Senior Advisor, Innovation Outreach & Engagement
Top Benefits
About the role
Fixed Term (Fixed Term), Full time - 10 - 12 month Contract
Closing Date: July 25, 2025
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is the statutory body responsible for regulating Ontario’s capital markets in accordance with the mandate established in the provincial Securities Act and the Commodity Futures Act. The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, to foster fair, efficient and competitive capital markets and confidence in the capital markets, to foster capital formation, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk. This mandate is performed through policy, operational, and enforcement activities. The OSC also contributes to national and global securities regulation development.
We offer a diverse, fair, and flexible work environment and take pride in our challenging and rewarding work.
10 -12 month Maternity Leave Backfill
The Senior Advisor Innovation Outreach & Engagement plays a key role in developing and implementing the Innovation Office’s strategy for effective stakeholder engagement.
The Innovation Office is focused on deepening engagement with the innovation community to build a stronger innovation ecosystem for Ontario’s capital markets and better serve our stakeholders. Through stronger engagement and collaboration, the Innovation Office aims to ensure that stakeholder input is considered in OSC policy making and operational programs and that business support services align with stakeholder priorities.
This is a key role within the Innovation Office that supports our outreach and engagement with stakeholders including angel and venture capital investors, entrepreneurs, innovators, early-stage and growth businesses, and the organizations that support them including innovation hubs, trade organizations, and professional advisors. The Senior Advisor is responsible for building relationships and regularly engaging stakeholders to promote participation in Innovation Office research initiatives and programs.
What you will be doing:
- Provide strategic advice to Innovation Office management team on matters related to outreach and engagement with external stakeholders including identifying industries/sectors and stakeholder groups to prioritize, developing engagement strategies and executing those strategies.
- Build relationships with external stakeholders within our regulated ecosystem as well as the broader innovation community to, among other things, understand their needs and priorities and solicit their input, support and/or participation in Innovation Office initiatives.
- Support research initiatives aimed at collecting the perspectives of external stakeholders to inform ongoing testing/program offerings, set priorities, and develop future programs/tests. Develop outreach and engagement plans, manage existing plans, and leverage stakeholder relationships to support the collection of actionable feedback and broad and diverse participation from within and across stakeholder segments.
- Draft plain language content that is responsive, consumable and accessible to better engage with and support all our varied stakeholders – including those less familiar with the OSC and our regulatory environment.
- Develop content for our website, social media, marketing materials, educational materials, speaking notes, videos, podcasts, presentations, and internal and external business reporting as well as contributing to thought leadership and research papers.
- Prepare internal presentations and reports to share stakeholder feedback, summarize results and data collected through our programs and report on the activities of the Innovation Office.
- Collect stakeholder feedback to inform content development and offer strategic advice and guidance on content design to develop content for general application and targeted to engage specific stakeholder groups.
- Participation and presence at stakeholder events, conferences as well as general engagement with the start up, scale up, and investment community.
What you bring:
- Undergraduate degree in a related field
- Five or more years experience - Communications or Public Relations experience preferred
- Client facing or outside customer engagement experience is an asset
- Experience in investments, finance, economics and/or knowledge of the Canadian capital markets or securities regulation is an asset
- Excellent writing and communication skills with an emphasis on communicating complex concepts in a clear and accessible way
- Outstanding organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently, take initiative and perform at a high level under pressure
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation package which includes premier pension plan
- Best in class comprehensive health and wellness benefit package which includes gym membership discounts with Goodlife Fitness
- Flexible hybrid work environment (3 days in office each week at 20 Queen Street West).
Why work here?
At the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), we carry-out challenging and meaningful work within a collaborative culture to deliver strong investor protection and foster confidence in capital markets. Evolving financial markets mean new ways of thinking, and every day is an opportunity to learn, innovate and grow professionally in a supportive, stimulating workplace.
What we offer at the OSC:
- Competitive compensation package which includes performance-based incentives and a premier pension plan
- Generous vacation and personal time entitlements
- Best in class comprehensive health and wellness benefit package which includes gym membership discounts with Goodlife Fitness
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Training and development programs
- Flexible hybrid work environment (3 days in office each week at 20 Queen Street West)
Grow your career and make a difference working at the OSC.
* OSC Employees: please apply in Workday using the Browse Jobs feature within your Jobs Hub *
We thank all applicants for their interest in the Ontario Securities Commission. We will contact those selected for an interview.
The OSC is committed to diversity and providing an inclusive workplace and providing accommodation in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Human Rights Code. It is our priority to ensure employment opportunities are visible and barrier-free to all under-represented groups including but not limited to, Indigenous, Black and racialized groups, people with disabilities, women and people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, to achieve an employee demographic profile reflective of the demographic profile of Ontarians.
The OSC is a proud partner with the following organizations: Ascend Canada, BlackNorth Initiative, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and Pride at Work Canada
If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting our confidential inbox HRRecruitment@osc.gov.on.ca.
Visit Accessibility at the OSC to review the OSC’s policies on accessibility and accommodation in the workplace.
About Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission administers and enforces securities law in the province of Ontario. The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, to foster fair, efficient and competitive capital markets and confidence in the capital markets, to foster capital formation, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk.
Senior Advisor, Innovation Outreach & Engagement
Top Benefits
About the role
Fixed Term (Fixed Term), Full time - 10 - 12 month Contract
Closing Date: July 25, 2025
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is the statutory body responsible for regulating Ontario’s capital markets in accordance with the mandate established in the provincial Securities Act and the Commodity Futures Act. The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, to foster fair, efficient and competitive capital markets and confidence in the capital markets, to foster capital formation, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk. This mandate is performed through policy, operational, and enforcement activities. The OSC also contributes to national and global securities regulation development.
We offer a diverse, fair, and flexible work environment and take pride in our challenging and rewarding work.
10 -12 month Maternity Leave Backfill
The Senior Advisor Innovation Outreach & Engagement plays a key role in developing and implementing the Innovation Office’s strategy for effective stakeholder engagement.
The Innovation Office is focused on deepening engagement with the innovation community to build a stronger innovation ecosystem for Ontario’s capital markets and better serve our stakeholders. Through stronger engagement and collaboration, the Innovation Office aims to ensure that stakeholder input is considered in OSC policy making and operational programs and that business support services align with stakeholder priorities.
This is a key role within the Innovation Office that supports our outreach and engagement with stakeholders including angel and venture capital investors, entrepreneurs, innovators, early-stage and growth businesses, and the organizations that support them including innovation hubs, trade organizations, and professional advisors. The Senior Advisor is responsible for building relationships and regularly engaging stakeholders to promote participation in Innovation Office research initiatives and programs.
What you will be doing:
- Provide strategic advice to Innovation Office management team on matters related to outreach and engagement with external stakeholders including identifying industries/sectors and stakeholder groups to prioritize, developing engagement strategies and executing those strategies.
- Build relationships with external stakeholders within our regulated ecosystem as well as the broader innovation community to, among other things, understand their needs and priorities and solicit their input, support and/or participation in Innovation Office initiatives.
- Support research initiatives aimed at collecting the perspectives of external stakeholders to inform ongoing testing/program offerings, set priorities, and develop future programs/tests. Develop outreach and engagement plans, manage existing plans, and leverage stakeholder relationships to support the collection of actionable feedback and broad and diverse participation from within and across stakeholder segments.
- Draft plain language content that is responsive, consumable and accessible to better engage with and support all our varied stakeholders – including those less familiar with the OSC and our regulatory environment.
- Develop content for our website, social media, marketing materials, educational materials, speaking notes, videos, podcasts, presentations, and internal and external business reporting as well as contributing to thought leadership and research papers.
- Prepare internal presentations and reports to share stakeholder feedback, summarize results and data collected through our programs and report on the activities of the Innovation Office.
- Collect stakeholder feedback to inform content development and offer strategic advice and guidance on content design to develop content for general application and targeted to engage specific stakeholder groups.
- Participation and presence at stakeholder events, conferences as well as general engagement with the start up, scale up, and investment community.
What you bring:
- Undergraduate degree in a related field
- Five or more years experience - Communications or Public Relations experience preferred
- Client facing or outside customer engagement experience is an asset
- Experience in investments, finance, economics and/or knowledge of the Canadian capital markets or securities regulation is an asset
- Excellent writing and communication skills with an emphasis on communicating complex concepts in a clear and accessible way
- Outstanding organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently, take initiative and perform at a high level under pressure
What we offer:
- Competitive compensation package which includes premier pension plan
- Best in class comprehensive health and wellness benefit package which includes gym membership discounts with Goodlife Fitness
- Flexible hybrid work environment (3 days in office each week at 20 Queen Street West).
Why work here?
At the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), we carry-out challenging and meaningful work within a collaborative culture to deliver strong investor protection and foster confidence in capital markets. Evolving financial markets mean new ways of thinking, and every day is an opportunity to learn, innovate and grow professionally in a supportive, stimulating workplace.
What we offer at the OSC:
- Competitive compensation package which includes performance-based incentives and a premier pension plan
- Generous vacation and personal time entitlements
- Best in class comprehensive health and wellness benefit package which includes gym membership discounts with Goodlife Fitness
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Training and development programs
- Flexible hybrid work environment (3 days in office each week at 20 Queen Street West)
Grow your career and make a difference working at the OSC.
* OSC Employees: please apply in Workday using the Browse Jobs feature within your Jobs Hub *
We thank all applicants for their interest in the Ontario Securities Commission. We will contact those selected for an interview.
The OSC is committed to diversity and providing an inclusive workplace and providing accommodation in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Human Rights Code. It is our priority to ensure employment opportunities are visible and barrier-free to all under-represented groups including but not limited to, Indigenous, Black and racialized groups, people with disabilities, women and people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, to achieve an employee demographic profile reflective of the demographic profile of Ontarians.
The OSC is a proud partner with the following organizations: Ascend Canada, BlackNorth Initiative, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and Pride at Work Canada
If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting our confidential inbox HRRecruitment@osc.gov.on.ca.
Visit Accessibility at the OSC to review the OSC’s policies on accessibility and accommodation in the workplace.
About Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission administers and enforces securities law in the province of Ontario. The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, to foster fair, efficient and competitive capital markets and confidence in the capital markets, to foster capital formation, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk.