Articling Student - Law 2025

Status: Contract (up to 8 months)

Working Conditions: On-Site    

Education Level: Choose an item.

Base Location: Oshawa, ON

Temporary Work Location: Toronto, ON  

Number of Position(s): 2  

Shifts(s): Days

Travel: None

Deadline to Apply: July 14, 2024

Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.

Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.

Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on -- and off -- the job.

ACCOMMODATIONS

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made.

If you require information in a format that is accessible to you, please contact AODA@opg.com

This position is moving to OPG Corporate Headquarters: In Summer 2025, OPG will officially welcome employees to our new Corporate Headquarters located at 1908 Colonel Sam Drive, Oshawa, Ontario. This new space will enable teamwork, collaboration and innovation that will help us to achieve our mission to electrify life in one generation. This position will be temporarily based in Toronto, ON until the move to Headquarters in the Summer of 2025.

JOB OVERVIEW

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Articling Student.

Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, you will be able to gain exposure to all of our practice areas by working alongside lawyers across our two main practice groups: Corporate/Commercial and Regulatory/Litigation.  You will work hand-in-hand with our lawyers and business groups to assess legal issues and develop business strategies for OPG.  Our lawyers will support you in taking on as much responsibility as you can handle – you might even take the lead on some matters.

We are focused on the professional development of our lawyers and students.  We provide access to regular professional development seminars year-round, delivered by our lawyers and also by our external service providers.  Additionally, we aim to provide each of our Articling Students with a taste of private practice with a secondment to a major, full-service law firm in downtown Toronto.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG’s continued growth and success in generating safe, clean, reliable low-cost power in a sustainable manner.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

As the successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to assist in a variety of work assignments which may include:

• Corporate and commercial transactions, including the purchase and sale of various goods, commodities, real estate, fuel, services, and electricity
• Contract negotiations and drafting
• Research and preparation of legal memoranda in connection with various legislation, regulations, licenses, permits and approvals governing our operations
• Preparation for hearings before various administrative tribunals, including the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Ontario Energy Board
• Environmental compliance issues that arise in relation to nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power generation
• Drafting pleadings, affidavits and factums

Areas of Practice:

• Corporate Finance, Litigation and Regulatory Compliance, Commercial, Procurement, Environmental, Pension Fund Investment and Administration, Real Estate, Indigenous Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Labour and Employment and Privacy

EDUCATION

• A minimum of 4 Academic terms or 2 years of law school completed.

QUALIFICATIONS

Preference will be given to candidates with the following skills and experience:

• A track record of academic excellence
• Demonstrated leadership skills and initiative, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with others
• A results-oriented focus and the ability to work in a fast-paced changing environment
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage several projects simultaneously
• Strong verbal communication skills; ability to influence and communicate effectively across the company and externally at all levels
• Strong analytical, research and problem solving skills, with a keen eye for detail
• Proven ability to work in a complex, regulated corporate environment
• Superior writing skills, including the ability to compile information from research, case files or verbal direction, in order to draft documentation
• Proficient with the use of information technology tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Westlaw, and Quicklaw
• The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding OPG’s corporate values

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

What Makes a Career at OPG Different?

As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.

At OPG, our values are our strengths.  They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change: 

Safety – it’s our business
Integrity – always lead with integrity
Excellence – never satisfied with good enough
Inclusion – working together for powerful outcomes
Innovation - creativity accelerates possibility

Here's why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:

• Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide
• Long-term career growth and development opportunities
• Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.

Our promise to you:

• We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority.
• A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.
• Opportunities to stretch and develop.
• Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.
• Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.
• We support employment equity, diversity and inclusion.

Are you ready to start a career that has the power to electrify life on and off the job? Apply now.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/ by July 14, 2024 11:59 PM E.S.T.  OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

OPG is committed to employment equity. As such, we encourage applicants from equity-seeking communities (Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and women). We strongly believe that alleviating the under-representation of equity-seeking individuals will create a stronger OPG team and allow us to better serve the needs of our diverse communities.

In order to fulfill the above-mentioned purpose, priority in hiring may be given to qualified persons who self-identify as a member of equity-seeking groups as identified in the application process. This initiative constitutes a special program under the Human Rights Code/Canadian Human Rights Act.

These positions are for the 2025 - 2026 Articling Term, in accordance with Law Society of Ontario Recruitment Guidelines.

OPG is subject to the LSO articling recruitment procedures for locations outside Toronto/Ottawa.

*Applicants selected for an interview will be contacted on Monday July 22, 2024.

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