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Policy Analyst # 26-26121

  • St. John's, NL, Canada
  • Greater St. John's Metropolitan Area, Canada

$70 to $75 USD / hour · Contract

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$70 to $75 USD / hour
Job type
Contract
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Minimum of 5 years of experience in policy analysis, policy development, governance, or a related field.
Posting language
English
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Duration: 05 Months

Job Description
  • We are seeking an experienced Policy Analyst to support a major policy modernization initiative within a public-sector organization.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing existing policies and governance frameworks, conducting research and analysis, developing and refining policy documents, coordinating stakeholder consultations, and supporting the review, approval, and implementation of policies.
  • The role requires strong analytical, research, documentation, and project management skills, along with the ability to work collaboratively with subject matter experts and senior leadership to deliver high-quality, evidence-based policy instruments within established timelines.
Responsibilities
  • Review existing policy inventories, governance frameworks, policy templates, draft documents, dashboards, and project plans to assess current status, gaps, dependencies, and priorities.
  • Develop and maintain detailed work plans, delivery schedules, and prioritization frameworks to ensure timely completion of policy modernization activities.
  • Conduct legislative, regulatory, jurisdictional, and best-practice research to support policy development and modernization.
  • Analyze policy gaps, inconsistencies, duplication, outdated requirements, and opportunities to consolidate or retire existing policies.
  • Draft, review, and refine policies, standards, procedures, guidelines, governance documents, roles and responsibilities, compliance requirements, and exception processes.
  • Assess operational, governance, privacy, security, information management, financial, legal, human resources, and service-delivery implications of proposed policies, as applicable.
  • Develop evidence-based policy options, recommendations, issue analyses, and supporting documentation for decision-making.
  • Plan and facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, working sessions, consultations, and document reviews with subject matter experts, policy owners, operational teams, and other stakeholders.
  • Gather and document stakeholder feedback, resolve competing requirements, maintain decision records, and escalate significant issues or risks requiring senior-level direction.
  • Coordinate policy review and approval cycles, including quality assurance, document control, version management, records of decision, and required sign-offs.
  • Prepare briefing notes, decision notes, executive presentations, approval packages, and other senior-level documentation, including submission support where required.
  • Develop policy implementation and communication plans, including training and awareness materials, FAQs, checklists, templates, process maps, and compliance tools.
  • Maintain project dashboards, schedules, action logs, risk and issue logs, decision logs, document registers, and progress reports.
  • Communicate project progress, milestones, dependencies, outstanding decisions, and delivery risks to leadership and relevant stakeholders.
  • Support policy adoption and transition activities, ensuring completed documentation and supporting records are properly organized and transferred to the designated team.
  • Prepare final status reports, handover documentation, and knowledge-transfer materials to support project closeout.
Experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in policy analysis, policy development, governance, or a related field.
  • Experience working as a Policy Analyst or in an equivalent role, with at least two relevant assignments completed within the last three years.
  • Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, or modernizing policies, standards, procedures, directives, or governance frameworks.
  • Experience conducting policy research, gap analysis, options assessment, developing recommendations, and preparing formal policy documentation.
  • Experience preparing executive briefings, decision notes, approval materials, or comparable senior-level documentation.
  • Experience coordinating stakeholder consultations, facilitating working sessions, and incorporating feedback into policy documents.
  • Experience supporting policy implementation, communications, change management, project tracking, and governance approval processes.
  • Experience maintaining project documentation, decision logs, risk registers, document control records, and status reports.
Skillsets
  • Strong policy research, analysis, development, drafting, and documentation skills.
  • Knowledge of policy frameworks, governance structures, legislative and regulatory research, and jurisdictional analysis.
  • Ability to identify policy gaps, assess risks and impacts, develop alternatives, and formulate evidence-based recommendations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of executive-level briefings and decision-support materials.
  • Stakeholder engagement, consultation, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Understanding of policy implementation planning, change management, communications, and stakeholder adoption.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, including work planning, prioritization, dependency management, and deadline tracking.
  • Experience with document version control, decision logs, approval records, risk and issue registers, dashboards, and project reporting tools.
  • Ability to collaborate with technical, operational, legal, privacy, security, financial, and other subject matter experts.
  • Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to manage multiple deliverables within tight timelines.
  • Proficiency in standard office productivity and documentation tools used for policy drafting, presentations, spreadsheets, and project tracking.
Education
  • Completed post-secondary education in a program of at least three years in Public Administration, Political Science, Business, Communications, Information Management, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Candidates should be able to demonstrate how their educational background supports policy analysis, governance, research, and policy development.

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Responsibilities

Review and modernize policies and governance frameworks through research, gap analysis, drafting, stakeholder consultation, and evidence-based recommendations. Coordinate approval and implementation activities, maintain project records and reporting, and prepare executive materials and project handover documentation.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of experience in policy analysis, development, governance, or a related field, including recent relevant assignments and demonstrated policy modernization experience. Candidates must have completed at least three years of post-secondary education in a relevant field and bring strong research, writing, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills.

Skills

  • Policy Research
  • Policy Analysis
  • Policy Development
  • Policy Drafting
  • Governance Frameworks
  • Legislative and Regulatory Research
  • Gap Analysis
  • Evidence-Based Recommendations
  • Stakeholder Consultation
  • Facilitation
  • Project Management
  • Change Management
  • Executive Briefings
  • Document Control
  • Risk and Issue Management
  • Policy Implementation Planning

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Categories

  • Government & Public Sector
  • Management & Leadership
  • Administrative
  • Legal
  • Consulting

Keywords

  • Policy Modernization
  • Policy Analysis
  • Policy Development
  • Governance Frameworks
  • Legislative Research
  • Regulatory Research
  • Jurisdictional Analysis
  • Best Practices
  • Gap Analysis
  • Options Assessment
  • Policy Recommendations
  • Stakeholder Consultation
  • Executive Briefings
  • Decision Notes
  • Approval Processes
  • Change Management
  • Implementation Planning
  • Document Version Control
  • Decision Logs
  • Risk Registers
  • Issue Logs
  • Project Dashboards
  • Work Plans
  • Status Reporting
  • Training Materials
  • Compliance Tools
  • Public Administration
  • Information Management
  • Information Technology

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