Legal Coordinator – OLRB Health Care Restructuring/PSLRTA Lead – Litigation Team

Rate: $127,824.27 (start)

Date: October 30, 2026

Position: 1

The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is Canada’s largest nurses’ union. We are powered by our members — 68,000 nurses and health-care professionals, and 18,000 nursing student affiliates — who provide care in hospitals, long-term care, public health, the community, clinics and industry.

Our mission is to defend the rights of and advocate for nurses and health-care professionals who care for the health of Ontarians. We empower members and fight against unfair and unsafe treatment, negotiate and enforce our contracts, offer benefits and insurance, provide tailored education and development opportunities and much more. We confront governments, administrations and other policymakers head on to fight for high-quality public health care.

ONA is seeking to hire a Legal Coordinator on our Litigation Team. This posting is for an existing vacancy. As a member of the Litigation Team and working within the boundaries of ONA’s governing and administrative policies, the vision, and strategic outcomes, this position provides litigation services, mentorship, advice, and support to meet the service delivery needs of ONA and its membership. The incumbent will be a leader on the Litigation Team and is accountable for providing mentorship remotely and in person, and advice to lawyers on the team on health care restructuring under the Public Sector Labour Relations Transitions Act and the Labour Relations Act, and matters before the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB)



and maintaining an active litigation practice primarily at the OLRB under the direction and supervision of the Manager of Litigation and Senior Legal Advisor.

This is what else you can expect from this agile role:

- The Legal Coordinator will be primarily responsible for Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) matters, including Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act (“PSLRTA”) applications, health care restructuring, sale of business and related employer applications under the Labour Relations Act (“LRA”), certifications, and unfair labour practice (“ULP”) matters which arise out of PSLRTA and certification campaigns.
- The Legal Coordinator will provide backup coverage for litigation matters before the OLRB while the Senior Legal Advisor is on vacation.
- The Legal Coordinator will also be responsible for mentoring other Litigators in conducting OLRB work to develop team capacity in addition to litigating their own files and junior with the Senior Legal Advisor on complex files.
- The position would lead, mentor, and educate other litigators on the team.
- The Legal Coordinator provides strategic and competent representation to ONA and its members at the OLRB and to a lesser extent grievance arbitration for grievances related to OLRB work and overflow.
- The Legal Coordinator researches, prepares, and litigates cases at the OLRB.
- This Legal Coordinator acts as a coordinator and leader on the Litigation Team and may be assigned to assist other lawyers and to provide advice,



guidance, and mentorship in OLRB matters in coordination with the Senior Legal Advisor and Manager of Litigation remotely and in person.
- The Legal Coordinator will be responsible, in consultation with the Senior Legal advisor(s) and Manager of Litigation, for onboarding and training new lawyers to the team remotely and in person for OLRB matters
- The Legal Coordinator will be required to provide representation, research, summary advice and legal opinions on Labour Board files (PSLRTA/sale of business, ULPs, Jurisdictional Disputes, certifications)
- The Legal Coordinator acts as a key resource to litigators, labour relations officers and bargaining unit leadership providing legal and strategic advice in relation to PSLRTA, the LRA, and health care restructuring matters.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Accountable for researching, preparing, and litigating legal cases, including complex cases at the OLRB
- Accountable for providing advice, mentorship, and guidance to lawyers on the team and for providing authorized instruction on OLRB files, in collaboration with the Senior Legal Advisor. This includes providing summary advice on Labour Board files and related legislation including PSLRTA and the LRA.
- Accountable for meeting the Litigation Team Mandate involving representation of ONA and its members at the OLRB and to a lesser extent grievance arbitration.
- Accountable for providing advice in relation to proceedings before the OLRB under the LRA, the PSLRTA, and/or other legislation, as required.
- Accountable for drafting pleadings, consultation-hearing materials, submissions, researching legal issues, drafting opinion letters, and briefs.

📌 Legal Coordinator – OLRB Health Care Restructuring/PSLRTA Lead – Litigation Team (Toronto)
🏢 Ontario Nurses' Association
📍 Toronto