SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

---

The Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board in the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, seeks Senior Policy Advisors to provide support to secretariat management and the Board. The Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board is an arms-length advisory agency that makes recommendations to the Minister on applications to offer degree programs and use the term “university”.

---

About the job

As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will:
• develop academic and institutional review procedures and quality assurance standards
• communicate with stakeholders and prospective applicants including faculty, senior administration of universities and other postsecondary education institutions
• conduct preliminary quality analyses for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs
• liaise with academic appraisers, regulators, and other quality assurance agencies
• lead research, development and implementation of complex policy projects pertaining to higher education quality assurance, degree granting, degree learning outcomes
• lead project staff

---

What you bring to the team

Knowledge of Degree-Related Activities, Models and Learning Outcome Assessments:

• you have the ability to acquire and apply knowledge of legislation, regulations, and policies pertaining to degree granting activities in Ontario in order to support the work of the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB), and make recommendations on the board's criteria, procedures and policies
• you demonstrate knowledge of provincial, national and international degree-related quality assurance models, practices, criteria and degree learning outcome assessments

Research, Analytical and Project Management Skills:

• you have proven research and analytical skills to coordinate in-depth research and analysis of degree-level curriculum and postsecondary education institutions' policy and administrative environment, analyze and identify implications of educational performance indicators and to develop policy options and recommendations
• you have demonstrated project management skills to scope work, articulate deliverables, establish timelines and report performance outcomes

Communication Skills:

• you have interpersonal skills to liaise and consult with internal and external bodies, coordinate teams, and promote the cooperation of universities, colleges, and other stakeholders
• you demonstrate superior oral and written communication skills to provide advice and consultation, oversee the preparation and delivery of presentations, and to prepare correspondence reports and briefings

---

Additional information:

Note:

• N-TU-56917/13(2)
  As a result of the recently agreed to AMAPCEO collective agreement, a new job evaluation system will be implemented on October 1, 2013 and the job code identified in this posting is subject to revision. In the new job evaluation system, the classification level of this position has not yet been determined

---

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.