HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) Looking for Government Relations Analyst at Toronto, Ontario, Canada Full Time

• high-performance, people-focused culture
• our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves
• learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth
• membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security
• competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team’s diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, and newly extended maternity/parental leave top of 26 weeks)
• optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%
• yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars
• access to an annual wellness reimbursement program for health and wellness-related expenses for permanent and temporary employees
• the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary:

This role is meant to be a direct support to the Government Relations team. It will increase the team’s capacity for research and advice focused on a fluid public policy environment as well as provide an additional resource for the execution of government relations

What you will do:

Public policy and public affairs research and analysis

• Executes public policy research and analysis to inform HOOPP’s government relations initiatives.
• Analyzes and prepares written briefs on existing research reports, publications, legislation and public opinion research related to HOOPP’s GR efforts as well as the Plan’s pension and retirement security advocacy.
• Develops and executes research in a way such as to produce, compile and maintain credible sources of information driving thought leadership and strategic initiatives.
• Works with partners across the organization as well as externally to better inform research and analysis outcomes.
• Generates counter-arguments against opposing viewpoints and explores and supports means by which to leverage research through communications.

Media and government monitoring

• Monitors relevant media and social media on a daily basis, tracking developments in the public policy and regulatory environment
• Provides executive-ready reports and written analysis of emerging issues and trends that impact HOOPP and its members.
• Monitors media daily for publications of interest and raises any issues that may be explored further to inform HOOPP’s government affairs intiatives.

Reporting and information-sharing

• Supports internal reporting as well as the dissemination of relevant government and public affairs information across the organization and in support of relationships with select external stakeholders.
• Supports the reporting of team statistics and provides the success metrics for various stakeholder reports (e.g., monthly highlights).
• Supports the compilation of quarterly board reports for the government affairs
• Ensures HOOPP staff remain engaged and up to date on GR activities
• Provides updates of GR accomplishments and related activities that can be incorporated into other communication materials.

Supporting relationships, issue management and thought leadership

• Provides support to the wider Government & Public Affairs team and their development of government relations and public affairs initiatives (including thought leadership) that:
• Demonstrates the value of HOOPP;
• Advances issues of importance to the Plan;
• Protects and promotes HOOPP’s brand and reputation.
• Supports the management of relationships with government, peer plans, research-based organizations and other stakeholders to keep informed of the activities in HOOPP’s stakeholder map and identify partnerships for collaboration on thought-leadership studies.
• Monitors for opportunities for HOOPP to offer its expertise/findings from research studies to strategic partners for borader commuincations on retirement security.
• Actively participates in the development and execution of projects and engagements that provide HOOPP the opportunity to listen and share perspectives while developing important and lasting relationships with key stakeholder audiences.

What you bring:

• 1-3 years work experience in government, public affairs, media, communications or a related field
• University degree
• Public policy, humanities and/or communications an asset
• Public policy, media and stakeholder research and analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Project management
• Time management/handling multiple projects
• Self-motivating
• Works well with uncertainty
• Team oriented
• MS Office, Sharepoint, Databases