Policy Analyst

Job Overview

Job Category

Environmental, Regulatory and Stakeholder Engagement

Sectors

Education

Environment

Office only

Career Demand

Stable

About This Career

The energy and petrochemical industries in Canada operate in multiple federal, provincial, territorial and municipal jurisdictions and their associated policy, political and regulatory environments. Policy Analysts review legislation, regulations and policy initiatives and provide advice to leadership on opportunities to advance business interests or to mitigate challenges within these environments.

Policy Analysts can have a variety of backgrounds but usually have experience in dealing with government, business, industry associations and public policy development. They analyze public policy information and synthesize it for internal audiences and work to ensure that relevant information is available to legislative and regulatory stakeholders to support public policy formulation.

In this occupation activities may include:

Reviewing and analyzing, federal and provincial and municipal legislation, regulations, and policies.
Reviewing and analyzing, federal and provincial and municipal legislation, regulations, and policies.
Making recommendations for issues management and external engagement based on broad public policy directions and specific legislative and regulatory decisions taken by governments.
Identifying government policies with current and potential impact to business objectives.
Synthesizing policy and political information as the basis for policy and business decisions by corporate leadership.
Reviewing proposed legislative initiatives and providing feedback on potential impacts on business lines.
Identifying government policies with current and potential impact to business objectives.