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Business Unit:
Legal Resources and Corporate Governance
Grade/Band:
MP4
Shift Work:
No
Step 1:
$111,072
to Step 10:
$158,704
The successful candidate will be placed at the appropriate step within the salary grade, based on relevant years of experience and other applicable considerations.
The IESO is committed to ensuring Ontario’s electricity system meets the province’s needs today and into the future.
We are charged with purpose, delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity for homes, businesses, and communities across the province.
We are energized to grow, embracing opportunities to shape the future of a dynamic and evolving energy sector while advancing our careers.
We are powered by teamwork, supported by diverse and passionate colleagues who foster respect, celebrate successes, and thrive on shared achievements. At the IESO, it’s not just what we do— it’s who we are
Who we areOur central role includes managing the provincial power grid in real-time, overseeing and evolving Ontario’s electricity market, engaging with government, municipalities and Indigenous communities, and planning for Ontario’s future electricity needs.
Our employees play a key role in driving grid innovation, protecting the system from threats, advancing the province’s energy conservation programs, and forecasting and procuring the electricity resources we’ll need in the decades to come.
This is a unionized position that falls within the Legal Resources and Corporate Governance Business Unit.
What makes this role excitingThe energy sector is rapidly evolving,



offering exciting new opportunities for those who want to make a difference.
The Specialist, Contracts provides accurate, in-depth, value-added policy and commercial analysis for the design of contract management processes and the management of contracts for renewable electricity supply projects for the Small Renewables portfolio. As required, the Specialist, Contracts manages and is directly accountable for projects, as part of larger initiatives.
The Specialist, Contracts provides analytical support and recommendations to ensure that contract management processes and documents are effective, productive, expeditious, ethical, and provide the best possible value to the IESO, Ontario’s power system, and Ontario’s ratepayers.
What you’ll doIn this role, you’ll make a meaningful impact by contributing to the IESO team and supporting the electricity needs of the province through:
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Contract Management Design:
Assist, or lead projects, in the design of project management mechanisms and processes appropriate for the type of contract and the type of supply resource being contracted for.
Contract Administration:
Manage contract processes, ensuring that all obligations are fulfilled in accordance with the contract requirements, culminating in successful commercial operation of facilities.



Responsible for scheduling and coordinating timely completion of all associated milestones required for each contract.
Negotiation:
Support Supervisor/Senior Manager/Director in contract negotiations with potential to lead negotiations for smaller projects as required. Assist in the development of negotiation principles, strategies and processes for existing projects/contracts.
Contract Development:
Participate in the analysis and development of contracting terms and conditions for contract management documents, program rules, request for proposals, and supply contracts for renewable electricity. Provide input to internal and external legal teams in drafting documents. Advise on contract management issues.
Stakeholder Relations:
Regularly provide customer assistance including those of escalated nature. Represent the IESO at meetings with proponents, maintaining positive relationships and seek feedback to enhance initiatives.
Compliance:
Ensure Program compliance by ensuring Supplier representations, warranties, and covenants are upheld.
Contract Management System Design:
Assist in the planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing and sustainment of updates to contract management information system.
SUPPORT OF CORPORATE INITIATIVES
Renewable Energy Procurements:
Provide a contract management perspective to support the development and design of renewable energy procurements and lead the development of any downstream contract management processes.
Ministerial Directives:
Provide a contract management perspective to lead the fulfilment of Ministerial Directives whic

📌 Specialist Contracts (Toronto)
🏢 IESO
📍 Toronto