Legal Counsel (contract to December 2025)

​Are you looking to join one of Greater Toronto’s Top 2024 Employers?

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) advocates for and supports doctors, seeking to strengthen their leadership role in caring for patients. We continually seek to be the trusted voice in transforming Ontario’s health-care system by courageously pursuing best practices, new ideas, solutions, and opportunities to improve.

Job summary
Reporting to the General Counsel/Director of Legal, the Legal Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice to the OMA and its subsidiaries, legal assistance and services to the Association and its members.

How you will make a difference

• Supporting the Director, Legal, to provide professional legal services and expertise to the OMA, its subsidiaries, as well as to Physicians and OMA constituencies, reviewing and researching issues, analyzing and interpreting legal texts/contracts/case laws, identifying areas of risk and vulnerability, providing legal advice and recommending strategies/tactics to mitigate risks and limit liabilities and exposure.
• Supporting the Director, Legal, in negotiating agreements on behalf of the OMA, reviewing documents and reports, analyzing contract/agreement details, determining degrees of risk and exposure, documenting outcomes of meetings and discussions, developing strategies and tactics to advocate on client’s behalf and ensuring relevant information is communicated, distributed and appropriately filed.
• Responding to requests and queries from OMA members, providing interpretations, explanations and guidance around legal contracts, agreements and tactics, and managing client relationships to steer and influence outcomes.
• Developing strong, collaborative working relationships internal and external stakeholders to understand activities and legal/business issues, identify opportunities to leverage resources and share information, collaborate on projects and initiatives and influence outcomes.

Requirements that are important to us

• Law Degree, LLB/JD, LSUC membership
• Two to four years experience in health law, contract, and/or corporate law experience.

The OMA has moved to a permanent hybrid work environment. As such, the individual in this position will be required to work a minimum number of days in our Toronto office.

What do we have to offer you?

• A work environment whose values are to be respectful, bold, responsive, and transparent in our work and our behaviours
• A fantastic opportunity to grow with the team and help shape the strategic direction of the OMA, its members and the health-care system
• An organization that is committed to the equity, diversity and inclusion principles of humility, accountability, collaboration, courage and integrity
• A friendly and flexible hybrid work environment
• Competitive compensation
• An organization that has been recognized as a Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for four consecutive years.

As a condition of employment, OMA conducts background checks and reference checks for all open positions.

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The Ontario Medical Association is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. In accordance with the AODA Act, accommodation will be provided throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities.​