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About the role

  • Policy Analyst developing regulatory policy for British Columbia’s energy resources regulator. Conducting research, stakeholder engagement, cost-benefit analysis, and recommendations for legislative and program changes.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct policy analysis, research studies, and prepare detailed reports and recommendations
  • Conceptualize and develop policies consistent with the strategic goals and priorities of the BCER and develop recommendations for program/regulation changes
  • Collaborate as part of a project team in developing proposals, business cases and cost-benefit analyses
  • Define and manage project deliverables, assess progress, and take or recommend corrective action
  • Support streamlining of regulatory development processes and decision points within the regulatory framework
  • Support development and implementation plans for policy and regulatory changes
  • Identify policy issues and act as a subject matter expert in researching and responding to enquiries from across the BCER
  • Collect and analyze external policies and processes, perform environmental scans, collect data, identify deviations, gaps and opportunities, and recommend revisions to BCER policies
  • Build relationships with First Nations, ministries and organizations at provincial, federal, local or community levels to coordinate policies, consult, identify issues, and obtain feedback
  • Conduct cost-benefit analysis and document financial impacts relating to proposed policy or program changes
  • Develop briefing notes, discussion papers, fact sheets, correspondence, flow charts and other materials

Requirements

  • A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a related field such as Public Administration, Natural Resource Management, Finance, Economics, Environmental or Applied Science, or Law
  • Three years of relevant experience
  • Demonstrated experience researching policy issues and/or conducting policy analysis in the energy and/or natural resource sector
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating projects and/or project teams and developing related action plans
  • Demonstrated experience using excellent communication and writing skills to write briefing notes, reports, discussion papers, fact sheets, correspondence, flow charts and other materials
  • Demonstrated experience applying an understanding of Indigenous people’s issues to policy analysis
  • Demonstrated experience critically analyzing complex information into summary reports and actionable recommendations
  • Preference may be given to candidates with knowledge of industrial processes regulated by the BCER
  • Preference may be given to candidates with experience working with or understanding the process to develop and amend legislation, regulations and orders through the required stages
  • Critical thinking
  • Cultural agility
  • Problem solving and judgement
  • Stakeholder engagement

Benefits

  • Hybrid Office Model: employees work from both a home office and a designated BCER office location
  • An additional 10.75% Job Family Market Multiplier will be added to the posted salary
  • An additional 3% Location Allowance will be added to posted salary for northern location
  • Equal employment opportunity employer
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$80,961 - CA$92,191 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridFort St JohnCanada

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