Sr. Administrator, Government Relations & Advocacy (Contract To Dec 2023)

SR. ADMINISTRATOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & ADVOCACY
MEMBER RELATIONS, ADVOCACY & COMMUNCIATIONS
(Contract to December 2023)
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The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) advocates for and supports doctors, seeking to strengthen their leadership role in caring for patients. We continually seek to be the trusted voice in transforming Ontario’s health-care system by courageously pursuing best practices, new ideas, solutions, and opportunities to improve.
Job Summary
Reporting to the Director, Government Relations and Advocacy, the Sr. Administrator, Government Relations and Advocacy provides support towards the implementation of the OMA’s plans to influence key decision-makers in government and stakeholders through effective advocacy.
You Will Make a Difference By

• Assisting the government relations and advocacy team with monitoring, analysis and summaries of relevant legislation, regulations, and policy announcements.
• Arranging internal cross-functional meetings.
• Supporting all activities related to the execution of the OMA government relations and advocacy strategy, including but not limited to political party outreach and tracking, drafting newsletters, organizing events.
• Coordinating with external offices and internal staff to arrange meetings between the OMA and MPPs, political staff, political party officials, ministry officials and decision-makers, stakeholders, physicians and physician leaders and others.
• Providing support as needed to the government relations & advocacy on activities, projects and overall organization.
• Maintaining and developing contact management systems including lists of OMA physician health care advocates, stakeholders and other supporters and design basic analytic dashboards.
• Developing and/or reviewing briefing notes, and presentations to executives to support external and internal meetings. Taking meeting minutes.
• Providing support in reporting to senior executives and the OMA Board on government relations activities and metrics.

Requirements That Are Important To Us

• Excellent written skills with superior attention to detail including the ability to review and edit the materials of team members.
• Superior organizational and time management skills to deal with multiple tasks across different activities.
• Strong interest and knowledge of Ontario politics and the political process.
• Working skills in Smartsheet is an asset.
• Degree in Political Science, Communications and/or community college programs in public affairs or equivalent.
• Knowledge of the health care policy and stakeholder environment is an asset.
• Strong technical skills in Microsoft Office including Power Point, Excel and Word.
• Minimum one (1) year relevant experience. Experience working at Queen’s Park for an MPP or Minister or volunteering for a political campaign is an asset.

The OMA has moved to a permanent hybrid work environment. As such, the individual in this position will be required to work a minimum number of days in our Toronto office.
What Do We Have to Offer You?

• Friendly and flexible hybrid work environment.
• Fantastic opportunity to grow with the team and help shape the strategic direction of the OMA, its members, and the health-care system.
• A work environment whose values are to be — respectful, bold, responsive, and transparent in our work and our behaviours.
• An organization that is committed to the equity, diversity and inclusion principles of humility, accountability, collaboration, courage, and integrity.
• An organization that has been recognized as a Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for three consecutive years.
• Competitive compensation

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The Ontario Medical Association is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. In accordance with the AODA Act, accommodation will be provided throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities.