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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) strives to work with our partners to build a world-class transportation system that promotes safety, improves connectivity, supports trade and maintains a high quality of life for all Ontarians.

MTO is seeking an experienced senior executive leader for the Policy and Planning Division, to develop transportation policies and plans that ensure the mobility needs of Ontarians are integrated and addressed. In this role, you will partner with key federal, provincial/territorial and municipal partners to develop robust policies and long-range transportation system planning in pursuit of an integrated and connected multi-modal transportation system (air, rail, road, marine, transit, etc.) that meet our province's transportation needs now and in the future. You will lead multi-modal transportation system analysis and planning, strategic policy/planning and intergovernmental and Indigenous relations.

What are we looking for in our leader?

We are seeking an inspiring, innovative leader, with the ability to build partnerships and collaborate with our stakeholders and business partners. We seek a transformation accelerator who will embrace technological innovations and create forward looking transportation plans and strategies that prepare Ontario for the future.

Most of all, we seek an executive to empower teams, foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity and excellence and build capacity in an inclusive, high performing and highly engaged team.

Join the Ministry of Transportation's dynamic executive leadership team to help create world-class, leading-edge strategies, policies and programs that support Ontario's vision to be the safest and most efficient and advanced transportation jurisdiction in the world.

About the job

Your Impact

As the Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Planning Division, you will be responsible for leading this division to:
• Develop strategic policies and undertake long-range transportation planning to ensure that all elements of the transportation system (air, rail, road, marine, active transportation, and transit) work together effectively.
• Manage the province's relationship with federal, provincial and territorial partners on transportation projects, programs and planning initiatives.
• Manage the province's relationship with Crown Agencies accountable to the Minister of Transportation such as Metrolinx, which includes GO Transit.
• Advance Ontario's transportation priorities by working with the federal government and provinces on key areas of common interest.

What you bring to the team

Executive Leadership and Strategic Planning

• Your leadership through empowerment creates and promotes innovation, multi-disciplinary team work environment and culture of service excellence which respects diversity, working together and contributes to a healthy, rewarding and productive working environment.
• You are an experienced policy executive leader who has a proven track record of delivering sustainable results in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• You have experience in significant change management and transformation with the ability to lead change initiatives and implement creative solutions.
• You have the ability quickly acquire an understanding of Ontario's transit and transportation system, its strategic framework and the issues, trends and challenges to meet all mobility elements for people and businesses in Ontario.

Strategic Public Policy

• You have a proven track record of successfully coordinating policy and legislative agendas, as well as preparing and submitting policy and program legislative initiatives.
• You have a demonstrated ability to lead integrated approaches to enterprise-wide policy design and development.
• You have a demonstrated ability to embed new thinking and approaches to policy and program development through your knowledge of innovative research and practices.
• You have experience dealing with highly visible, complex and politically sensitive policies, programs and initiatives.

Stakeholder and Relationship Management

• You can build strong relationships with diverse and influential internal and external stakeholders, including interjurisdictional stakeholders.
• You have influence and negotiation skills to balance stakeholders' interests and build consensus.
• You employ innovation and creative problem-solving skills to resolve issues and propose solutions.
• You have good judgement and political acuity to recognize and respond to politically sensitive issues.

Communication and Political Acuity

• You are a skilled communicator and have the ability to communicate effectively.
• You have superior presentation and briefing skills and are able to clearly distill and present complex policy issues to internal and external stakeholders.
• You have excellent judgement, diplomacy and tact in navigating complex, contentious, and sensitive situations.
• You are able to anticipate, identify, analyze and evaluate issues and recommend appropriate and timely resolutions and actions.

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.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Planning