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Public Prosecution Service of Canada - National Capital Regional Office
Thunder Bay (Ontario)
EC-04
$74,122 to $85,778
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Closing date: 6 April :59, Pacific Time

Who can apply:
Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

Important messages:

If you require an accommodation during any phase of this assessment process, please use the Contact information below to request accommodation.

All information received in relation to your accommodation will be kept confidential and your right to privacy will be protected.

Duties:

As a Paralegal, you will conduct legal research on a variety of cases. You will determine disclosure requirements, develop arguments, and review settlements negotiated between investigative agencies and counsel. You will also assists counsel with all aspects in advance of, and during proceedings before courts and tribunals. Paralegals may be required to accompany and assist lawyers in court.

This is an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience working with evidence, investigators and prosecutors within the overall context of large, complex criminal prosecutions.

Work environment:

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) is a federal government organization responsible for the prosecution of criminal offenses under federal jurisdiction.

Our organization consists of approximately 1000 employees in regional offices across the country who all play a key role in strengthening Canada's criminal justice system.

The PPSC handles the prosecution of all Criminal Code offences in the territories as well as offences under all other federal legislation, such as the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and the Fisheries Act.

The National Capital Regional Office (NCRO) is also expanding with the creation of a brand new office in Thunder Bay.

Thunder Bay is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and is located on beautiful Lake Superior. We are looking at building a team of lawyers to take on this challenging work. Thunder Bay's economy is a "knowledge economy" based on medical research and education.

It has become the regional center for most provincial departments as well as the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Institute, Lakehead University and Confederation College.

Thunder Bay rests on the Canadian Shield with an abundance of nature activities and trails including on the famous Sleeping Giant, a large formation of mesas in Lake Superior that resembles a reclining giant.

Thunder Bay is also home to a variety of music performance arts venues and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, the only professional orchestra between Winnipeg and Toronto.

Thunder Bay's main tourist attraction is Fort William Historical Park, a reconstruction of the North West Company's Fort William fur trade post as it was in 1815, which attracts 100,000 visitors annually.

Intent of the process:

The immediate need is to staff one (1) position on an indeterminate basis.

The results of this staffing process may also be used to staff similar positions with various tenures, linguistic requirements, language profiles, and/or security requirements, as needs arise.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide:

Your résumé.

Education:

• Successful completion of two years of a postsecondary program with acceptable specialization in paralegal studies or a law related field OR an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

• Experience in maintaining and updating an information management system.
• Experience as a paralegal working on medium complexity* cases, files, or projects.
• Medium Complexity is defined as a broad range of legal competencies with respect to the litigation conduct, and more particularly the discovery process to coordinate and/or advance related activities, such as:
• Coordination of the collection of documents, in collaboration with partners and stakeholders;
• Reviewing/analyzing documents to determine facts and legal issues;
• Determination of relevancy and identification of different privileges, etc;
• Management of the evidence management system such as: database setup, document cleanup, quality control and final coding, etc;
• Drafting legal documents, i.e., pleadings, motions, memoranda, settlement brief, and other documents;
• Debt collection, assistance with judgmentdebtor examination, thirdparty garnishment.

Asset Qualification - Experience:

• Experience working in the area of criminal law.

Organizational Needs:

• The organization is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative work

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