Senior Policy Advisor

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If you are a team-oriented, highly motivated professional with a strong background in policy development and analysis, consider joining the Long-Term Care Home Renewal Branch within the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

This position offers a great opportunity to provide policy expertise to support capital projects of long-term care homes (LTCH).

**NOTE: The results of this competition may be used to potentially fill future vacancies.

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About the job

As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will:

• develop policies, procedures, standards and guidelines for the planning and implementation of capital projects
• undertake all aspects of policy and program development and evaluation
• review and evaluate policy proposals and Cabinet submissions
• provide advice on the interpretation of capital policy and standards and support the communication of policy, standards and best practices
• lead the development of LTCH programs and the capital components of strategic and operational programs
• analyse short and long-term implications of issues regarding Long-Term Care redevelopment programs
• lead the development and preparation of briefing notes, contentious issues notes, and provides input on communications materials
• provide interpretation of policy and the implementation of new policies to district staff

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What you bring to the team

Policy and Health Systems Knowledge:

• you have knowledge of policy development principle/techniques and government policy development approval processes
• you have the ability to interpret program specific and related legislation, regulations, ministry policies/priorities and government policy direction
• you have knowledge of the development of standards, performance indicators, benchmarking, monitoring and evaluation strategies
• you have knowledge of principles/practices of health and hospital system reform and their application to the development of policies/programs

Communication, Negotiation and Relationship Management Skills:

• you have oral and written communications techniques to prepare and present reports/analysis, to develop policies and brief senior officials
• you have consultation and negotiation skills to discuss and resolve diverse and competing policy and program related issues
• you have consensus-building, mediation and facilitation skills and diplomacy to communicate and present policy and/or program advice and promote project initiatives to ministry staff, stakeholders and the general public

Project Management, Research and Analytical Skills:

• you have knowledge of project management theories/principles
• you can provide project management expertise and policy and program direction, advice and support to the ministry/stakeholders
• you have analytical, financial and evaluation skills, to lead the development of innovative capital programs, implementation plans, and standards/guidelines
• you have research techniques to conduct environmental scans and to research environmental, technological, social and political developments and their impact on ministry policies
• you can research, evaluate and gather data to interpret/apply policies, assess the feasibility of new initiatives related to the prioritization of health capital and to develop implementation plans for issue resolution

Computer Skills:

• you can operate standard office software programs and tools to research and prepare own materials

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Additional information:

Note:

• Less qualified applicants may be considered on an underfill basis.
• T-HL-107326/17

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.