A Day in the Life of a Manager, Public Affairs

The Manager, Public Affairs leads SCC's public affairs function by developing and implementing strategies that strengthen relationships with government, industry, and other key stakeholders. The role supports a coordinated and strategic approach to external engagement, ensuring SCC's priorities and the value of standards are effectively communicated and understood.

The Manager, Public affairs collaborates with policy, program, communications, and research teams to inform engagement strategies, monitor the external environment, identify emerging opportunities and risks, and provide advice to leadership. Through strategic relationship management and evidence-informed approaches, the role contributes significantly to SCC's positioning and continued impact within Canada's standardization and accreditation landscape.

Your Background

Requirements

Security clearance: Secret

Language: Bilingual Imperative (SISS)

Education

• University degree in public policy, political science, communications, or a related field or an equivalent of education and experience

Experience and skills

• 10 years of progressive experience in public affairs, government relations, stakeholder engagement, strategic communications, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience developing and implementing engagement strategies, briefing materials, and recommendations for senior leaders or external stakeholders.
• Experience in public affairs, government relations, policy, or a related function, including an understanding of government decision-making and the policy and regulatory environment.
• Experience providing advice to senior management, including synthesizing information and assessing risks and implications.
• Ability to integrate analysis and evidence into clear, persuasive advice and external positioning.
• Experience working across teams and leading others to support alignment and coordination in a complex organizational environment.

You May Also Have

• Master's degree in a related field could be an asset

Key Activities

• Leads the strategic coordination of external relationships and outreach planning, providing public affairs advice to support external positioning.
• Defines engagement priorities aligned with organizational objectives and sets the strategic direction for when and why engagement occurs.
• Coordinates and strengthens SCC's overall approach to relationship management, and connects external relationships to the appropriate internal expertise and action.
• Works closely with policy and program leads to support engagement activities, ensuring coherence in approach and consistency in outcomes.
• Supports and prepares executive leadership for high-impact engagements, including advising on audiences, positioning, and relationship strategy.
• Monitors emerging issues, external trends, and policy and regulatory developments affecting SCC.
• Advises on engagement strategy, including priority audiences, timing, and positioning.

A Final Note

Note 1: Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Note 2: SCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.

Please attach a detailed cover letter to your resume. In addition to learning about your education, training and experience, we want to hear your story! We'd love to hear about how your accomplishments, and the skills you applied to achieve them, relate to the role and why you think this opportunity is a good fit for you.