PolicyJobs OTT #11
Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsOTT. Catch a wave and ride it to your next policy role.🏄☀️
read, listen, watch
Friday the 13th
Victor Miller, Friday the 13th screenwriter, thoughts about the movie franchise 📽️🎬🍿
History of how Friday the 13th got a bad rep 😱😱😱
Italians aren’t stressing about bad luck today, but Friday the 17th is a different story 🗓️🍝
Meanwhile tens of thousands motorcyclists will be making the trip to Port Dover, Ontario today to celebrate the day 🏍️🏍️🏍️
Brian Wilson made us smile
The love story of Brian Wilson and California Girl Melinda Ledbetter Wilson 💒💖
How the album Pet Sounds came to be, featured in the movie Love & Mercy 🍿🎞️
God Only Knows, arguably the greatest song of all times 🎶🏅🏆
Surfing Safari, but not for Brian, Dennis was the only surfer in the group 🏄
Rest easy in Kokomo, Brian 🏖️🌴🌺
the jobs
1. Policy Analyst (Term) — Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
The Standards Council of Canada is hiring a Policy Analyst for a term position to support its work on regulatory alignment, trade policy, and the digital economy. Reporting to the Manager of International Policy, the role involves conducting research, preparing briefing materials, coordinating projects, and contributing to files on artificial intelligence, data governance, and sustainability. The Analyst will also engage with stakeholders and support multi-jurisdictional collaboration on national standardization goals. 📑🌐📊
2. Public Policy Director — Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB)
The Canadian Council for Indigenous Business is hiring a Director of Public Policy to lead national advocacy efforts and advance Indigenous economic growth. Reporting to the VP of Research & Public Policy, this Ottawa-based remote role is responsible for shaping CCIB’s policy agenda, strengthening relationships with government, and developing impactful strategies that support Indigenous businesses. The Director will represent CCIB at consultations, roundtables, and events across Canada, while mentoring a growing team and driving collaborative, cross-sector change. 🌿🏛️📣
3. Senior Policy Analyst – Rights & Governance – Emergency Management — Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
The Assembly of First Nations is hiring a Senior Policy Analyst to support policy development related to First Nations emergency management and broader governance priorities. Hybrid and on a one-year term, the role involves conducting research and analysis, drafting briefing materials, coordinating stakeholder engagement, and supporting the work of Chiefs Committees and national assemblies. The analyst will contribute to strategic advocacy efforts and help advance the rights, safety, and well-being of First Nations communities. 🧭📝🔥
Eds: We posted a similar Senior Policy Analyst role from AFN in PolicyJobsOTT #9 and it looks like that posting is still accepting applications as well.
4. Consultant, Federal Government Relations Practice — Enterprise Canada
Enterprise Canada is hiring a Consultant to join its Ottawa office and support clients engaging with the federal government post-election. The role involves developing and executing government relations strategies, building stakeholder relationships, drafting communications materials, and tracking political developments across Canada. The successful candidate will help coordinate meetings and campaigns, contribute to strategic planning, and deliver high-impact work for clients navigating Canada’s political landscape. 🏛️🗞️📣
5. Senior Manager Government Relations — Ontario Power Generation
The Senior Manger Government Relations will strategically manage and provide leadership for the federal stakeholder and government relations function at OPG. They will be responsible for outreach and engagement efforts with our various federal stakeholders. They’ll be part of the team leading government relations that advances sustainable energy and infrastructure development by bringing together key stakeholders to understand and help further support OPG’s efforts to strengthen energy security and economic growth. 💡🔌🔋
6. Manager — Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (3 positions)
The FCAC’s Supervision and Enforcement Branch is currently seeking to fill three manager positions:
The Manager, Regulatory Guidance and Insights supports regulatory guidance, operational governance, and compliance program-management activities. The manager provides oversight to the development of the appropriate compliance strategies, analysis and interpretation of information, development of policies and procedures, and provides coordination and contribution to the development of strategies and actions to promote an understanding of market conduct obligations and to increase stakeholder engagement.
The Manager, Supervision provides focuses on supervisory and monitoring work delivered in accordance with FCAC’s mandate to ensure compliance of market conduct obligations by all federally regulated financial entities (FRFEs). These responsibilities may be carried out by leading a team responsible for overseeing supervisory and compliance assessment activities such as managing a portfolio of FRFEs, overseeing conduct of compliance examination or audits, overseeing conduct of thematic reviews, etc.
The Manager, Enforcement provides leadership, technical guidance and support to the planning and conduct of investigations related to alleged breaches of a market conduct obligation by federally regulated financial entities which are brought to FCAC’s attention, including through its supervision and monitoring activities. The Manager, Enforcement provides oversight to the development of appropriate investigative strategies, analysis of information, identification of appropriate enforcement response and potential remedial plans proportionate to the severity and circumstances of each breach. 💵🏦📋
7. Egg Farmers of Canada — Research and Knowledge Mobilization Officer
Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) is seeking a Research and Knowledge Mobilization Officer to join the Corporate and Public Affairs team. The Research and Knowledge Mobilization Officer is responsible for managing EFC’s knowledge transfer initiatives and Research Chair Network. They will nurture relationships with researchers and various stakeholders to support in the continuous development of knowledge and insights that aid in the growth of the Canadian egg industry. This is a great position for someone who can interpret complex, scientific information and translate it into digestible, non-technical language. 🥚🐔👨🌾