Director, Strategic Policy and Planning
Competition # : 50161
Department: Natural Resources
Location: HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG
Closing Date: 24-Nov-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
Nova Scotia is rich in natural resources - including biodiversity, forests, geological resources, provincial parks and the land we manage. The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for the development, management, conversation and protection of forest, mineral, parks and wildlife resources and the administration of the province's crown land. Together, we are working with Nova Scotians to build a better future through sustainable natural resource management as we all benefit from the natural health and wealth of the province.
About Our Opportunity
As Director, Strategic Policy and Planning, you provide leadership in facilitating appropriate linkages between policy, program and delivery structures, and developing new inclusive approaches which will generate greater collective knowledge and enhance capacity for integrated, collaborative policy planning, legislative and regulatory development.
In addition, you provide strategic direction and oversight for the research, design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of department strategies and initiatives.
Further, you are responsible for directing a team of policy professionals, including maintaining appropriate relationships with central agencies (ECO, OSE, FTB), and directing and ensuring the quality of DNR and DOE submissions to Executive Council.
Primary Accountabilities
- Lead and develop an effective, coordinated strategic planning infrastructure with associated policy, planning and regulatory management processes, change management, standards and guidelines for DNR/DOE.
- Lead policy/planning initiatives, with an emphasis on those related to key natural resource and energy strategies.
- Provide broad oversight for environmental scanning and analyses to monitor trends, identify gaps and risks in internal planning activities and to inform and stimulate discussion about future strategic directions and opportunities that might affect policy and planning decisi...
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