Senior Policy Analyst

CareerBeacon; Halifax; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Health, dental, and life insurance

Paid vacation

Professional development

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Build Nova Scotia in Halifax seeks a Senior Policy Analyst to provide policy analysis and strategic advice to senior leadership, promoting evidence-based decision making across programs and priorities to guide planning, development, implementation and evaluation.

Reporting to the Director, Policy and Research, you will lead cross-department teams, assess options, draft policy papers, and support governance, accountability, and legislative change.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or public administration and 5 years of policy analysis experience.
• Experience with cross-department and intergovernmental collaboration.
• Strong written and verbal communication and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes research, develops policy options, and makes recommendations to inform senior management decisions.
• Works on submissions to Executive Council and Treasury and Policy Board (e.g., Memorandums, Reports & Recommendations).
• Consults with Treasury and Policy Board, Finance CSU, and Justice for policy development; supports briefings for senior leaders.

Skills

Policy analysis

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholders

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Public Administration

Job description

The Senior Policy Analyst will provide policy analysis and strategic advice to senior leadership of Build NS to promote effective planning, policy development, implementation and evaluation of programs and policies related to projects, programs and priorities to ensure evidence-based decision making.

Reporting to the Director, Policy and Research, the Senior Policy Analyst will lead projects and participate in multi-disciplinary, interdepartmental and intergovernmental teams of senior staff in the identification and analysis of options and recommendations to respond to abroad range of policy and corporate issues. This position will play a major role in supporting informed, effective decision-making within the organization and coordinate and participate extensively in areas of policy development and legislative change. In addition, this role will support in the business planning process and accountability requirements to assure satisfactory governance.

Qualifications

Minimum of a bachelor's degree (business, public administration) with 5 years of experience in policy analysis, strategic and business planning, project management, legislative planning/analysis, and management of submissions to Executive Council Office.

Proven management and leadership skills; are able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills; and have extensive experience with presentations/facilitation.

Highly motivated, flexible and demonstrate expertise when dealing with complex situations requiring innovative and proactive solutions. Experience working with internal and external stakeholders is required. As a dynamic leader, you possess the ability to lead change, move forward new initiatives and overcome ongoing challenges. An excellent understanding of current departmental legislation, programs, and policies is a definite asset. A proven ability to make decisions and provide advice/recommendations in ambiguous situations using sound judgment and monitoring risk is required.

This competition will remain open until filled.

Responsibilities

Informed and evidenced based decision making:

Undertakes research, develops and analyzes policy options and makes recommendations on a broad range of complex and sometimes conflicting issues in order to inform the decision-making process by senior management. This involves knowledge of research methods, coordination of multi-disciplinary teams to assist in the identification and analysis of policy options, drafting of policy papers and recommendations, development of policy instruments, and consultation with internal and external stakeholders.

Works collaboratively on submissions to Executive Council and Treasury and Policy Board (e.g., Memorandums to Executive Council, Reports & Recommendations to Executive Council, Requests for Legislation).

Consults with Treasury and Policy Board, Finance CSU, and Justice to ensure sound policy development. Participates in briefings and presentations to support the President/CEO, VP's and Senior Directors in appearances at Executive Council, Public Accounts, etc.

Alignment of corporation's priorities with government objectives and commitments:

The Senior Policy Analyst is required to manage a broad range of corporation-wide policy initiatives that are at a high level of complexity and require significant leadership and understanding of corporate and government issues and priorities. The Senior Policy Analyst has a solid understanding of and plays a key role in addressing major policy issues and will build and maintain a strong network of colleagues throughout the corporation and across Government.

Represents the Division/Corporation on task forces, work groups, project teams and advisory bodies to ensure that departmental priorities are considered in government policies and decision-making. A broad corporate understanding and extensive participation in senior cross-sector/department activity is essential.

Corporation goals are realized:

Provides leadership within the corporation in the development of long-term strategic plans to address critical issues.

Ensure that strategies are consistent with and support Government's vision and priorities. This responsibility is addressed by promoting broad dialogue among stakeholders to address key issues; undertaking environmental scanning to identify emerging trends; researching best practices; and promoting involvement by staff at all levels of the corporation in identification of strategies to ensure the corporation's goals are realized.

Good governance and accountability:

Supports the Corporation's accountability requirements to assure good governance. This includes participating in the process of preparing the annual Business Plan and Accountability Report, monitoring and documenting achievements, measuring outcomes, and responding to central agency requests.

Promotes leadership by all components of the Department, including contracted agencies, by instituting processes such as outcome reporting and performance tracking. Ensure that Corporation and Government priorities are addressed.

Leads the internal policy development process by collaborating with subject matter experts to develop corporate policies, processes and procedures; researching best practices; coordinating review processes and presentations to the Executive Leadership Team; engaging with divisions on an annual basis, to identify and address policy needs; and conducting annual policy reviews.

Brief and provide advice to senior management and the Office of the CEO/President, regarding policy issues of significance to the Corporation.

Pay Grade: NSL-13

Salary Range: $3135.37 - $4311.13 Bi-Weekly

Salary Placement: The placement of a new hire into the salary range is based on an objective salary rating process. This process will assess the knowledge, skills, experiences and overall qualifications of a candidate to determine appropriate placement. Each pay grade has established steps, and new hires cannot exceed certain maximums which are outlined in the Compensation Framework.

Benefits:

• Build Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits including:
• Defined Benefit Pension Plan
• Health, Dental and Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation and General Illness Leave
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Employee and Family Assistance Programs
• Professional Development Opportunities