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, Criminal Law Division, offers a challenging opportunity for an experienced lawyer to act as Assistant Crown Attorney under the new Intensive Serious Violent Crime Bail Team (ISVCBT). In this position, you will work as part of this specialized Bail Team and perform prosecutorial and administrative duties with a focus on bail hearings, reviews and estreatment of proceedings for firearm related and other serious violent cases. The incumbents will be assigned to the New Toronto Courthouse but must have the willingness and flexibility to commute to the Toronto Regional Bail Centre if required.
About the job
Duties Will Include:
• Preparing cases and conducting bail hearings, bail reviews and estreatment proceedings for criminal offences in the Ontario Court of justice and Superior Court of Justice.
• Providing professional advice to police, related agencies, and the general public on criminal matters related to firearms and other serious violent offence bail matters
• Reviewing informations, and other documents, including facta
• Assisting other counsel with prosecutions, research, etc.
• Assisting in the administration of the Crown Attorney's Office.
• Collecting data related to bail proceedings
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• You have
membership in good standing as a lawyer with the Law Society of Ontario
Legal Experience
• Working knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, criminal law procedures, rules of evidence and case law
• Demonstrated experience conducting bail hearings and bail reviews
• Working knowledge and understanding of the role and function of a prosecutor in the criminal justice system in Ontario
• Experience in and readiness to conduct prosecutions in the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Demonstrated judgment and analytical ability to determine appropriate legal remedies
• Demonstrated research and analytical ability to organize a principled approach to cases and issues
• Demonstrated writing and advocacy skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team within the criminal justice system and with community stakeholders
Other Essential Skills
• Technical skills to work effectively with computer technology and databases made available to professional staff
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:
What we offer
Who We AreThe 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 found
here.
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