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Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsTO. As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly… and also receive a high quality local policy jobs newsletter on a weekly basis.🧹🧙‍♀️💚

read, listen, watch

Breakfast of champions🏆

• NFL teams go through at least 80,000 Uncrustables a year 🥜🥜

• Kurt Vonnegut’s long-lost board game is now for sale 🎲

• Throwing it back to a classic Tumblr: Rappers & Cereal 🥣🎤

• What newsrooms around the US ate on election night 🍕🥡

Local heroes 🦸‍♀️🌟

• Mapping historical photos of Toronto neighbourhoods, as far back as 1865 📸📍

• Find your next read at an independent bookstore 📖

• The wish-we-didn’t-need-it Toronto Star measles tracker 🦠📊

• Real-time pictures of what’s opening and closing across the city 🚧

the jobs

1. Senior Manager, Public Affairs and Government Relations — United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT)

United Way Greater Toronto is looking for an experienced, collaborative, and strategic Senior Manager, Public Affairs and Government Relations, to join their team at their Toronto office. Reporting to the Director, Public Affairs, the Senior Manager, Public Affairs and Government Relations is responsible for supporting the development and execution of government and public policy stakeholder relations and communications strategy related to United Way Greater Toronto’s (UWGT) strategic priorities.🌆🤝📢

2. Senior Policy Advisor — The Office of the Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming

Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming Stan Cho is looking to hire a Senior Policy Advisor to support him on fulfilling his mandate. Please email Linton.Taylor@Ontario.ca and Creed.Atkinson@Ontario.ca if you are interested in joining Team Cho.🎮🎭📑

3. Program Manager, Policy Research — Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

As part of the Program Management team, the Program Manager is involved in the management and coordination of CIGI’s research programs and the continual improvement of CIGI’s program management tools and processes. The Program Manager will work closely with Research Directors and program leads on program design, development, and execution. They will support research program design; liaise with partners, fellows, and internal teams to manage the execution of program activities; prepare proposals, funding applications, and donor reporting; and more.🌐📊✏️

4. Director, Communications & Public Affairs — Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Reporting to the President of CIGI, the Director, Communications & Public Affairs is a member of the Senior Management Team and oversees the strategy and implementation of CIGI’s outreach and impact activities that promote CIGI’s research and strengthen its brand and reputation internationally. As such, the Director is responsible for the development and execution of CIGI’s communications, media, and publications process, and contributes to government relations strategies. This position directly leads the teams responsible for media relations, social media, editorial content, and event execution. This position works closely with the Research Directors and Program Managers to manage the research outputs and event requirements.📣🌍🗂️

5. Associate Director – Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation — Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Centre, the Associate Director collaborates with IRPP staff and external partners to produce high quality, rigorous, relevant research and mobilize knowledge to inform public debate and government policy decisions. The Associate Director will be responsible for developing research initiatives; recruiting authors for research publications; ensuring publications meet the IRPP’s high standards for quality and relevance; leading the publication process; and more. The role is based in Montreal but “remote work arrangements are negotiable.”🇨🇦📖🔍

6. Senior Manager, Education, Advocacy & Communications — Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)

This role is a great opportunity for a collaborative, strategic thinker and excellent communicator, who is passionate about prison health & justice issues. The Senior Manager will support the 6 staff who provide prison-based sexual health programming, system navigation, advocacy, and linkage to care support for incarcerated people living with and affected by HIV and Hep C and people who use drugs. The Senior Manager will work with the PASAN team to identify and advance PASAN’s advocacy priorities. The Senior Manager will use their ability to develop to support PASAN’s overall education, advocacy & policy change work. This position reports to the Executive Director.🏥⚖️📢

7. Writer — Green Party of Ontario

The Green Party of Ontario (GPO) is hiring for a full-time writer to support communications and fundraising initiatives. This position will report to the Director of Communications. They are looking for a skilled writer to support a range of written material. Hours of work may include evenings and weekends – flexibility is required, in particular during the election campaign period. The incumbent will write copy for a range of external-facing audiences, including, but not limited to: fundraising material, social media and ad content, media-facing content, website, and candidate materials.✍️🌿

8. Senior Public Affairs Advisor — OPTrust

The Senior Public Affairs Advisor is responsible for managing OPTrust’s organizational reputation to external audiences, including media, stakeholders, Sponsors, and policy makers. The individual will develop and administer OPTrust’s advocacy strategy and reputation management goals, as well as lead outreach and strategic growth initiatives, including plan expansion for OPTrust Select.🛡️🏢🎯

9. Associate, Government Relations — StrategyCorp

StrategyCorp Toronto is looking for a new Government Relations Associate to join their growing team. The successful candidate will have interest and knowledge of the provincial government and national politics and will share StrategyCorp’s passion for delving into complex issues that require strategic thinking, problem solving, and a good understanding of communications tools and best practices.🏛️🤝🗳️

10. Financial Policy Analyst — Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care

The Financial Policies and Procedures Unit in the Ministry’s Operations Division is looking for a skilled professional to provide policy analysis and expertise to the unit in the development, implementation, management and evaluation of financial management policies and procedures of the ministry's strategic plan. The Analyst will provide policy research, analysis and support in the conceptualization, development and evaluation of innovative and strategic financial, funding and fiscal policies, best practices and performance standards related to Ontario's health system, in particular, the Long-Term Care System.👵🏽💡👴🏻