The Automotive Unit at the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade is seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional passionate about automotive innovation, policy, and industry engagement.
In this role, you will work closely with industry leaders and government partners to drive innovation, attract investment, and shape the future of Ontario's automotive sector. You'll play a key role in advancing strategic initiatives, supporting sector growth, and fostering meaningful relationships across stakeholders.
Success in this position requires strong analytical thinking, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build and maintain effective partnerships
About the job
You will:
• Plan and implement economic development projects for new policies/programs/investments and/or the evaluation/change/servicing of existing policy/programs/clients
• Monitor, research and analyze information and advise on issues affecting the sector's competitiveness
• Lead the development and maintenance of relationships with stakeholders including companies, sector organizations, other Ministries and other levels of government
• Work with sector, government stakeholders to reduce barriers to businesses, economic/sector development and to negotiate contentious issues with internal/external clients
• Work with potential investors (domestic and international) and support initiatives that result in new/expanded investments
• Prepare and strategic advice such a presentations and briefing notes and present to senior management on issues affecting stakeholders
• Develop/implement consultations within the Ministry, government and external organizations to exchange information on policy goals/initiatives/investments
• Represent the Ministry/Ontario Government at internal/external meetings, conferences (domestic and international), seminars and other events as requested
What you bring to the team
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
You have:
• interpersonal skills and relationship management, negotiation and consultation techniques/tools/practices to lead/participate in engagement activities with external stakeholders and other jurisdictions, and to foster positive relationships/partnerships.
• demonstrated oral and written communication skills to provide advice and strategic recommendations to senior management and clients, represent the ministry and province at sector, inter-ministry and intergovernmental meetings and lead the preparation and presentation of reports, proposals, options papers, briefing documents and other materials to communicate critical information to partners, stakeholders and Ministry senior management
• experience using computer systems/software/networks/databases (e.g. Excel, Word, Internet/Intranet).
Technical Knowledge
You have:
• knowledge of sector and trends and their linkages to the broader Ontario economy and identify opportunities associated with disruptive technologies
• understanding of domestic and international markets as they apply to the development of growth, investment and attraction opportunities in Ontario.
• the ability to evaluate research findings and analyze, develop, recommend and present strategies for changing programs/policies or initiating new economic development programs/policies/investments and developing implementation strategies
• the ability to perform economic, financial and business analysis both at the sector and firm level
• knowledge of government economic priorities, programs, operations, decision-making and policy processes, and program implementation and evaluation methods.
• knowledge of issues and trends in public policies/programs and understanding of government's philosophy and approach related to economic development.
Project Management Skills
You have:
• knowledge of project management principles and processes to design, plan and provide leadership to projects and implementation plans, which integrate a range of fiscal, economic, political and market factors and data; ability to manage competing tasks and priorities against short timelines.
Analytical and Research Skills
You have:
• analytical and evaluative skills to identify data and information required, interpret findings and assess their implication/significance for program and sector issues
• the ability to demonstrate reasoning skills to assess, interpret and evaluate a range of external/stakeholder issues and concerns
• the ability to solve problems and develop options and recommendations on program directions
• knowledge of research tools and techniques in order to design and carry out research assignments, market/sector scans and detailed SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) and gather and conduct a variety of analyses of data
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
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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
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