Assistant Crown Attorney

Ministry of the Attorney General; St. Catharines; Sur place; CAD 100 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Environment, Conservation and Parks in St. Catharines invites applications for three Assistant Crown Attorneys. The roles support the prosecution of crime as a core function of the Criminal Law Division, providing essential services to public safety.

Positions include one permanent role and two temporary appointments (up to 12 months) with potential extension. The responsibilities include conducting prosecutions, hearings, and related proceedings in Ontario courts and managing case workloads to

Qualifications

• Duties include prosecutions, hearings and reviews in Ontario courts.
• Case management duties to support efficient prosecution.
• Developing and maintaining legal files and processes.

Responsabilités

• Conduct prosecutions, hearings, applications, motions, appeals and/or reviews on behalf of the Attorney General in Ontario courts.
• Perform case management duties to support efficient prosecution of criminal matters.
• Developing and maintaining case files and workflow.

Description du poste

Apply By: Monday, November 16, 2026 11:59 pm EST

1 Permanent, 2 Temporary (up to 12 months secondment/contract with possibility of extension)

Job code:

OCAA - Crown Counsel

Salary commensurate with legal experience

ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS COMPETITION IS RESTRICTED TO STEP 1 CANDIDATES INCLUDING OPS ALOC AND OCAA LAWYERSliving 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.

Ensure public safety, through the effective and efficient prosecution of crime.

The Ministry of the Attorney General seeks three (3) Assistant Crown Attorneys.

About the job

The prosecution of crime is the core business of the Criminal Law Division and is a non-discretionary essential service required to provide public safety and security. Duties of an Assistant Crown Attorney include:

• Conducting prosecutions, hearings, applications, motions, appeals and/or reviews on a regular basis on behalf of the Attorney General, in the Ontario Court of Justice [Criminal, Youth Court, Provincial Offences Court, Bail Court, including Weekend and Statutory Holiday (WASH) Court in St. Catharines] and the Superior Court of Justice
• Performing case management duties to support the efficient prosecution of criminal matters
• Developing and maintaining