SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

Are you a highly skilled policy professional interested in developing leading edge infrastructure policy and implementing the province's infrastructure investment plan? Make your contribution to the ministry's strategic approach toward infrastructure planning, policy analysis, program design and the government capital budget.

What can I expect to do in this role?

In this role, you will:
• provide expert, strategic, and authoritative advice to senior management and staff on intergovernmental infrastructure strategy, policy and planning, negotiations, and program designs
• lead intergovernmental policy initiatives, develop policy options and recommendations, provide strategic negotiations advice, and develop central agency submissions
• facilitate collaborative approaches to the planning, implementation and management of infrastructure funding and financing programs
• undertake analysis to assess impacts of initiatives and the development of strategies and provincial public policies.

How do I qualify?

Analytical and Project Leadership skills:

• You have the proven ability to apply research techniques and economic evaluation tools, including quantitative and qualitative analysis and modeling, to plan/conduct environment and trends scans, analysis of best practices, analysis of options and impacts.
• You have the ability to provide sound advice and analysis, and to ensure that ministry and government objectives and directions are considered in the development of policy options and outreach strategies.
• You have the demonstrated ability to apply program analysis/evaluation techniques to assess the effectiveness of policies and evaluate proposals to evaluate impact for policy and planning.
• You have proven project management skills to provide proactive project planning, including prioritization, risk identification and contingency planning, and consultation/coordination with ministry partners and other levels of government.

Technical Knowledge:

• You have knowledge of program analysis and evaluation techniques to assess the effectiveness of new/changed policies and to evaluate their impact on infrastructure policy and planning.
• You have knowledge of the theories, principles and methodologies of public sector capital planning, policy development, and the application of macro and micro economic theory in a policy and planning environment.
• You have knowledge of policy development processes and provincial and ministry strategic direction, policy and legislation.

Interpersonal and Relationship Management skills:

• You possess consensus building and relationship management skills to develop and maintain positive, collaborative internal and external relationships and facilitate problem solving for stakeholders and partners.
• You have interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills to undertake internal consultation, influence decision making, and gain support from colleagues, senior management, and stakeholders.
• You have the demonstrated ability to understand and analyze competing interests of stakeholders to develop policy options/solutions that meet the needs/interests of partners, resolve identified concerns, and promote best practices.

Communication and Presentation skills:

• You have the demonstrated ability to prepare and present qualitative and quantitative analyses, policy options and recommendations, reports, briefing/issue notes, central agency submissions.
• You are able to develop responses to issues and information requests in a succinct and timely manner as well as present complex information to a non-technical audience.
• You are proficient with standard software programs and tools to research and prepare own materials, and multi-media software for development of communications and educational materials.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Remember: The deadline to apply is Friday, January 20, 2017 11:59 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.