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Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsTO. We know you’ve been chomping at the boot for cool new policy jobs.
read, listen, watch
Happy meals 🍟
Check the real-time status of McDonald’s ice cream machines🍦📍
An MLB player’s favourite away game breakfasts featuring a Toronto pick ⚾🍳
The power of positive thinking: when eating spicy food, people who expect to like it initiate different sensory processes in the brain than people who expect to dislike it🌶️🌶️🌶️
Andrew Garfield gives the people what they want – a Chicken Shop Date 🍗❤️🔥
Oops!… I did it again 🫣
Error detectives get paid to find mistakes in journal publications 🔍🔍
Why we’re teaching kids to read the wrong way and who stands to profit from it (disclaimer: it’s a podcast, no reading involved) 📚
She created angel numbers… and now she says they’re actually not real 😇🔢🪽
The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation (1998) 📣
Father-son alley-oops: Lebron and Bronny make history playing together 🏀
the jobs
1. Senior Policy Specialist — Daily Bread Food Bank
The Senior Policy Specialist will play a central role in advancing Daily Bread’s mission to end poverty and food insecurity in Toronto. Reporting to the Vice President, Research & Advocacy, the Specialist will provide policy analysis, insights, and advice to the Research & Advocacy team and government stakeholders to advance human rights-based solutions in the areas of income security, affordable housing, and decent work. The Specialist will identify and engage with opportunities to influence legislative, policy, and budgetary decisions, and will play a key role in drafting research reports and policy materials like the annual Who’s Hungry report. 🍞🥖
2. Senior Communications Advisor and Press Secretary — Office of the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services
The office of the Hon. Michael Parsa, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, is looking to hire a Senior Communications Advisor and Press Secretary. The Senior Communications Advisor and Press Secretary would draft and edit compelling and impactful content for press releases, speeches, op-eds, social media posts and other communication materials to effectively convey the government 's message. They would also be responsible for strategic communication, social media management, correspondence, and media relations. Interested applicants are encouraged to share their resume with Chris.Clarke@ontario.ca. 🖊️🖋️
3. Senior Policy — Office of the Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ontario
The Office of the Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions is looking to hire a Senior Policy Advisor. Proven experience in policy analysis, development, and report writing is key. Understanding government processes and procedures is an asset as are strong communications skills. This is a great position for anyone with policy experience, strong research and analytical skills, stakeholder engagement and the ability to work either alone or collaboratively in a team environment. If you are a problem solver interested in solutions, committed to change and a politically savvy individual, they are looking for you. If you think you'd be a good fit, please send a resume and cover letter to suzanne.dennison@ontario.ca 🧠❤️🩹
4. Director, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, International — Sun Life
Sun Life is looking for an experienced international public policy and political risk professional to help them manage relations with international stakeholders, conduct in-depth research on the political and geopolitical risks that they face and provide strategic advice on those risks and relationships to the company’s leadership. The successful candidate will provide stakeholder outreach, research and writing support to the AVP, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy (Corporate and Global) on a broad range of international, geo-strategic and public policy issues that impact Sun Life’s global operations, with a particular focus on North America and Asia. 🌍🤝
5. Senior Director of Strategy and Operations — The Canadian Centre To End Human Trafficking
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Senior Director of Strategy and Operations is a key leadership position that will play a vital role in actualizing The Centre’s vision, mission and goals. This role will involve oversight and responsibility for all operational aspects of The Centre, including leading the hotline operations, managing technology and systems, finance and human resources, and supporting stakeholder relationships. The successful candidate will play a critical role in strategic decision-making on the senior leadership team as they grow their impact and capacity. 📆↗️
6. Conservation Policy Manager — The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)
The Conservation Policy Manager brings coherence and alignment between NCC’s conservation direction and activation frameworks, and oversees and manages the process of policy tool creation. The Manager facilitates collaboration between CP&P directors and other conservation staff to ensure accountability, alignment between initiatives and integration of policy tools wherever possible and needed. When required, the manager will undertake research and analysis, propose new approaches to policy tool design, development and implementation and maintain strong relationships with CP&P Directors and other content experts. 🌲🌳
7. Research and Policy Analyst — York Region
This position is responsible for researching and providing policy support and advice on emerging legislation, regulations and Regional policies and practices in accordance with the Department and Branch initiatives. This role will conduct research for program and policy development and data management, support projects and process development, develop communication materials and keeps abreast of trends in legislation, relevant sector initiatives, policies and procedures, community development and the broader political environment. 📄🏙️
8. Director, Research and Policy — CPP Investments
Reporting to the Managing Director, Head of Domestic Public Affairs, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive public affairs program with relevant domestic government officials from jurisdictions across Canada. In doing so, you will increase awareness and understanding for CPP Investments and their investment strategy, while tracking and delivering on clearly defined objectives. You will be responsible for monitoring for political, policy, and legislative developments and proactively identifying and managing issues that may impact the organization. This is a fixed term contract role. 📈💵
9. Senior Policy Advisor — Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
AGCO’s Strategic Policy and Market Insights Branch is currently seeking a highly experienced policy professional to play a key role in the development, implementation, and maintenance of complex and novel strategic and program policies related to its regulated businesses. The Senior Policy Advisor will take a leading role in all aspects of the policy lifecycle through research on emerging issues and trends, the development of briefing materials, policy papers, and presentations to the Board, senior executives, and stakeholders on policy related to regulatory matters specific to the liquor sector. 🥂🍷