Senior Advisor

Senior Advisor #: JG34996 Cabinet Office

Location:

Toronto, Ontario
Posted:
June 22, 2026

Salary: $82,217 - $121,155

Description
Are you interested in working at the heart of government communications alongside senior leaders in a dynamic and supportive environment? Then join our team! If you are a communications expert with a knack for strategic planning, a passion for collaboration, and a desire to help deliver the government's communications priorities, this could be your chance to make a lasting impact. Whether you come from the public sector, public relations, marketing, or communications agency environment, this role offers the opportunity to apply your strengths in project management, client and stakeholder engagement, and integrated communications development within a high‑impact public‑sector context.

Success in this role requires agility, innovation, and understanding of how to translate complex policy into clear, accessible communications that strengthens public awareness of the government’s work.

Key Features

A top‑notch team:
Work with a results‑oriented communications professionals team, providing strategic advice and services to ministries and senior leaders.

Big‑picture perspective:
Apply the broader vision in day‑to‑day operations to help shape public perception and policy.

Dynamic environment:
Tackle large‑scale strategic communications projects and navigate an ever‑changing communications rollout calendar and announcements.

Qualifications
What do you bring?

Strategic, solutions‑focused communicator with strong project‑management and relationship‑building skills. Confident working across all communications channels, you provide clear, insightful advice to senior leaders. You thrive in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments, using sound judgment to drive results. Your work reflects a deep understanding of Ontario’s diverse communities.

About the role

Serve as a strategic advisor to ministry partners.

Guide communications on policy, priorities, and public messaging.

Oversee high‑impact content for the Premier’s Office and ministries across media channels.

Coordinate with Cabinet Office teams to manage announcements and meet deadlines.

Foster a collaborative, results‑driven team culture.

Deliver expert advice, project leadership, and sharp analysis.

Ensure seamless communications across portfolios.

Provide responsive, client‑focused service.

Technical Knowledge

Proven expertise in strategic communications and executing integrated strategies.

Solid understanding of Ontario government priorities, issues, and decision‑making processes.

Clear grasp of how communications shape public policy and perception.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills

Strong relationship management and client service abilities.

Skilled at handling sensitive issues with tact, discretion, and political acuity.

Confident communicator briefing senior executives on complex topics.

Demonstrated leadership both independently and in teams.

Writing Skills

Exceptional writing and editing skills with experience crafting plain‑language content on high‑profile issues.

Skilled at preparing clear, effective briefing materials and presentations for senior audiences.

Project Management Skills

Excellent organizational, analytical, and time‑management capabilities.

Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Don’t meet every qualification?

We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the listed qualifications, even if you don’t meet all. We recognize that no one person may have every qualification, and you might just be the right candidate.

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage anyone interested in working with us, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialised individuals, and people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, to apply.

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Accessibility.

Anti‑Racism Policy.

About security checks

A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position’s responsibilities.

If a check is needed and you have lived outside Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you’ll need to provide an out‑of‑country police clearance certificate from that country.

Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

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