Senior Coverage Advisor, Clear Transportation

SEEKING a strategic thinker and energetic chief to affix our coverage crew’s efforts to advance clear transportation priorities in Canada.

SUMMARY 

The Senior Coverage Advisor is chargeable for creating, advocating for and implementing methods to advance insurance policies and packages that help Canada’s transition to a clear transportation future. A typical work day might embody enterprise distinctive analysis and presenting it in a dynamic, accessible method; creating coverage positions and advancing them by authorities relations and communications actions; constructing alliances; and supporting stakeholder convening. 

To reach this position, the Senior Coverage Advisor should have the next qualities:

• A strategic thinker who can discover the “acupuncture factors” for advancing clear transportation priorities in Canada.
• An entrepreneurial and energetic chief who can construct trusted relationships with key authorities, enterprise, and trade leaders to search out areas of widespread floor. 
• A self-motivated mission supervisor who can thrive working alone or as a part of a crew. 
• A detail-oriented advisor who delivers fine quality work merchandise with analysis we are able to belief.
• A powerful communicator with wonderful writing and interesting presentation abilities.
• A passionate advocate who is devoted to lowering emissions in Canada’s transportation sector, transitioning to cleaner autos, and positioning Canada to be a pacesetter on electrical car and battery know-how improvement. 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop Technique 

• Assist technique improvement  to advance insurance policies in areas resembling: growing the uptake of zero emission vehicles, buses and vehicles; selling Canada’s aggressive benefit in manufacturing EVs and their batteries, and making certain Canada maintains stringent emissions requirements for all sizes of autos.
• Present recommendation and contribute to coverage discussions federally and, the place applicable, at provincial ranges of presidency. 

Create Coverage

• Monitor the clear transportation coverage panorama and keep updated on new developments in Canada and related jurisdictions.
• Conduct analysis and supply coverage evaluation on clear transportation points resembling local weather and zero-emission car insurance policies, car emission requirements, automotive sector traits, lithium-ion battery know-how and provide chains.
• Develop clear transportation coverage positions primarily based on international greatest practices and tailor-made to Canada’s political and financial context.
• Draft stories, coverage briefs, authorities submissions and slide decks. 

Lead Advocacy

• Work with governments and politicians of all stripes to advance coverage asks.
• Take part in authorities briefings, consultations and legislative committee hearings on behalf of Clear Power Canada in consultations and stakeholder conferences.
• Passionately current Clear Power Canada’s work and positions on points within the media, on panel discussions, at conferences and at different occasions.

Assist Communications

• Draft media supplies resembling blogs, key messages and op-eds. 
• Assist different communications initiatives resembling creating media statements in response to actions taken by a authorities.

Construct Alliances

• Collaborate with governments, trade, civil society teams and different stakeholders to search out areas of widespread floor on clear transportation insurance policies.
• Leverage partnerships by the creation of occasions that showcase a depth and breadth of stakeholder help for a coverage or challenge, resembling designing a webinar panel dialogue or convening a roundtable dialogue to assist present recommendation on find out how to implement a coverage or program.

Analysis and Reporting

• Lead or take part in common analysis of packages, campaigns, tasks and different actions. 
• Draft quarterly stories, develop and measure towards outlined metrics of success (outcomes and actions), and help workers conducting fundraising.

SUPERVISION

• The Senior Coverage Advisor stories to the Clear Transportation Program Supervisor. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS 

• College diploma in a related self-discipline resembling public coverage, environmental sciences, political science and so on.
• Choose a minimal of three years work-related expertise in a associated discipline.
• Choose expertise creating, implementing and analysing the effectiveness of packages and insurance policies.
• Choose expertise in authorities relations and communications. 
• Choose expertise in strategic or enterprise planning.
• Choose expertise in facilitating / convening.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• This place is ideally primarily based in Toronto, Ottawa, Victoria or Vancouver though different areas might be thought of.
• Some journey is required for presidency relations, stakeholder conferences and occasions, and will embody as much as three journeys a 12 months for employees conferences. 

COMPENSATION

Clear Power Canada provides a aggressive wage, trip, and well being advantages package deal.  

HOW TO APPLY 

In the event you assume this place appears like an incredible match for you, please submit a cowl letter and resume to [email protected] following these directions: 

• Format your cowl letter and resume as a single PDF file named utilizing this conference: LastName-FirstInitial_SenioPolicyAdvisor_Application_2022.pdf 
• Restrict your cowl letter to not more than two pages and handle it to Joanna Kyriazis, Clear Transportation Program Supervisor. Please point out the way you discovered of this chance.

APPLICATION DEADLINE 

Functions might be accepted till Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

Clear Power Canada is an equal-opportunity employer. Whereas we recognize all expressions of curiosity, solely these candidates chosen for an interview might be contacted.

About Clear Power Canada 

Clear Power Canada is a local weather and clear power program inside the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser College. We work to speed up Canada’s clear power transition by sharing the story of the worldwide shift to renewable power sources and clear know-how. We conduct authentic analysis, convene influential dialogues, inform coverage management, and construct citizen engagement.

We try to be modern, collaborative, data-driven, and attentive to shifts within the political and coverage panorama. We work in a fast-paced atmosphere the place clear and interesting communications issues and the place every particular person’s contribution counts.