Senior Specialist, Stakeholder Relations

OMERS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a purpose-driven and dynamic pension plan that values diversity and empowers its employees. This role focuses on engaging with stakeholders, refining strategies, and preparing materials for senior leadership. You will thrive in a collaborative environment, building relationships and providing insights that drive impactful decisions. Experience a culture that prioritizes wellness and supports community engagement while being part of an industry-leading organization. If you are a conceptual thinker with exceptional communication skills and a passion for stakeholder relations, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• University degree with relevant stakeholder relations experience.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with stakeholders to build relationships and mitigate concerns.
• Prepare impactful briefing materials and presentations for leadership.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Judgment and Tactfulness

Problem Solving

Education

University Degree

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise, and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic, and sustainable pension plan. An industry-leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Stakeholder Relations, Pensions, this role is responsible for:

• Engaging with OMERS sponsors and stakeholders to build relationships and to anticipate and mitigate concerns that they may have as it relates to OMERS business.

• Supporting the implementation and ongoing refinement of OMERS stakeholder relations strategy.

• Working closely with colleagues across the OMERS organization, including both the OMERS Administration Corporation and the OMERS Sponsors Corporation.

• Helping to refine, implement and monitor OMERS stakeholder relations strategy.

• Building and maintaining a strong understanding of OMERS stakeholders, including building personal relationships with staff at those stakeholder organizations.

• Preparing high-quality, impactful briefing materials and presentations with strategic advice for OMERS senior leadership to consider.

• Identifying key upcoming risks and opportunities for OMERS from a stakeholder relations perspective and developing advice about how to respond to those risks and opportunities.

• Monitoring the full range of internal and external events and announcements that are relevant to OMERS and making recommendations about how OMERS should move forward.

• Reporting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to help OMERS better understand our stakeholders and their perspectives, as well as trends in the pension industry and the municipal sector in Ontario.

• Planning and executing meetings and materials across multiple departments internally and externally.

• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the OMERS organization.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A University Degree with relevant stakeholder relations and/or public affairs experience.

• Conceptual thinker with the ability to clearly capture, communicate and share information.

• Proven ability to develop insightful and creative solutions.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• Superior interpersonal, time management, and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.

• Experience in exercising judgment and tactfulness when dealing with both internal and external stakeholders.

• High integrity and discretion to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information.

• Able to work independently with minimal direction and as part of a team in an environment with competing priorities and deadlines.

• Knowledge of pension plan design and legislation/regulations would be an asset.

• Ability to exercise good judgment and take initiative.

• Proficient in MS Office such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience.