PolicyJobsTO #422
Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsTO. Happy Canada Day long weekend! 🇨🇦Happy pride!🌈 Happy return to regular temperatures!☀️
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Pride everywhere 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Natural world: A new CBC documentary called “Animal Pride” shows us that the animal kingdom has always been a little gay 🐧🦚💞
Cartoons: A list of queer cartoon characters you may not have known were part of the LGBTQ+ community 📺🍿
Space: A new documentary tells Sally Ride’s story of becoming the first American female astronaut to go to space and the untold story of Sally and her life partner of 27 years 🚀🌎
Sky: #flashbackfriday to one of the joyous videos to ever be uploaded to YouTube: Double Rainbow 🌈🌈
Tiny Chef Show: In memoir of the Tiny Chef Show being cancelled, here is video of Tiny Chef dancing to Abracadara by Lady Gaga, arguably the pride anthem of this year
Divas everywhere 👑🌟
Intergeneration divas: Baby Chappell meets Chappell Roan 🐥💗🎤🐎
Canadian diva: Midlife musings with Alanis Morissette 💊🔪
Behind the diva: Music director behind “Kellyoke” covers 🎤🎵
She ain’t no diva: Never forget this diva’s viral tikok 👉👀❌
The diva is dead, long live the diva 🪦🪭🪩💃
Diva down: George Santos sentenced to more than 7 years in prison 😲👮♂️🚨
the jobs
1. Issues Coordinator — Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
The Issues Coordinator will manage urgent and complex issues under tight deadlines; build strong working relationships with staff in executive offices and with external partners; coordinate and prepare reports, briefing notes, letters, presentations, and other materials; review and edit content to ensure it's clear, consistent, and accurate; and research and summarize information on new and emerging issues. 📑⏱️🏠
Eds. Apply before the clock strikes 12 tonight!👠🕛✨
2. Senior Policy Advisor, Child Health Policy Accelerator — SickKids
The successful candidate will support the collaborative development and implementation of comprehensive advocacy strategies designed to advance the priority policy objectives of the Accelerator. The Senior Policy Advisor will monitor and analyze government activities that may influence the success of the Accelerator's objectives, research and develop comprehensive policy proposals to advance identified child health priorities, and will liaise with academics, clinicians, and other child health partners both within SickKids and across Canada to ground the Accelerator's work in national and international experience and best practices. The successful candidate will also have an opportunity to collaborate with learners, at multiple levels of training, to forward the Accelerator's educational mission. 👶📊🚀
3. Senior Manager, Employment Training and Community Program — Fred Victor
With a mission to find innovative and unique solutions to improve income stability of people experiencing poverty and/or homelessness, the Senior Manager plays a critical role in the continued evolution of Fred Victor’s Employment and Training Services and programming development. The Senior Manager will lead the Employment Services Training team and the Community Programs team in achieving funder targets and managing day-to-day operations. They will be responsible for performance outcomes, organizational development priorities, review to reduce barriers to employment and improve services, and identify areas of policy and service delivery for discussion. 🤝📈🏘️
4. Senior Research Specialist — Deloitte
The Senior Research Specialist at the Future of Canada Centre (FCC) will help develop and activate cross-sectoral thought leadership for Deloitte Canada that focuses on building a thriving future for our country. The Senior Research Specialist will contribute to all stages of the development of high-profile thought leadership pieces, from ideation through launch and activation; conduct quantitative and qualitative research using a variety of methodologies (e.g., executive interviews, surveys, workshops, focus groups) and data sources (both public and proprietary); and Independently manage discrete pieces of work and provide ongoing status reports to the Research Lead.🧠📈🗂️
5. Policy Advisor/Senior Policy Advisor — Office of the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
The individual will contribute to the delivery of the government’s landmark working for workers agenda with the Director of Policy. The expectations of the role are to: Provide high-quality advice and recommendations to the Minister and Senior Leadership Team on policy decisions, and related communications plans and/or stakeholder perspectives; synthesize stakeholder, communications, and political materials; identify and research policy areas for the Minister; work closely with other departments; and adapt to other roles that may be needed. To apply, please send your CV to kyle.fritz@ontario.ca
6. Manager, Stakeholder Relations and Governance — Ontario Genomics
The Manager, Stakeholder Relations and Governance will be responsible for managing the organization’s stakeholder engagement strategy as well as ensuring that their governance practices are best in class. This role will involve working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to manage relationships with key external stakeholders and to manage all Board and Committee meeting logistics, attending meetings and producing meeting minutes and briefing notes.🧬👥📝
7. Policy Director — Toronto Region Board of Trade
The Policy Director will be responsible for leading the Board's work on advanced manufacturing and industrial policy, including oversight of the Innovation Economy workstream and the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Council. This role is part of a collaborative team focused on tackling key pain points and challenges faced by businesses in the Toronto region. The role entails in-depth policy analysis, development of practical policy solutions, and hands-on project execution. These efforts contribute to the broader goal of driving economic growth, attracting investment, and creating jobs across the region. 🏙️💼🤝
8. Program Lead, Social Services Analyst — York Region
The Program Lead is responsible for providing policy and analytical support to the Social Services Branch programs, including Ontario Works, Employment Services, Children’s Programs, and Homelessness Community Programs; supporting the development of innovative and strategic program policies and plans; researching and analyzing projects; leading outcome-based program development and project teams; developing cross-functional linkages to ensure that Regional policies and programs align with Social Service outcomes; developing innovative and strategic responses to social programs and plans to address human service needs; interpreting and communicating relevant legislation and policies to staff; and managing the work of assigned staff and ensuring a safe working environment. This is for an 8 month contract. 👨👩👧👦🧩
9. Director, Advocacy — IGNITE
The Director, Advocacy will play a crucial role in shaping IGNITE’s advocacy agenda. Reporting directly to the CEO, this role will be responsible for driving the development and execution of comprehensive advocacy initiatives that protect and advance the interests of IGNITE’s student community. This position will collaborate closely with the Manager, Advocacy, internal teams, student leaders, community partners and public sector partners in building evidence-based strategies to shape policy, mobilize support, and amplify student voices.📣🎓🔥