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INTEGRIS Health
Senior Director, Government Relations and Advocacy
Ontario Medical Association
full-time
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Origin: • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Provide strategic leadership for government relations at three levels of government
- Lead an experienced team and external advisors to deliver initiatives and activities
- Liaise with internal stakeholders to identify strategic business priorities and government-related issues
- Develop and execute the OMA’s government relations strategies to influence government policy and budget planning
- Manage relationships with key government stakeholders and identify engagement opportunities
- Oversee grassroots advocacy campaigns and special projects, determine goals, deliverables, success indicators and milestones
- Delegate preparation of speaking notes, briefing notes, invites, emails, etc. and evaluate outcomes
- Develop briefs, position papers and messaging and ensure alignment with government relations mandates
- Direct staff activities, monitor workloads, performance and adherence to policies
- Prepare and manage government relations and advocacy budgets
- Identify opportunities to improve government relations and advocacy initiatives
Requirements
- Undergraduate Degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Communications or equivalent; Master’s degree an asset
- Minimum 15 years relevant experience
- Professional accreditation from Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) or International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
- Knowledge of government, public opinion research, public engagement practices, community, stakeholder and member relations
- Expert knowledge of the mechanics of government at all levels, both related to the bureaucracy and the political spheres
- Ability to reach out to all levels of government to facilitate discussion and to advance OMA policy positions
- Knowledge of Ontario’s health-care system
- Will be required to work a minimum number of days in our Toronto office
