Partnerships Manager - Toronto, Canada - Infrastructure Ontario

Infrastructure Ontario

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Summary
P5 Level

The Partnerships Manager is a

single contributor position that works with the Partnerships Team at Infrastructure Ontario to support priority projects and opportunities across IO business lines, as follows:

Implement strategies to standardize and professionalize IO's client relationships.
Provide hands on support and advice to IO teams providing informed and sound advice related to IO's relationships with ministries, agencies, and other key stakeholders.
Use strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and ensure teams within IO are aligned.

The Partnerships Manager will provide advice at the earliest stages of a project through to supporting approvals, execution, and delivery.

There will be opportunities to inform policy decisions and contribute to delivering public infrastructure.

What You Will Do:

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Strategic Advisory Services:

Coordinates and leads matters related ministries, agencies, and other stakeholders on initiatives
Provides expert analysis and interpretation of direction given and requests received by ministries/clients
Provides strategic advice in response to inquiries from IO teams on various interactions
Coordinates IO teams in fulfilling requests and implementing direction from the government
Engages with teams across IO to identify and prepare new projects for the Intake process
Ensures compliance with partnerships processes
Provides insights to leadership to inform partnerships and corporate strategies

- **Stakeholder Relations**:

Develops and manages relationships with political staff and other key stakeholders
Maintains a robust network of contacts in client ministries and political offices
Nurtures strong relationships across IO to create alignment and coordination between business units
Leads meetings to determine IO positions and inputs, building consensus across business areas

- **Manage Issues**:

Identifies and executes solutions to queries, conflicts, etc. with government officials and political offices
Leads early interventions to prevent the escalation of conflicts, changes in direction, information requests, etc.
Provides expert and informed context to resolve issues at the working level
Escalates issues to senior officials or political staff as IO's representative

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Training and Education:

Presents government/client interactions and Partnerships tools and processes during internal training and education sessions
Develops training and educational materials
Provides ongoing education to IO teams on government relations etiquette

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Please note:
This is a single contributor role with no direct reports._

What We Are Looking For:

Experience working in the government (municipal or provincial or federal) or public sector agency coupled with indepth knowledge of government decisionmaking processes.
Level of political acumen is an asset.
Well developed skills in diplomacy, negotiation, consensusbuilding, and problemsolving.
Ability to make presentations to small and large groups.
Highly adaptable to different working styles.
Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.

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Please note:
This is a single contributor role with no direct reports._**
What's In It For You:

Diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purposedriven inperson collaboration opportunities.
A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a fulltime employee's annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 2.5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future.
A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, outofcountry care, paramedical services, and more.
A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a topup to 93% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a topup to 93% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.
Access to our $500 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.
Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include inperson and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues' wellbeing. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two memb