Legal Counsel (contract to July 2024)

Are you looking to join one of Greater Toronto’s Top 2023 Employers?

OMA Insurance (OMAI) offers a complete portfolio of group and individual life insurance solutions and services to OMA members in Ontario and members of the Atlantic medical associations. Our vision is to be the trusted choice for our members’ financial wellness. Our goal is to provide medical professionals with the right insurance coverage at every stage of their careers.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Vice President, Ontario Medical Association Insurance (OMAI), the Legal Counsel is responsible for providing legal advice to OMAI.

You Will Make a Difference By

• Supporting the Vice President, OMAI to provide professional legal services and expertise to the OMAI, analyzing and interpreting application legislation/legal texts/contracts/case laws, compliance, privacy, identifying areas of risk and vulnerability, providing legal advice and recommending strategies/tactics to mitigate risks and limit liabilities and exposure. Areas of services include legal support for insurance, financial services, and corporate/commercial matters.
• Supporting the Vice President OMAI, in negotiating agreements (including policies) on behalf of the OMAI, and relevant to it’s a parent company, 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.
• Developing strong, collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand activities and legal/business issues, identifying opportunities to leverage resources and share information, collaborating on projects and initiatives and influencing outcomes.

Requirements That Are Important To Us

• Experience/Skills Required Law Degree, LLB/JD, LSUC membership
• 2-4 years experience in insurance law, financial services, and compliance

The OMA and its subsidiaries have 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.
• 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.
• Friendly and flexible hybrid work environment.
• Competitive compensation.
• An organization that has been recognized as a Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for three consecutive years.

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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.