Government Relations Advisor

At the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the work we domatters. Every day, our people help connect Canada to global markets,strengthen supply chains, support sustainable growth, and shape the future of Canada’s largest port.

If you're looking for purposeful work where your contributions make a difference, you'll find it here - supported by a team thatis collaborative, innovative, and committed to excellence.

At the port authority, we’re committed to delivering an employee experience that is as rewarding as the work itself. We offer:

• Meaningful work that contributes to Canada’s trade and economic prosperity
• Opportunities for learning, development, and career growth
• Acollaborative and inclusive workplace culture
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
• Flexible programs that support employee wellbeing and work-life integration

Join a team that embraces innovation and continuous learning while delivering technology solutions that support one of Canada’smost important trade hubs.

Build relationships with decision-makers, provide strategic advice, help advance initiatives that have regional and national significance,and promote Canada’s largest port. Your work will help ensure that critical infrastructure, trade, environmental, and community priorities are understood and advanced through meaningful engagement and collaboration.

If you’re looking for work that is meaningful, challenging,and connected to something bigger, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and discover how your career can help shape Canada’s future.

• Working closely with the manager, develop and implement government, regulatory agency and stakeholder communications and engagement activities, including participating/facilitating in meetings,planning and executing outreach programs, and tracking and managing issues
• Buildand maintain strategic relationships with government representatives at alllevels, ensuring communication goals are met
  As required, provide VFPA representation in BC and across Canada with members ofthe provincial and federal government, industry, regulatory agencies, First Nations groups and other stakeholders, wheretact and diplomacy will be required to reconcile issues in a manner that advances VFPA interests
• Monitor,identify, report and provide recommendations on current and emerging issues that may impact corporate initiatives
• Under direction, develop and implement outreach, advocacy and other communications strategies, plans and tactics
• Ensure communications activities are aligned with other departmental and organizational objectives and initiatives
• Incorporate government and key stakeholder engagement initiatives into project communications as required
• Coordinate the graphic design of communications and outreach materials, working closely with Corporate Communications as required
• Participate on cross-functional teams, providing subject matter expertise across the organization on government issues.
• Provide general communications support on an as needed basis, which may include planning and/or support of special events, government and media relations,business communications, tours and presentations, photography, reports, general research, budgets and information requests.
• Tracks engagement activities, action items and outcomes.
• Workswith staff and external consultants to monitor regulatory, government and stakeholder issues nationally, provincially and internationally as appropriate
• Tracks government policy and regulatory changes, providing advice on their implications
• Researches and prepares briefing notes, submissions, binders, letters and other materials
• Writes regular and annual reports on work activities and outcomes
• Maintain government and stakeholder contacts in CRM and ensure records of…