Help turn policy ideas into influence and action as New Economy Canada’s new Director, Policy & Government Relations The opportunity

New Economy Canada is seeking a Director, Policy & Government Relations to lead our GR, economic and public-policy agenda and help turn strong policy ideas into influence and action.

This is a senior role at the intersection of public policy, economics, and government. You will bring strong government relations and policy expertise, a sophisticated understanding of how governments make decisions, and the ability to use your networks and build a persuasive case for change with political leaders, senior officials, business executives and other influential audiences.

Electricity and electrification are central to New Economy Canada’s current agenda, but our work will evolve alongside Canada’s economic opportunities and challenges. You will bring a broad economic-policy mind and the ability to apply rigorous thinking across issues such as energy, industrial policy, clean technology, critical minerals, manufacturing, infrastructure, trade, investment and competitiveness.

You will help determine, in consultation with our partners, not only what New Economy Canada advocates for, but how we build the political, business and coalition support necessary to get it done. This is a virtual position for someone based in Ottawa, reporting to the President.

About New Economy Canada

New Economy Canada is a non-partisan national not-for-profit that unites businesses, labour unions, and Indigenous organizations committed to building Canada’s clean economy. Our more than 70 partners employ or represent over 750,000 workers. Our partners span natural resource companies, clean energy and clean tech firms, industrial sector associations, and labour and Indigenous organizations — a coalition that reflects the breadth of Canada’s economic transition.

New Economy Canada advances practical economic policy solutions through coalition-building, education, government relations, and strategic communications. We work to position Canada as a competitive player in the global clean economy. The organization has an established strategy, a strong and growing partner base, and a skilled staff team. The next President joins at a moment of organizational momentum.

What you’ll do

Lead New Economy Canada’s public-policy and GR agenda

- Lead the development and evolution of Current Economy Canada’s economic and public-policy priorities, ensuring our recommendations are ambitious, economically credible, politically relevant and capable of driving real-world outcomes.
- Provide leadership on our electricity and electrification agenda while building policy positions and GR strategies across priorities such as industrial policy, clean technology, critical minerals, manufacturing, infrastructure, investment and competitiveness.
- Oversee research, contribute to economic analysis, and devise clear,



practical and persuasive policy recommendations.
- Produce government consultation submissions and pull together major policy initiatives of priority to New Economy Canada and its partners.

Turn policy into influence and outcomes

- Develop strategies to move New Economy Canada’s priority recommendations from ideas to government consideration, adoption and implementation.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with priority federal and provincial ministers, senior political staff, public servants and other decision makers.
- Deepen New Economy Canada’s relationships across political parties, ensuring the organization can effectively advance its agenda through changing political environments.
- Grow New Economy Canada’s government and policy presence in priority provinces, particularly Ontario.
- Position New Economy Canada as a credible and constructive source of economic and policy advice.

Mobilize New Economy Canada’s alliance

- Harness the collective influence of New Economy Canada’s partner organizations to advance priority policy outcomes.
- Identify when and how individual partners and coalition voices can most effectively influence government decisions.
- Create high-value opportunities, including an ongoing rhythm of government meetings, for partners to engage directly with political leaders, senior officials and other decision makers around focused policy asks.
- Develop compelling briefing materials and messages that enable partners to advocate confidently and consistently.
- Lead all government advocacy day planning and delivery, including prep materials for both staff and partners, and ensure New Economy Canada’s government engagement delivers meaningful value to partners.

Be a compelling economic voice for Current Economy Canada

- Serve as an external voice for New Economy Canada on economic, policy and competitiveness issues (alongside the President, Executive Chair, and others).
- Serve as one of New Economy Canada’s key contacts for our partners.
- Confidently present and defend New Economy Canada’s positions with CEOs, ministers, senior officials, and other sophisticated stakeholders.

Provide strategic intel

- Provide the President, senior leadership team and staff with timely political and economic intelligence, analysis and strategic advice.
- Help maintain a clear, proactive and regularly updated government-engagement strategy aligned with New Economy Canada’s organizational and policy priorities.




- Lead external government relations and policy consultant relationships.
- Work closely with our Senior Director of Communications and Director of Partners and Engagement to ensure policy priorities, government engagement, partner mobilization and external communications are well coordinated and mutually reinforcing.

Who you are You may be an economist who has built your career at the intersection of economics, government relations and public policy, or a senior policy and government relations leader with strong economic credentials and instincts. Either way, you understand how governments make decisions, know how to navigate the political and public-service environment, and can build a persuasive case for change and bring influential people with you.

You bring

- Established relationships in Ottawa and experience engaging provincial and/or federal governments.
- Experience in economic public policy, ideally related to clean energy, industry, infrastructure, investment, natural resources, clean technology and/or economic competitiveness.
- Solid grounding in government relations, economics, public policy or a related discipline.
- Experience working in or with government, a minister’s office, financial institution, business organization, research organization or other sophisticated policy environment would serve you well in this role.
- An understanding of how government decisions are made, including the interaction among legislation, regulation, fiscal policy, politics and the economy.
- Ability to persuade and influence, combined with outstanding presentation and written communication skills.
- The credibility and confidence to engage effectively with senior business leaders, ministers, senior political staff and senior public servants.

Why join New Economy Canada? This is an opportunity to help shape some of the most consequential economic-policy questions facing Canada: how we build the clean energy infrastructure our economy needs, attract investment, strengthen Canadian industries and compete in a rapidly changing global economy. You’ll work directly with an influential national alliance of more than 70 business, labour and Indigenous leaders, and have the opportunity to deepen your government relationships and turn policy ideas into the action required to advance a clean economy for Canada.

This position is posted at the Director level, with flexibility to adjust the seniority, title and scope based on the successful candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Compensation will reflect the level of appointment.

How to apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter as a single combined PDF document to [email protected]. Place your cover letter first, followed by your resume.

Please save the file using the following format: FirstName_LastName. Resumes received without a cover letter will not be considered.

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