Vice President, Policy

at  Public Policy Forum

The Public Policy Forum is seeking a broad-minded, intellectually ambitious and entrepreneurial leader with a passion for public policy and a track record in one or more of government, academia, think tanks or related organizations. We are looking for a doer and thinker, someone enthusiastic about engaging with our many partners and ready to lead a team of Policy Leads and Associates and part-time Fellows in designing processes to tackle policy challenges. This is a critical role in our organization, one that faces inward and outward.
PPF prides itself on being the think tank about tomorrow, an applied policy shop working with a cross-section of stakeholders to put forward fresh policy approaches on emerging issues. Our research is generally accompanied by convening interested parties coming from differing perspectives. The Vice-President of Policy is a key member of the leadership team and is responsible for planning and overseeing our policy agenda and research activities, as well as ensuring their impact and excellence.
The position reports to the President & CEO and will work closely with members of the PPF team in delivering on the organization’s strategic and operational mandates. We operate off of four delivery platforms for our content: publications, convenings, PPF Media and our learning arm, PPF Academy.
The Vice-President will represent PPF in policy discussions at conferences and in the media and will sometimes hold the pen on PPF reports or other vehicles that communicate our content. We are looking for someone with recognized public policy expertise who will seek to amplify that recognition on the PPF platform.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A graduate degree or higher and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in a research or policy environment
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work in a dynamic and inclusive team environment
• Entrepreneurial, take initiative, willingness to do hands-on work
• Ability to help support the conception, development and implementation of multi-stakeholder, non-partisan policy dialogue and research projects
• Demonstrated experience in project management and overcoming obstacles to deliver complex projects on time and budget
• Ability to communicate with people at all levels on complex matters and to bring competing points of view to consensus
• Ability to quickly develop a working knowledge of new subject matter
• Strong knowledge of topical public policy issues and the public policy process in Canada
• Excellent writing, editing and oral communications skills
• Ability to speak and write fluently in both official languages is preferred

Please refer the Job description for details