Legal Counsel

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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario is an independent officer of the Legislature with a multifaceted mandate, including in areas related to the protection of privacy and the right to access information held by provincial and municipal government institutions and the right to access personal health information held by the health sector. We have an opening for a lawyer with both litigation and administrative law experience, who is capable of independently managing a case load of litigation and other files.

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About the job

The lawyer will be responsible for representing the Information and Privacy Commissioner in applications for judicial review and in appeals before the Divisional Court, in proceedings before various courts and tribunals and in appeals to higher courts. In addition to litigation, the lawyer will be responsible for providing legal services to the tribunal and other staff in other areas as assigned.

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

The successful candidate will be a member in good standing with the Law Society of Upper Canada, have significant experience litigating applications for judicial review in Divisional Court and appeals to higher courts and have expertise in administrative and public law.

The candidate must also be a collegial team player with good client relations, great attention to detail, and must be used to operating in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

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Additional information:

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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.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.