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#Senior Manager, Proactive and Major Investigation Management

Job ID:

239794

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of the Solicitor General

Division:

Animal Welfare Services Branch

City:

Mississauga

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Permanent

Job code:

M1109A - Legal/Regulatory08

Salary:

$108,203.00 - $152,511.00 Per year

Lead Province-Wide Animal Welfare Investigations and Drive Transformational Impact in Ontario

Are you a passionate, strategic, and valuesdriven leader with a proven commitment to accountability, relationship management, and operational excellence? This is a unique and highprofile opportunity to lead the provincewide delivery of major investigations and specialized proactive inspections that support Ontario's Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act (PAWS).

In this role, you will oversee complex, sensitive, and highimpact investigations and inspections that directly shape the future of animal welfare across Ontario. As a key member of the leadership team, you will guide investigative strategy, drive innovation and modernization in enforcement practices, and strengthen service delivery to make a meaningful impact on Ontario's animal welfare initiatives.

If you are looking for a meaningful leadership role where your decisions matter and your work protects some of Ontario's most vulnerable animals—this is your moment to step forward.

**Please note:**Occasional travel may be required across the province.

The Ontario Public Service: Strengthening Ontario, together.

A career in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) is driven by purpose. We're building a stronger Ontario by delivering programs and services that make a real difference in people's lives. If you share this ambition, you'll find a workplace that reflects the diversity of the people we serve and empowers you to lead with confidence.

Why Your Leadership Belongs Here

-**Purpose that drives you:**Lead work that matters. Your leadership will shape policies, programs, and services that improve lives across the province—every day. -**A culture that supports you:**Thrive in a flexible, inclusive, and respectful workplace that values your well-being and empowers you to bring your whole self to work. -**A career that grows with you:**Explore leadership opportunities across ministries and sectors. With access to mentorship, learning, and mobility, your career can evolve here. -**Recognition that reflects your impact:**We value the difference you make. You'll receive competitive pay, a defined-benefit pension, and benefits that support your well-being—plus meaningful recognition for your contributions.

##About the job

We believe great leadership starts with high standards and strong support. In the OPS, that means showing up with authenticity, acting with integrity, and having the courage to do what's right, even when it's hard.

As a leader, you'll shape a team culture that sparks innovation, supports collaboration, and champions inclusion. You'll help build a workplace that is diverse, anti-racist, and accessible, where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to thrive.

You won't be doing it alone. We invest in our leaders through mentorship, learning opportunities, and cross-ministry networks that help you grow your impact and connect with peers across the organization.

Leadership is about impact, and in this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful one.

As the Senior Manager, Proactive and Major Investigation Management, you will:

• Manage and lead highperforming professionals across geographically dispersed locations, ensuring a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.

• Coordinate involvement in major investigations by determining investigative direction and assigning support, and oversee animal welfare inspections, ensuring a strong understanding and application of inspection processes.

• Analyze operational reports, technical assessments, service delivery outcomes, and compliance issues; develop strategies and performance measures to support quality improvement and ensure corrective action is taken by service providers. Apply knowledge of warrants, evidence, and court and tribunal processes, including the Animal Care Review Board (ACRB).

• Ensure the program is planned and delivered in an environment of competing timelines and resources and utilize risk-based programs, information technology systems, strategic and business branch plans and interactive feedback from enforcement staff to allocate resources.

• Manage relationships with service providers, program stakeholders and partners, develop and implement services quality standards and participate in and lead projects for the reengineering of information processes and the implementation of new program initiatives.

Your ability to align your team's efforts with broader organizational goals will be key to your success, and to the success of the people we serve.

Meet Your New Team

The Animal Welfare Services (AWS) Branch is responsible for enforcing the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act (PAWS). The chief animal welfare inspector and provincial animal welfare inspectors, including inspectors with specialized expertise in livestock, zoos, aquariums, and equines, provide enforcement across Ontario. They carry out inspections, respond to concerns, conduct investigations, as well as provide outreach and education on animal care best practices.

This position reports to Dane Minns, Deputy Director, Compliance & Enforcement, Animal Welfare Services, SOLGEN. Dane is a people centred leader with a focus on risk management, quality assurance, and regulatory modernization to strengthen public safety and program integrity. His leadership style empowers teams through collaboration and accountability, and emphasizes modernization and inclusivity to drive cultural improvement and organizational excellence.

##What you bring to the team

###Leadership and People Management

• Demonstrated experience leading people and teams with clear accountability for results, team development, and performance. You lead by setting direction, coaching others, and fostering a culture of trust, inclusion, and high performance.
• A strong commitment to promoting equity, reconciliation, accessibility, inclusion, and antiracism.
• Proven ability to engage, motivate, and support dispersed staff across multiple geographic locations to deliver highquality results.
• Experience leading operations in a dynamic, fastpaced environment while managing multiple changing priorities.
• Skilled in recruiting, retaining, and developing employees to support service excellence.

###Relationship Management and Communication Skills

• Strong verbal communication skills, paired with tact and political acuity, enabling confident delivery of highprofile briefings to ministry executives and senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus, negotiate effectively, and manage relationships in politically sensitive environments.
• Proven experience in issues management and the use of consultative approaches to establish strong linkages with ministry partners, internal and external stakeholders, and vendors.
• Superior writing skills, including the ability to develop complex submissions and briefing materials, supported by strong analytical skills to synthesize large volumes of information under tight timelines.

###Specialized Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance, enforcement models, and inspection techniques related to the program area, along with familiarity with quality standards used to analyze daily operational reports, identify and resolve technical and compliance issues, and provide informed advice to senior management, policy makers, and others on complex or contentious investigative matters.
• Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies to effectively oversee and guide the delivery of mandates, initiatives, and strategic priorities.
• Experience leading change initiatives that align operational practices with modernization, innovation, and transformation goals—using structured change management approaches to assess impacts, engage diverse stakeholders, and support staff in adopting new systems, technologies, and ways of working.
• Ability to champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, introduce innovative solutions, and strengthen organizational effectiveness in an evolving environment.

##Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

Think this role could be right for you? We're here to support you every step of the way. These short videos can help you feel confident and prepared:

• Navigating Our Hiring Process(2 min) – Get a clear overview of each stage in our structured hiring process so you know what to expect and how to prepare.
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Take a few minutes to explore these resources. They're designed to set you up for success.

##How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario'sHuman Rights Codeand the*Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.*We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

##Additional information:

Apply by:

Monday, March 23, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Permanent, 6711 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Central Region, Vulnerable Sector Check (Fingerprint Based), Annual CRC, Annual CRJMC, PIP/NICHE/RMS

Compensation group:

Management Compensation Plan

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Management and General

Posted on:

Monday, March 9, 2026

Note:

-About security checks: A criminal or other federal offence recorddoes not automatically disqualify youfrom the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

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##How to apply:

• You must apply online.

• Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

• Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

• Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.

• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

• If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment: All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation: Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

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