Join Us in Driving Evidence-Based Government Decisions & Programs!
Are you passionate about turning data into insight and insight into action? We're looking for a dynamic professional to help build organizational capacity in evidence-based decision making, performance measurement, and evaluative practice.
As part of our team, you'll provide expert consulting and advisory support to ministry program areas and sector partners—helping shape citizen-centered services through performance measurement, evaluation frameworks, client journey mapping, user research, and process improvement.
About the job
• Support evaluation and performance measurement projects across health and safety, employment standards, and labour relations.
• Develop tools and techniques to measure outcomes and build user capacity in measurement and evaluation principles.
• Create and test models and prototypes used for evaluation and performance measurement to drive continuous improvement.
• Provide technical consultation and stakeholder engagement to support strategic measurement and evaluation initiatives.
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact through smart design and thoughtful measurement, we want to hear from you!
What you bring to the team
Evaluation & Performance Measurement Skills
You can use:
• knowledge of logic models, evaluation questions and techniques, indicator and framework development, user experience research, client journey mapping, and process improvement.
• knowledge of performance management frameworks and strategies, related methods and techniques to support evidence-based decision-making principles.
• interpretation skills and apply relevant legislation (e.g., Occupational Health and Safety Act, Employment Standards Act).
Research, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
You can:
• uncover insights within data, assess risks, and drive continuous improvement.
• conduct literature reviews and jurisdictional/environmental scans, design data collection tools, clean data and perform qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Project Management and Leadership Skills
You can:
• plan, prioritize, and participate in/lead project teams by providing technical guidance and subject matter expertise in performance measurement and evaluation.
Communication and Computer Skills
You can use:
• oral and written communication and presentation skills to present complex material, exchange information and prepare draft reports, explanatory notes and correspondence for senior management.
• the ability to listen critically and seek input from stakeholders and decision-makers.
• the ability to present complex ideas in various formats (e.g., slide decks, presentations, written reports), listen critically and elicit feedback from stakeholders, and work with tools like MS Office, Power BI, SPSS, and NVivo to collect and analyze performance measurement and evaluation data.
Collaboration and Negotiation Skills
You have:
• the ability to build partnerships with program stakeholders, gain consensus and make strong recommendations, build capacity around data literacy, performance measurement and evaluation, and support evidence-based change.
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: