Senior Policy Advisor

Are you a motivated policy professional with excellent leadership capabilities ready to take your career to the next level? Do you want to support implementation of Ontario's Priority Transit Projects in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region?

Consider bringing your enthusiasm, policy analysis skills, and experience to our dedicated team within the Ministry of Transportation's Transit Delivery and Partnerships Branch. This is your opportunity to develop policies and strategies on how the province and municipalities collaborate to plan, fund, oversee, and govern the delivery of major transit projects across the province.

Why work for the Ontario Public Service?
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is committed to being an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment.

We offer:
• A defined benefit pension plan
• Flexible work arrangements
• Collegial and professional work culture
• Career growth and development opportunities across multiple business areas
• We provide on-the-job training to support your success in the role.

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?

As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will:
• Provide strategic policy analysis, commercial support, and oversight on major provincial transit infrastructure projects across the province.
• Undertake all aspects of policy and program development such as research and analysis, issue identification, and development of options and recommendations.
• Assess and provide strategic advice on the challenges and opportunities of delivering and maintaining transit infrastructure.
• Conduct stakeholder management by developing and maintaining relationships with transit agencies, other governments including municipalities, and other stakeholders.
• Provide policy advice to senior management and staff through reports, briefing notes, and presentations.

How do I qualify?

Analytical, Problem Solving and Research Skills

• You have analytical and problem solving skills to lead research and analysis of developments in support of transportation initiatives.
• You can evaluate competing interests and identify issues and impacts to develop negotiating strategies and solutions using problem solving skills.
• You have demonstrated research skills to plan and undertake complex transit policy research.

Project Management and Planning Skills

• You have project management skills to consult and coordinate projects with internal and external stakeholders.
• You can use project management and planning skills to ensure viability of all reports and recommendations.
• You can use planning skills to plan, organize and execute projects with teams of staff and consultants.

Communication and Consultation Skills

• You can use consultation skills to identify areas of concern and resolve problems with municipal officials, agency officials and partner ministries.
• You can work collaboratively to resolve issues, negotiate changes and shifts in priorities.
• You have partnership and consensus building skills to develop effective linkages with multi-jurisdictional stakeholders.
• You can prepare reports, presentations, briefings and recommendations.
• You can discuss policies and directions with a variety of contacts.
• You can prepare and present to senior management and stakeholders.

Transportation Policy Knowledge

• You have knowledge of government planning and policy development processes and strategic directions to plan, develop and coordinate major transit projects.
• You have knowledge of the private transportation sector and multi-modal transportation theory principles and practices to anticipate emerging issues and trends and identify social, environmental and land use impacts.
• You know economic theory and principles in order to support decision making.
• You have knowledge of municipal structure and transit governance to determine impacts and assess requests.