Policy Advisor, Cultural Policy Hub

Reporting to the Supervisor, Cultural Coverage Hub, the Coverage Advisor helps the analysis, writing and information mobilization for OCAD College’s Cultural Coverage Hub (Hub) – a collaborative conduit of cultural stakeholders and companions from throughout Canada.

The Hub is positioned at and administered by OCAD College (OCAD U) – Canada’s oldest and largest artwork and design college. The Hub goals to not solely facilitate and develop the humanities and tradition sectors’ capability in coverage analysis, information evaluation, program design and growth, however to facilitate extra frequent information change and mobilization.

The Hub is a nationwide community of private and non-private companions, organizations, artists and analysis associates throughout Canada.

Abstract of Duties:

• Collaboratively conduct analysis for, in addition to write and edit, coverage paperwork and associated communications content material for the Hub and its web site that help the governance councils and the priorities set by the Hub management group
• Provoke and conduct coverage analysis in recognized areas, equivalent to artist earnings, authorities helps, co-op economic system, different fashions of wealth, world finest practices, analysis methodologies, and so forth.; a big focus will probably be on coverage associated to artistic entrepreneurship and expertise growth
• Coordinate a nationwide council of coverage fellows and analysis associates that can meet often and be accessible for session and collaborative analysis, coverage advising, talking engagements, visitor running a blog, and so forth.
• Seek the advice of often with varied inner and exterior stakeholders to collate and analyze data regarding cultural coverage
• Help the Supervisor within the supply of the Hub’s convening, occasions, information mobilization and communications actions, together with speaker collection, web site, social media, publication, and so forth.
• Assist information mobilization within the type of white papers, op-eds, blogs, and different exterior relations supplies
• Coordinate analysis tasks and work with, and help, different researchers and graduate analysis assistants as wanted
• Write and ship coverage recommendation and/or briefings to senior management and exterior companions and funders relating to cultural coverage and rising points 
• Facilitate and take part in coverage discussions for OCAD U initiatives
• Assist the Supervisor in different associated duties, as assigned

{Qualifications}:

• Publish-secondary diploma in public coverage or a related subject, with a minimal of three (3) years of associated expertise; Grasp’s diploma most popular
• Expertise researching and writing coverage content material and paperwork, together with briefs, white papers, op-eds, blogs, and so forth.
• Data of and expertise working with/in cultural coverage and/or the humanities and artistic industries and sectors in Canada and world wide
• Sturdy writing/modifying and proofreading, together with sturdy information of grammar, syntax, and elegance; and skill to work inside the conventions of home and controlling type guides
• Report writing expertise at an institute of upper schooling or not-for-profit
• Means to work professionally and successfully with individuals in any respect ranges in and out of doors of the post-secondary setting
• Glorious interpersonal and communication expertise to work together with numerous teams of people together with however not restricted to Hub administrative employees, inner particular tasks, exterior advisors, coverage fellows, Advertising and marketing and Communications group, researchers, college and College management
• Working information of Microsoft Workplace and Adobe Artistic Suite
• Organizational and time administration expertise to coordinate tasks and folks, prioritize and observe a number of tasks concurrently, and meet important deadlines
• Analysis, analytical and demanding considering expertise
• Demonstrated dedication to the ideas of fairness and variety, and expertise selling a respectful work and studying atmosphere for college students, employees and college 
• Bilingual in French and English is most popular

Compensation: Hiring Vary – $63,051.73 to $72,283.51 each year commensurate with expertise, plus 4% trip pay and seven% in lieu of *advantages; Wage Vary – $63,051.73 to $82,866.93 each year.

*The profitable incumbent has the choice of pay in lieu or enrollment in advantages

Hours of Work:  Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week. 

Phrases of Employment: This can be a two (2) yr contract and is topic to steady grant funding.

Utility Deadline:  candidates are invited to submit an up to date resume, with a canopy letter by deciding on “Apply Now” under no later than Friday, October 20, 2023, @ 5:00 PM. 

 As an establishment dedicated to artwork, design, digital media and associated scholarship, OCAD College acknowledges the profound and important worth that variety brings to the creation, reception and circulation of artistic practices and discourse.  OCAD College understands that valuing numerous artistic practices and types of information are important to and enrich the establishment’s core mission and imaginative and prescient as an artwork and design college with an area and world scope.

 As an employer dedicated to employment fairness, we encourage purposes from members of equity-seeking communities together with girls, racialized and Indigenous individuals, individuals with disabilities, and individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

We encourage members of designated equity-seeking teams to self-identify inside the voluntary Applicant Questionnaire .

  To be able to alleviate the under-representation of racialized and Indigenous directors, precedence in hiring will probably be given to certified racialized and Indigenous individuals who self-identify as such within the software course of. This initiative is a particular program below the Ontario Human Rights Code .

  OCAD College is dedicated to offering an inclusive and barrier free expertise to candidates with accessibility wants. Requests for lodging will be made at any stage through the recruitment course of. Please  contact  Individuals & Tradition for extra data or seek advice from  OCAD U’s Coverage of Lodging in Employment for Individuals with Disabilities  .

 All certified individuals are inspired to use; nevertheless, Canadians and everlasting residents of Canada will probably be given precedence. Whereas we thank all candidates for his or her curiosity, solely these short-listed will probably be contacted.