Bilingual Compliance Officer

Are you passionate about protecting the environment? Do you go out of your way to reduce, reuse, and recycle? Do you envision a waste‑free future?

If you answered yes to those questions, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA), Ontario’s circular economy regulator.

Our vision is a waste‑free and prosperous Ontario. And, our mission is to support waste reduction and resource recovery by enforcing compliance with Ontario’s producer responsibility laws, providing registry services to our regulated community, and reporting publicly on Ontario’s progress towards a circular economy.

We are looking for a talented and committed individual to join us as Bilingual Compliance Officer to support the government’s efforts to protect the environment and advance a new economy in which waste is reused, recycled, and reintegrated.

Reports to:

Manager, Compliance and Operations

Direct Reports: n/a

The Bilingual Compliance Officer is responsible for the successful execution of compliance activities related to the following:

• Regulations under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, and
• Waste diversion programs and industry stewardship plans under the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016.

Following appropriate training and evaluation, this role includes carrying out the responsibilities of an inspector as set out in the legislation.

• Reviews and verifies data reported by registrants under the RRCEA (including audits and verification reports) to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, registry procedures and compliance bulletins.
• Conducts inspections to identify potential compliance issues that require follow‑up and compliance action.
• Performs appropriate compliance actions associated with cases of non‑compliance.
• Files, manages and closes appropriate inspection and compliance cases.
• Maintains documentation of compliance activities, e.g., inspection outcomes, follow‑up compliance activities.
• Adheres to modern regulator principles, including communications for compliance.
• Supports regulated community consultations on compliance‑related topics.
• Implements compliance plans based on the Authority’s risk‑based compliance framework.
• Inspections and compliance cases may be conducted from the desk or on site but are expected to primarily be desk inspections.
• Establishes a high level of satisfaction through all contacts, providing resolution of issues in a timely, accurate and professional manner, answering questions, and providing information.
• Assists in the development and provision of materials (e.g., FAQs, Compliance Bulletins, slide decks) for parties regulated to register and report.
• Ensures regulated parties are trained on the relevant systems to register and report.
• Advises regulated parties of their regulatory requirements.
• Makes recommendations on the regulated parties system interface to increase the usability of the system.

• Assists in efforts to identify best practices in data processes.
• Executes data processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability.
• Creates, analyzes, and reviews reports for internal and external review and presentation.

• Provides administrative support to program committees and projects as required.
• Undertakes research to support program committees and projects as required.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Post‑secondary education or equivalent work experience.

• Six or more years’ regulatory compliance experience considered an asset.
• Ability to communicate in French is mandatory.

• Entry level accounting and/or economics knowledge an asset.
• Background with data management and analysis considered an asset.
• Understanding of baseline financial management considered an asset.
• Background with Salesforce considered an asset.
• Knowledge and understanding of the circular economy would be an asset.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, synthesize information and produce appropriate reports.
• Projec…