Senior Manager Policy and Advocacy

Role:

Senior Manager Policy and Advocacy

Reports to:

Director, Policy & Advocacy

Location

Remote/hybrid

Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy

Ottawa, Ontario (Hybrid)

Reporting to the Director of Policy and Advocacy, the Senior Manager will lead the day-to-day operations of the policy and advocacy team and implement policy strategies to support the organization's overall goals. Reporting directly to the Director of Policy and Advocacy, this role manages stakeholder relationships, develops policy positions and supports government relations and advocacy initiatives.

Critical to the success of this role is the ability to collaborate with the leadership team to implement best practices and support the planning and execution of the department's plans and budgets, tracking and managing performance against set priorities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic advice to senior leadership on emerging policy issues and opportunities.


• Provide day-to-day coaching, direction, and leadership to policy managers; includes real-time management, resource performance management and development, facilitating team meetings, escalation resolution, and response.


• Actively participate in one-on-one meetings with director.


• Maintain relevant financial documentation for relevant projects in compliance with approved internal financial procedures and controls.


• Works with Policy Managers and the finance team to coordinate unit reporting with input from various staff members, ensuring quality of information and format for presentation to key stakeholders, including senior leadership and funders.


• Prepares policy briefs, position papers and reports for internal and external audiences.


• Acts as the central resource to the Policy and Advocacy team to track deliverables, and more broadly supports the Policy and Advocacy Director in tracking the strategic plan updates, organizational goals, and objectives.


• Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates projects across the department, including regular activity reports and deliverables.


• Supports report and proposal management, including reading, writing, and editing reports or proposals.


• Collaborate with all team members to ensure consistency and alignment with the broader organizational needs.


• Participate in regular internal/external meetings, conferences, and summits on behalf of Pauktuutit.


• Supports the Director of Policy and Advocacy on an as-needed basis, including providing support to the Policy and Programs business during short-term absences.

Please note: Other duties may be assigned as needed to meet the mandate and the organization's evolving needs.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Core Competencies

• Collaboration: Works cooperatively with others to achieve organizational Meets personal professional commitments to the group and supporting others as required, to achieve organizational goals. It includes appreciating and respecting diverse perspectives and putting business goals ahead of personal preferences.


• Communication: The ability to listen, speak, explain, persuade, and influence others by expressing thoughts and views concisely, effectively, and appropriately in a range of different settings to hold attention and achieve desired Excellent presentation skills, use plain language, share information, and take an open-minded approach to influence decision-making.


• Innovation orientation: Intellectual curiosity and open-mindedness ready to question existing systems, business models, and processes and devise innovative techniques. Requires an inventive approach to looking at business problems and opportunities.


• Adaptability: Constructively adapts style in the face of ambiguity; strives to constantly learn and improve, challenge the status. Approaches new situations with an open mind, versatility, and agility. Demonstrates a positive attitude, resilience, and openness to change.


• Integrity and Ethics: Upholds social, ethical norms and values that Pauktuutit holds important, demonstrates commitment to championing Pauktuutit’s organizational policies and values; behaves consistently, and is open, trustworthy and acts without consideration of personal gain.