Policy Development Officer

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada City of Toronto Full time

**Job ID**: 39814

**Job Category**:Policy, Planning & Research

**Division & Section**:Housing Secretariat, Housing Stability Services

**Work Location**:176 Elm Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2Z8

**Job Type & Duration**:Temporary Full Time, Approximately 12 months

**Salary**:$101,900.00 -$131,222.00 annually

**Shift Information**:Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

**Affiliation**: Non-Union

**Number of Positions Open**: 1

**Posting Period**: 20-JUL-2023 to 03-AUG-2023

The Housing Secretariat, Housing Stability Services Unit is looking for a Policy Development Officer to support the division’s Choice Base Housing Modernization projects, working in the areas of Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) and Affordable Housing. Reporting to the Manager Housing Stability Services, the Policy Development Officer is part of a technology project team and has varying responsibilities including developing strategic and operational policies; communications planning; leading stakeholder engagement; supporting training development and provision to service providers, City staff and system users.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Leads strategic policy development, policy analysis, research and program development processes by identifying, formulating and recommending new policy and policy amendments, preparing and supporting the delivery of detailed implementation plans.
- Leads the design, review, and implementation of new programs or program revisions to
- meet Divisional goals, collaboratively working with a broad range of stakeholders to
- support system and service development initiatives, and ensuring the operational feasibility of any new program or policy.
- Prepares and supports the delivery of detailed implementation plans to support new or
- updated policies and programs, including writing program directives, developing training
- materials, delivering presentations, and providing appropriate communications to
- service providers and other stakeholders.
- Leads and directly conducts ongoing research (qualitative and quantitative data) and analysis of trends and activities related to social and affordable housing and related services such as employment and legislation in order to provide information and identify emerging issues and opportunities to senior management
- Prepares Committee and Council reports, research analysis, major funding requests, briefing notes, presentations and other policy reports/recommendations as required by senior management consistent with unit, divisional and corporate priorities and strategic directions, generates options for programs and policies, assessing the implications and feasibility of these options and recommending solutions and implementation approaches.
- Supports the effective administration of programs by drafting program directives and other communications to service providers
- Maintains an awareness of social, economic and political issues and trends that provides information, policy development and reports based on such issues and trends
- Implements policy and program through communication messages, developing and implementing accountability frameworks, developing and delivering training programs for staff, funded agencies, board members and the general public.
- Provides leadership in the planning and progress of project-based assignments to investigate policy and program options including developing project objectives, requests for proposals, terms of reference, evaluation methods and consulting with relevant stakeholders.
- Develops policies, strategies and program recommendations to improve and better coordinate housing and housing support services.
- Develops targets, criteria and outcome measures to measure the effectiveness and success of programs.
- Fosters, and works collaboratively to maintain close and effective, working relationships with managers and supervisors in the division and, representatives from community-based non-profit organizations, City divisions and other levels of government, technical consultants, and members of the public or other groups as appropriate.
- Engages other stakeholders, service providers, local planning groups, advocates and constituents, in system and service analysis and development.
- Leads project teams to research, prepare, and monitor implementation of recommendations and manages budgets, requests for proposals and service contracts related to projects.

**Key Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education in public administration, public policy, business administration, social science or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Experience working with housing-related policy and legislation applied through policy analysis, planning and development and/or program design, implementation and evaluation.
- Experience in project management, with the demonstrated ability to effectively meet deadlines.
- Experience in social science research methodologies and techniques and experience in writing comprehensive comple

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