PolicyJobs OTT #12
Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsOTT. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
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read, listen, watch
Subways, subways, subways
Subway melodies from around the world 🎶🌍
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford really did love subways 🚇
"Love on the Spectrum” star Pari excels at Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trivia 🧠🤓
Photographer Rita Nannini traveled across 665 miles of track to capture the first and last subway stop in New York City 📸🏙️
Subway Takes, the transit-themed web series where New Yorkers deliver hot takes on the subway🎤🪪
The story of how Metrolinx’s regional rail expansion got massively scaled back🚆🚧
Subways: a mode of transportation without 250M bees buzzing around 🐝🐝🐝
Chew on this
A Pennsylvania town tries and fails to set the world record for the most people chewing bubble gum 🫧🫧🫧
Why is it called a rubber match? ⚾🎱
Men chew less than women and the food you eat determines how long you chew for 🦷
Chewbacca sings Silent Night 🔊🎹
the jobs
1. National Political Action Officer/Advisor — Union of National Defence Employees
UNDE is hiring a National Political Action Officer to lead national campaigns that amplify workers’ voices and advance social justice. This role drives political strategy, stakeholder engagement, and education efforts, all under the direction of the National President. The position involves overseeing cross-regional campaign delivery, managing teams, developing impactful materials, and working with political and community stakeholders to shape public debate. ✊🏽📢🗳️
2. Advisor — Alto (3 positions)
Alto is hiring three key roles to support Indigenous engagement and community relations for Canada’s transformative high-speed rail project linking Québec City and Toronto:
The Advisor, Indigenous Engagement supports positive and effective engagement with Indigenous communities in Québec or Ontario. This includes managing consultation activities, identifying opportunities for capacity-building and socio-economic development, and ensuring alignment with both cultural protocols and regulatory consultation requirements. The role is also responsible for maintaining strong relationships and supporting internal teams in their engagement efforts. 🧭🛤️
The Senior Advisor, Indigenous Engagement provides strategic leadership in the implementation of Alto’s Indigenous Engagement Strategy. The role focuses on developing collaboration agreements, identifying economic and employment opportunities, and managing sensitive issues with care and diplomacy. The senior advisor works cross-functionally with internal and external partners and presents regular updates to Alto’s senior leadership. 🌿🤝🏗️
The Advisor, Community Relations (Ottawa) is responsible for delivering community engagement and consultation activities in the Ottawa region. Reporting to the Director of Community Relations (Ontario), this role maintains relationships with local stakeholders and interest groups, provides strategic advice on regional issues, and ensures thorough documentation of public feedback. The advisor also represents the project at regional events and contributes to communication planning and logistics. 🏙️📣📍
3. Policy Advisor or Senior Policy Advisor (12 Months Contract) — Deloitte
Deloitte is hiring a Policy Advisor or Senior Policy Advisor to support its public policy and thought leadership work through the Future of Canada Centre. The role includes identifying public policy priorities, developing positions and strategies, contributing to briefs and research papers, executing government relations plans, and coordinating internal and external stakeholder engagement. This 12-month contract can be based in any Deloitte office across Canada and offers a hybrid work model. 📄🏛️✍️
4. Senior Manager, Government Relations — Habitat for Humanity Canada
Habitat for Humanity Canada is hiring a Senior Manager, Government Relations to lead provincial and municipal engagement, primarily in Ontario. Reporting to the National Director, the role includes relationship-building with elected officials, supporting Ontario-based affiliates through advocacy strategy and policy monitoring, and contributing to national resources such as toolkits and fact sheets. This role also involves monitoring housing policy developments and representing Habitat at key stakeholder meetings and consultations. 🏘️📣📑
Eds: This posting says “GTA preferred”, but we’re leaving it here for you anyway.
5. Director of Public Affairs — Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA), the voice of the legal profession in Canada, is seeking a dynamic and strategic Director of Public Affairs to lead its public-facing communications and government relations efforts. This senior leadership role will shape and amplify the CBA’s voice on critical legal and justice issues in Canada. The successful candidate will provide strategic direction and hands-on leadership in media relations, speechwriting, executive communications, digital engagement, publications, and stakeholder outreach, ensuring alignment with the CBA’s mission and values. 👩⚖️🏛️
6. Senior Consultant — Crestview Strategy
Crestview is hiring a Senior Consultant to join their Ottawa team in support of both local clients and national mandates. The Senior Consultant will lead major client files, manage and grow accounts, and contribute to new business development. They’ll play a key role in onboarding new clients, shaping public affairs strategies, and delivering high-quality work across sectors. 💜🗣️🖋️
7. Senior Consultant, Government Relations Researcher, and BIPOC Government Relations Internship — Temple Scott Associates Inc. (3 positions)
Temple Scott Associates (TSA) is one of Canada’s leading government and public affairs firms. They are seeking a Senior consultant, Government relations researcher, and BIPOC internship for GR. All postings can be found here.
The Senior Consultant will serve as a strategic advisor on key TSA accounts, providing high-level government relations support across sectors such as financial services, consumer products, energy, and transportation. They will design and execute government affairs strategies aligned with clients’ business and policy objectives at the federal and provincial levels as well as track and analyze relevant legislation, regulations, and policy developments. 🔋🏦🛣️
The Government Relations Researcher will play a key role to ensure the TSA Team is kept informed of the daily government announcements. They will monitor federal and provincial legislation, parliamentary activities and media by conducting daily monitoring and drafting summaries; conduct policy research as instructed that help shape client strategies; and provide administrative and logistical support for “Days on the Hill,” client meetings, and public affairs events. 🖥️💡✒️
TSA is also seeking candidates for the fifth year of its Pathway to Government Relations Internship – a paid internship program open to students currently enrolled in a post-secondary program, who are from an underrepresented BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) community. The program introduces the successful candidate to the government relations business, providing direct work experience in the sector to young BIPOC Canadians interested in a career in government relations. 🎒🏫
8. Consulting Manager - Public Sector — Accenture
Accenture is hiring a Consulting Manager to join their Public Sector Group. The Public Service group serves an array of clients across federal, provincial and municipal government, non-profit, health and educational industries. The Manager will engage in multi-discipline teams leading the design and implementation of business changes that drive function and digital operating model transformation, focusing on tasks relating to process and people; enabled by technology. 🧠💼👔