Policy Advisor, Social Policy

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada EDC Full time

**Policy Advisor, Social Policy** - 00049Q

**Posting Date**: Apr 21, 2023, 10:53:41 AM

**Primary Location**: Ontario-Ottawa

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Schedule**: Full-time

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a financial Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian businesses make an impact at home and abroad. EDC offers financial products and knowledge to help Canadian businesses confidently enter new markets, reduce financial risk, and grow their business.

When you join our team, you’ll be helping Canadian businesses learn the endless possibilities that open to them through export and help bring their vision, passion, and innovation to the world. Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian businesses and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide. You’ll work amongst the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success. And you’ll know that you’re making an impact every day - for businesses, for Canada and for the people you work with.

Are you ready to make an impact? Join EDC, recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer, as we take on the risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world. #LI-Hybrid

**Team & Job Overview**

Our ESG Policy team is responsible for developing, implementing, and regularly reviewing EDC's ESG policies, which guides EDC's risk management approach, in addition to monitoring and keeping abreast of top ESG trends. The team is seeking to recruit a Policy Advisor, Business and Human Rights. The Policy Advisor will become an integral part of a multi-disciplinary policy advisory team composed of experts in sustainability, environmental and social risk management and human rights. This is an opportunity for a resourceful self-starter that thrives in a dynamic team environment to work directly in the ever-evolving ESG field in the financial sector.

Within the framework of EDC’s legal, international and corporate sustainability and responsibility requirements, the Policy Advisor, Business and Human Rights provides support on the development, implementation, and update of EDC’s Human Right Policy. Reporting to the Director, ESG Policy (Social), and working in close collaboration with the Principal, Business and Human Rights, the Policy Advisor plays a key role in supporting and advancing EDC’s broader human rights program and its operationalization across the business. The Policy Advisor provides research, analysis, and advice on matters of policy for the team, as well as contributes to corporate reporting, trend monitoring, and stakeholder engagement.

**Discipline Summary**
- Supports the development, implementation, and maintenance of the corporate Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) framework and its associated policies.
- Identifies and analyzes potential non-credit related sources of client and transaction risk, from both a human rights and a broader ESG perspective and for the operations of the Corporation, recommends strategies for minimizing risks.
- Communicates information regarding business and human rights risks and opportunities across the organization.
- Monitors and keeps abreast of ESG and human rights-related issues and trends to identify and inform the development of new ESG policies, guidance and/or positions.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Supports the Principal, Business and Human Rights in the development, implementation and operationalization of EDC’s Human Rights Policy and the commitments therein to ensure EDC’s effective management of human rights risks through its customer relationships.
- Supports EDC’s strategic work on supply-chain and human rights issues.
- Monitors emerging human rights trends, conducts research and analysis, and prepares reports on human rights issues relevant to EDC and its customers.
- Contributes to EDC’s human rights biennial report and overall transparency and disclosure practice on EDC’s human rights performance.
- Lead on certain key initiatives, such as development of guidance and/or positions on specific ESG topics.
- Provides support in advising and informing other teams on EDC’s business and human rights-related work across the organization including the line of business and EDC’s other functions.
- Leverage influence, negotiation and persuasion skills to engage in internal and external activities and delivers on the team’s and EDC’s objectives.
- Utilizes strong interpersonal and communication skills to build a network across the Corporation, as well as effective time management and organizational skills to respond to ad hoc human rights-related requests.

**Screening Criteria**
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in a relevant social science discipline such as public administration, international affairs, international development, political sciences or economics, or law or related discipline.
- Knowledge of human rights risk management principles and practices in

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