Policy Analyst

Overview

Join our team today and make a difference for the future of Inuit Women. Pauktuutit elevates the voices of Inuit women across Canada and supports their health, economic stability, safety, and access to justice through culture-specific policy advocacy, dedicated programs and strategic partnerships. By engaging and collaborating with Inuit women, communities, and organizations, we strive to empower Inuit women, girls and gender-diverse Inuit, ensuring they have greater opportunities to thrive.

Pauktuutit, as the national voice of Inuit women in Canada, has a key role to play in ensuring the use of a gender-equality lens in policies impacting Inuit women, girls and gender-diverse Inuit. We promote greater progress in priority areas, across health and well-being, violence and abuse prevention, safety, and social and economic development. Our ability to do so depends heavily on partnership across government, key funders, Inuit community groups and other stakeholder organizations.

Job Purpose: Utilising a gender-based lens, Policy Analysts support the development and review of public policy to further Pauktuutit’s mandates and initiatives that support Inuit women.

Role note: An excellent communicator with a critical mind, the Policy Analyst will be responsible for supporting advocacy priorities and activities that ensures all policy and knowledge mobilization initiatives consider, model, and actively promote cultural and gender equity at the core.

• In collaboration with the departmental manager, recommends and implements relevant and current strategic direction and initiatives.
• In collaboration with the departmental manager, identifies, analyzes, and recommends policy and legislative opportunities and supports submissions, briefing notes and position papers to government, and action plans on policy issues.
• Gather and research information and statistics related to Inuit participation in the social, cultural and economic context, and provides recommendations for interpretation and application, in consultation internally and externally with Inuit organizations.
• Establish and maintain policy and research records as required.
• Monitor and bring forward information to support recommendations about new and emerging policy and research issues and opportunities.
• Develop drafts to support submissions to a range of governments and other partners.
• Identify relevant funding sources and assist with the development of relevant project proposals and budgets.
• Assist with planning and/or facilitating workshops, meetings; work plan logistics/travel, etc.
• Support quarterly report process to the Board of Directors, Advisory Committee(s) and others as required.
• May represent the organization on various external working groups, committees, etc., at the request of the leadership team.
• Support budget and other financial commitments to funders.
• Please note: other duties may be assigned as needed to meet the mandate and evolving needs of the organization.

Core Competencies

Guided by Inuit Values and principles: The future for Inuit women inspires the work that we do, and all Inuit Women have opportunity to participate and see themselves reflected in our vision and priorities whether through our Board, Delegates, Working Groups, or Regional Inuit organizations.

• Collaboration: We recognize that each of us has strengths that contribute to the whole. We respect the views of others, and we interact with diplomacy and sensitivity with the goal of building rapport. We encourage an environment of open communication and sharing of information. We are focused on building trusting relationships and creating a stronger environment to deliver more integrated results, and work towards a shared vision.
• Inclusion: Everyone is respected, valued, and supported and can achieve their full potential. We make decisions considering opinions, unique needs, and strengths of the Inuit community and relevant stakeholders while upholding Pauktuutit’s vision and values. We focus on providing resources that enable the removal of barriers to equitable access and opportunity.
• Innovation: We are committed to…