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Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsTO. 🍂 Is halloween over? Maybe. 🫣Did last week’s newsletter have a halloween-y vibe? Yes. 🎃 Are we going to let that stop us? Absolutely not. No tricks🚫🧟♂️ all treats ✅🍬 since 2016.🪦
read, listen, watch
Halloweentown
Halloween, the most urbanist holiday of them all, reveals what’s behind good land use planning 🍬🌇🍬
Climate change is turning subway stations into spooky lakes 🚇🌧️👻
The story of how abandoned storefronts transform each year into Spirit Halloween (with a special shout-out to the King & Spadina location) 🎃🧛🧟♀️
Top Halloween towns to make the trip to next year 🐈⬛
Tearjerkers
Crying over a good book is a shared experience shared through the centuries
How actors learn to sob on cue 🎭📽️
The obituary for Charles, the Toronto Zoo gorilla who disliked toads and tall men, will leave you teary eyed 🦍
The 100 saddest movies according to Rotten 🍅
the jobs
1. Director, Policy and Strategy — Future Skills Centre (FSC)
The Director, Strategy and Policy leads the design and implementation of strategic initiatives to inform FSC’s work in public policy and the skills and training policy landscape. The Director leads a multi-disciplinary team to ensure strong relationships with policy-makers, and ensures alignment with FSC’s consortium partners. The Director works in close collaboration with the Executive Director and FSC leadership to bring policy insights to their work and share opportunities to bring FSC’s insights to policy-makers. This role contributes to communications, government and stakeholder outreach, research and knowledge mobilization strategies and all partnerships, including funded innovation pilots. 🧛🤡
2. Director, RESET Alcohol Canada Policy Initiative — Vital Strategies
The Director will report to the global RESET Alcohol Director and will have technical and administrative support from various departments across Vital Strategies. In the role, the Director will develop effective relationships with key government leaders, administrators, and political leaders to advance the implementation of public health-oriented alcohol policies, conduct a review and analysis of the alcohol policy landscape, build a national coalition of relevant civil society and government actors that work on issues related to alcohol policy, and more. This is a remote role.☠️🩸💀
3. Manager, Research, Public Policy and Evaluation (Data Specialist) — United Way Greater Toronto
Reporting to the Corporate Communications and Public Policy, the Manager, Research, Public Policy and Evaluation (Data Specialist) is responsible for conducting research, public policy and evaluation activities, with a focus on quantitative data collection and analysis, data monitoring and tracking, descriptive and predictive analytics and interpretation, and data visualization and reporting, in support of United Way's strategic directions and priorities.🎃⚰️🎃
4. Policy Analyst (Part-Time) — Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
CCFE is seeking a Policy Analyst that will thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, contributing to the development of strategic initiatives that advance CCFWE’s mission through evidence-based policy recommendations. The Policy Analyst will conduct research, produce, and write policy positions, ensuring that all materials are engaging, accurate, and aligned with organizational values. The role is remote, and 15 hours per week, from November 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025, with possible extension.🔮🧙🧹
5. Policy Development Officer — City of Toronto
Reporting to the Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives, the Policy Development Officer participates as a member of the team developing and implementing major policy initiatives that cut across Toronto Public Health portfolios and/or involve multi-sectoral collaborations with other City of Toronto Divisions, Agencies, and Corporations. 🕷️🕸️
6. Senior Policy & Technical Lead — Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA)
As a member of the Policy Team, The Senior Policy & Technical Lead will provide expert technical and strategic advice and leadership in the development of solutions and recommendations on FSRA related financial services regulation in Ontario as they pertain to the overall policy direction and regulatory framework and related legislation, policies and issues. This hire will work in FSRA’s Auto/Property & Casualty Insurance team.🩻👽🎭
Eds: a spooktacular opportunity to work at FSRA👻
7. Senior Policy Advisor — Ontario Ministry of Transportation
The Senior Policy Advisor will: lead all aspects of policy and program development and evaluation and provide advice on strategic, policy and corporate oversight of Metrolinx, the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission and other provincial agencies; lead development of legislation and regulations and advise on provincial transportation and agency governance policies, in support of provincial transit priorities; and work collaboratively across the ministry to plan, lead and execute strategic cross-agency initiatives that strengthen accountability, communication, and decision-making processes, bolstering ministry oversight.😈👹👺
8. Chief Executive Officer — Centre for Public Impact (CPI)
The CEO will be responsible for shaping culture and people leadership, and modeling and steward CPI’s values. They will re-imagine government through thought-leadership, and inspire big conversations and tell powerful stories. They will also position CPI, prioritizing its focus areas, and sequencing its organizational development. They will also work to expand and deepen CPI’s collaborations, stewarding their partnership with Boston Consulting Group (by whom it was founded), networking, fundraising, and fostering strategic relationships.🎩🪓🏚️
9. Senior Policy Advisor (Bilingual) — Ontario Ministry of Education
The Ministry’s Transfer Payment and Divisional Finance Branch is looking for an individual who can bring their policy development, research and analytical skills to lead policy and performance measurement projects and transfer payment consolidation activities. The Advisor will lead and/or participate in the development of policy and program framework designs. They will also undertake all aspects of policy and program development, delivery and evaluation, assess the effectiveness of new/changed policies and programs, and identify trends and emerging policy issues.🧛♀️🧟♀️