, and contact with the OPGT's incapable clients
• Attending court, drafting pleadings and other documents, providing in-house legal advice on a wide range of areas of law including real estate, trusts, estates, family, landlord – tenant, civil litigation and guardianship/mental health matters.

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 and experience with relevant legislation including the Rules of Civil Procedure, Substitute Decisions Act (1992), Health Care Consent Act, Mental Health Act, Family Law Act, Powers of Attorney Act, Succession Law Reform Act, and Estates Act
• Knowledge and experience with relevant areas of law including guardianship and mental health law, real estate, estates and trusts, landlord/tenant, debtor/creditor, family, personal injury and social assistance
• Excellent oral/written communication skills, including interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to empathize and work with vulnerable persons and their families
• Excellent analytical ability in dealing with complex issues across a diverse range of areas of practice, and comply with strict deadlines
• Sound judgment
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to inspire client confidence and to work effectively as a team member
• Ability and willingness to travel

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's Human Rights Code and 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, October 13, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 595 Bay St, Toronto, Toronto Region, Vulnerable Sector Check

Compensation group:

Association of Law Officers of the Crown

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Legal Services

Posted on:

Friday, September 25, 2026

Note:

• About security checks:
  A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from 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:

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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