NEW JOB OPENING
SENIOR POLICY ANALYST - GOVERNMENT POLICY MODERNIZATION & GOVERNANCE
IN ST. JOHN'S, NL, CANADA!

 

Date Posted: 10/14/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 509176
Industry: Government
Job Title: Senior Policy Analyst - Government Policy Modernization & Governance
Job Location: St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 2Y4
Work Model: Onsite
Shift: General shift
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 5
Min Hourly Rate($): 65.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 75.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Analysis, Communications, Documentation, Governance, Stakeholders, Writing Skills
Experience Desired:
Experience in policy analysis, policy development, governance, or a related field (5 yrs),
Development and modernization of government policies, standards, procedures, or legislative and governance frameworks (3 yrs),
Executive briefings, Treasury Board submissions, decision notes, or other senior-level approval materials (3 yrs),
Collaboration with subject matter experts to research, analyze, draft, validate, and finalize policy (5 yrs),
Policy implementation, communications, and project controls (5 yrs),
Stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and written and oral communication (5 yrs),
Facilitation of policy review, revision, approval, communication, and adoption (5 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

**C2C is not available**

 

Job Description
Required Education:
• Post-secondary education in Public Administration, Political Science, Business, Communications, Information Management, Information Technology, or a related field

Required skills:
• Experience in policy analysis, policy development, governance, or a related field (5 years)
• Recent successful Policy Analyst assignments (At least two examples from the last 3 years are required)
• Development and modernization of government policies, standards, directives, procedures, or legislative and governance frameworks (3 Years)
• Executive briefings, Treasury Board submissions, decision notes, or other senior-level approval materials (3 Years)
• Collaboration with subject matter experts to research, analyze, draft, validate, and finalize policy content (5 years)
• Policy implementation, communications, and project controls (5 years)
• Stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and written and oral communication (5 Years)
• Facilitation of policy review, revision, approval, communication, and adoption (5 Years)

Our client is seeking a Policy Analyst to complete a major Policy Modernization Initiative. The Policy Analyst will work under the direction of the Corporate and Strategic Services Branch and will be accountable for advancing the existing Policy Modernization Initiative from its current stage through further development, review, approval, implementation planning, and project closeout.

Job Duties:
• Review the existing policy modernization framework, policy inventory, governance model, templates, draft instruments, dashboards, decision logs, and project plans
• Confirm the status, scope, dependencies, approval path, and priority of each outstanding policy, standard, procedure, guideline, and supporting governance document
• Develop and maintain a detailed work plan that sequences deliverables, identifies required consultations and decisions, and supports completion by March 31, 2027
• Identify gaps, duplication, inconsistencies, outdated requirements, and opportunities to consolidate or retire existing policy instruments
• Conduct jurisdictional, legislative, regulatory, policy, and leading-practice research relevant to the assigned policy instruments
• Assess operational, governance, privacy, security, information management, financial, legal, human resource, and service-delivery implications, as applicable
• Complete and refine assigned policies and related standards, procedures, guidelines, roles and responsibilities, definitions, compliance requirements, exception processes, and supporting tools
• Ensure documents are clear, internally consistent, practical to implement, aligned with the approved client policy framework and templates, and written for the intended audience
• Maintain traceability between consultation input, analysis, decisions, revisions, and final policy wording
• Plan and facilitate interviews, workshops, working sessions, and document reviews with client subject matter experts, policy owners, operational teams, and other stakeholders
• Prepare consultation materials, capture feedback and decisions, analyze competing requirements, and recommend practical resolutions
• Validate that proposed requirements are operationally feasible, appropriately risk-based, and supported by clear accountabilities and implementation considerations
• Escalate unresolved issues, policy conflicts, material risks, and decisions requiring executive direction
• Coordinate the review and approval cycle for each policy instrument, including quality assurance, document control, version management, records of decision, and required signoffs
• Prepare decision notes, briefing notes, presentations, approval packages, Treasury Board submission materials, and other executive documentation, as required
• Present policy analysis, options, recommendations, risks, and implementation considerations to senior leadership and governance committees, as required
• Incorporate approved changes and prepare final publication-ready documents and authoritative records
• Develop implementation and communications plans that identify audiences, key messages, sequencing, responsibilities, training or awareness needs, transition activities, and measures of completion
• Prepare supporting implementation products, which may include FAQs, guidance, checklists, templates, process maps, compliance tools, and presentation materials
• Maintain the project dashboard, schedule, action log, issue and risk log, decision log, document register, and progress reports
• Provide regular status updates that clearly identify progress, upcoming milestones, dependencies, decisions required, and risks to the March 31, 2027, completion date
• Transfer completed documents, working files, research, consultation records, and project controls to the designated client team at assignment close
• Review policy inventory and prioritized work plan for all remaining modernization activities
• Complete draft and final policy instruments, including associated standards, procedures, guidelines, and governance documents assigned during the engagement
• Consultation plans, records of feedback, decision logs, issue analyses, and documented recommendations
• Complete executive and approval materials, including briefing documents and Treasury Board submission support where required
• Communications and implementation plans, together with supporting tools and materials for approved policies
• Update current project dashboard, schedule, document register, action log, risk and issue log, and final status report
• Complete handover package and knowledge transfer session before March 31, 2027.

  • **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

  • **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

 

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