Jump Start Your Career
The OPS is a great place to jump start or revitalize your career. Whether you are deciding on a career, starting a career, changing careers or upgrading your career skills, the OPS has something to offer.
This employment experience will add to the depth and credibility of your resume and give you a chance to use and expand your skills and knowledge. It will give you an on-the-job sense of what working in the OPS is like, and may lead to a full-time career in the public service.
Summer Employment
Summer Experience Program (OPS-wide)
This program provides a variety of six-to-eight week work assignments for 15 to
24 year-olds (up to age 29 years if you are a person with a disability) in a
variety of summer positions throughout Ontario.
Ontario Government Regular Summer Student Hiring
Ontario government ministries and agencies provide a wide range of interesting summer
jobs for students throughout Ontario. Jobs range from 6 to 16 weeks in length.
Ontario-Quebec Summer Student Job Exchange
Program (OPS-wide)
The Ontario-Quebec Summer Student Job Exchange Program (OQEP), provides Ontario
university students with the opportunity to work during the summer in a
ministry or agency of the Quebec government. Ontario students will have the
opportunity to experience the beauty and culture of Quebec along with students
from Alberta, Prince-Edward Island, Manitoba and New Brunswick who are also
taking part in the exchange program in Quebec.
Ontario
Rangers
The eight-week Ontario Rangers program with the Ministry of Natural Resources
(MNR) allows 17-year olds the opportunity to work in wilderness camps,
maintaining parks and helping with fish and wildlife projects.
Ontario
Stewardship Rangers
17-year-old participants are recruited locally by the Ministry of Natural
Resources (MNR) to work on a wide variety of outdoor community-based projects
in the field of natural resource management in various locations across
Ontario.
Summer
Law Student Opportunity (Ministry of the Attorney General)
Approximately 30 to 40 first-year and second-year law students have the
opportunity to be an integral part of an expert legal team. Positions are
available in almost every area of substantive law in positions throughout the
province. (Fall and Spring application periods).
Aboriginal
Youth Work Exchange Program
This summer employment pilot program is for Aboriginal youth ages 15-24 years
old (up to 29 years of age for a person with a disability). Students are
employed over three summers - two placements are with the Ministry of Natural
Resources (MNR) in resource management positions, while a third summer
placement is with a First Nations community. Placements are located across
Ontario and provide Aboriginal youth with training, job skills and experience
to support potential future careers in natural resources.
Internships and Co-ops
Ontario
Internship Program
The Ontario Internship Program offers two-year paid positions in a wide range
of ministries and agencies across the Ontario Public Service. This entry-level
program is open to people who have graduated with a degree or a diploma from a
recognized university or college within the past two years (May 2006 - August
2008). Positions are available in seven focus areas.
MNR Internship
Program
In up to 10-month internships for post-secondary students or recent graduates,
Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) interns work as resource technicians,
ecologists, biologists, systems officers, foresters and communications officers
for key MNR projects.
Ontario Public Service (OPS) Internship Program for Internationally Trained Professionals
This program provides internationally trained individuals in Ontario with the opportunity to gain Canadian workplace experience commensurate with their qualifications and previous experience. Newcomers to Ontario who are permanent residents and who have had a minimum of three years international work experience are eligible for paid placements of up to six months in the OPS, as well as in Crown agencies, boards and commissions.
First Nations
Natural Resources Youth Employment Program
This program with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is
coordinated and administered in partnership with Confederation College and
industry partners. This two-year program provides Aboriginal youth aged 17-24
(some exceptions may be negotiated through First Nations communities) from
First Nations communities in Northern Ontario the opportunity to work on
forestry projects, receive workplace training and take personal development
workshops.
Transportation
Technician Program
This three-year entry-level Ministry of Transportation (MTO) program
for civil engineering graduates provides practical, multifunctional learning
experiences through rotational assignments in many disciplines, including
construction, highway design, program planning, and maintenance.
Transportation
Engineering Development Program
A four-year development program with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) for
recent civil or geotechnical engineering university graduates, provides
practical, mentored multidisciplinary learning experiences through rotational
assignments in regional and head office locations including construction and
maintenance, highway design, program planning, structural, traffic and
materials engineering.
Environment
Engineer Internship Program
This four-year development program with the Ministry of the
Environment (MOE) for recent university graduates in chemical, civil,
environmental or mechanical engineering provides non-licensed individuals with
the work experience required to obtain their P.Eng license.
Articling
with Ministry of Attorney General
The Ministry hires approximately 100 articling students each year,
providing opportunities across the province to specialize in almost every area
of substantive law, including constitutional, criminal, health, environmental,
family, tax, corporate, commercial, labour and employment law.
Ontario Legislature Internship
Program (Ontario Legislative Assembly)
A 10-month internship for recent university graduates provides practical
experience in the day-to-day work of the Legislature.
Co-operative Placements in the OPS
Co-operative post-secondary students receive practical paid experience while
earning course credits in placements in the OPS. To participate, you must be:
- Enrolled in a co-operative education in a post-secondary school
- Canadian citizen or legally entitled to work in Canada
- 18 years of age or older for field positions.
Co-op placements in the Ontario Government are posted at various educational institutions across Ontario. Check for co-op job postings with your school’s career centre and respective co-op office.
OPS Learn and Work Program
The OPS Learn and Work (L&W) Program is a specialized co-operative
education program that re-engages youth ages 16 to 19 from selected priority
communities. The program provides students the opportunity to earn credits
towards their high school diploma and paid work experience in the OPS and/or
related agencies.
