POLICY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER CHILD SVCS (Indigenous Specialized)

As a successful Policy Development Officer (Reconciliation), you will support the Division by developing partnerships in the community, , developing policy, and leading systems planning initiatives to advance reconciliation within Children's Services.

You will be tasked with leading Indigenous systems planning coordination for the division, which includes identifying service gaps, the expansion of Indigenous led operators, and implementing frameworks, such as the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres Response to the Development of an Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework.

Reporting to the Consultant, Policy Planning and Projects (Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Unit), you will be part of a dynamic team tasked with providing strategic advice to the Senior Management Team and advancing the Division’s reconciliation goals within Children's Services.

1. Lived experience as a member of a First Nations, Inuit or Métis community and/or knowledge of Indigenous teachings, principles and traditions, and a deep understanding of the diversity of knowledge, experiences, languages, and cultures and land interests of Indigenous communities in Toronto.

2. Post-secondary education in social policy, public administration, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

3. Considerable experience in strategic and/or operational policy development, stewarding complex policy initiatives from inception through to implementation with minimal direction, while balancing political, community and other stakeholder interests, and resolving conflicts.

4. Considerable experience in applying an anti-oppressive/anti-racist framework, and/or an intersectional equity lens into research, policy analysis and development, and evaluation.

5. Considerable experience with project management, including project design, development, program evaluation and implementation, to support policy and evaluation goals.

6. Considerable experience in stakeholder management with a high level of ability to influence and negotiate outcomes effectively with a broad spectrum of diverse stakeholders.

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