Government Affairs Analyst

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ANALYST

**GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY RELATIONS**

**Competition No.** 25.01.34

**CATEGORY**

**SALARY**

**CLOSING DATE**
- Full-Time Continuing (35 hours per week)
- MSA Band E (Steps 1-8): $29.608 - $43.050 per hour. $53,886 - $78,351 per annum (Based on 35 hours per week).
- February 9, 2025

**About Us**:

- MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full
- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

**Opportunity**:
MacEwan University is seeking a Government Affairs Analyst for a full-time continuing opportunity with our Government Affairs department. Reporting to the Director, Government Relations, you will conduct environmental scanning and gather intelligence in support of the team’s provincial, municipal, and federal engagement, and help inform planning and development of summary documents and correspondence, while maintaining databases. This role also supports the Community Relations team with similar functions.

Key responsibilities include:

- Conducting environmental scanning of government and industry sources and analyzing and distributing information to support situational awareness;
- Reviewing, analyzing and tracking government policies and positions to determine impacts to the post-secondary system and MacEwan, which includes federal and provincial legislation and regulations, and municipal bylaws;
- Collaborating internally with other departments and externally with key stakeholders and government bodies to collect information and intelligence to frame and inform positions;
- Synthesizing information collected to identify key issues and provide recommendations;
- Developing systems to maintain and track the data, conduct analysis, and communicate;
- Preparing and communicating reports;
- Providing metrics and conducting trend analysis to inform decision-making and engagement strategies;
- Assisting with research and policy analysis through examinations of the community, industry, and not-for-profit sectors;
- Tracking engagement and contact points through the PoliTraQ database and providing summaries;
- Managing workflow tracking for the Government Affairs team and assisting with written communications;
- Building and maintaining relationships with both faculty and staff and working with relevant key stakeholders to coordinate appropriate input and evaluation of MacEwan's positions;
- Preparing materials for meetings with government officials and partnership organizations;
- Researching and writing position papers and submissions to the government and government bodies; and
- Preparing responses to government positions or news releases.

**SKILLS**:
You will have:

- Excellent and effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to proficiently communicate for business;
- Strong organization and time management skills, with the ability to adapt and manage changing priorities in an extremely agile manner;
- Effective project management skills;
- Problem-solving skills;
- High awareness of current trends, issues analysis and best practices, with the ability to react quickly to changes within the political landscape;
- Exceptional information management and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize and filter a large amount of information in a succinct and accessible manner;
- The ability to present information and recommendations in a professional, highly logical, and organized manner, while exercising professional judgment and logical thinking to provide perspectives and anticipate issues and needs;
- Strong political acumen and understanding of political processes;
- A positive attitude and high level of empathy;
- The ability to work independently, show initiative, and make decisions on issues t