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#Supervising Editor

Job ID:

242980

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Office of the Auditor General of Ontario

Division:

Communications

City:

Toronto

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Temporary (18 month maternity leave coverage)

Job code:

I0905C - Communication67

Salary:

$84,478.00 - $124,487.00 Per year

Effective, April 1, 2026, the new salary range for this position will be $86,379 - $127,288 per year.

The Office of theAuditor General of Ontariois recruiting a highly motivated communications professional with a passion for public service. Our organization is an independent office of the Legislative Assembly that conducts performance and financial statement audits of the provincial government, its ministries and agencies. We also audit organizations in the broader public sector that receive provincial funding. Our vision is to deliver exceptional value and assurance to members of the Legislative Assembly, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, and all Ontarians through high-quality work that promotes accountability, value for money and effective governance in the Ontario public sector.

Working within the Communications Team and reporting to the Director, Editorial Services and Production, the Supervising Editor provides editorial support for the development and production of performance audit reports and follow-up reports, other external communications undertaken by the Office such as auditee or stakeholder correspondence. The Supervising Editor assists in coordinating and supervising the work of consultant editors who work seasonally for the organization.

##About the job

• Support the Director, Editorial Services in onboarding, mentoring and supervising consultant editors who are working seasonally for the organization

• Maintain the house style guide and participate in decisions of style

• Collaborate as needed on Communications Team special projects

• Assist in scheduling and project management related to editorial and production deliverables

• Write and edit reports and associated report materials such as factsheets and press releases

• Communicate diplomatically with report authors to propose changes to content and structure, including cuts to material

• Perform stylistic editing interventions, including revising for plain language and clarity, improving sentence structure and word choice, ensuring flow and readability, and eliminating wordiness

• Perform copyediting interventions, including correcting for proper grammar, punctuation and spelling, consistently applying house style, querying errors in data and information

• Review visual materials such as graphs, charts and tables and revise them to meet house style requirements

• Liaise with in-house graphic designers to facilitate the laying out of figures and of reports

• Maintain version control throughout the editorial process and file versions appropriately

• Proofread reports after layout to check for and flag fatal errors, bad breaks, typographical and formatting problems

• track the progress of report development

• provide training, templates, samples and advisement to report authors

##What you bring to the team

###How do I qualify?

You will qualify for this position by demonstrating:

• Professional certification, qualifications or at least five years of experience as an editor working with long-form reports, government documents, whitepapers, scholarly articles, research reports or similar texts
• Advanced knowledge of MS Word; competency with mark-up tools in Adobe Acrobat;
• Ability to multi-task and work to deadline, sometimes under tight time constraints
• Ability to take convoluted passages and complex terminology and use plain language to turn it into communication that is clear and straightforward to a lay reader
• Ability to openly and easily communicate with others in written and oral format
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to be flexible and adaptable

###Nice to have

• Interest and/or experience in the public sector and public service
• Experience with project management and people management
• Expertise with writing for Web or writing for a digital context

###What's in it for you?

• A modern organization with a flexible work model.
• Work with an innovative and high-performing organization, committed to creating a positive organizational culture.
• A defined benefit pension plan, comprehensive health plan, and life and disability insurance.
• Healthcare spending account.
• Fitness and Wellness benefit.
• Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits.

###How to apply

If you want to work in an environment that is positive, challenging, and safe, where your
contributions are valued, please apply through theCareers portal of the OAGO website and submit a cover letter and resume (as one document) by April 3, 2026.

###Notes

Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) Screening

• Prior to an offer of employment, the top applicant(s) will be required to undergo a screening by the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC).

Qualified List Information:

• A list of qualified candidates will be established for the Supervising Editor position in the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario (OAGO) and will be in effect for twelve (12) months from the date the list is created. Qualified candidates on the list may be considered when filling future permanent and/or temporary vacancies in this position.

##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:

Thursday, April 2, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Temporary, duration up to 18 months, 20 Dundas St W, Toronto, Toronto Region

Compensation group:

Management Compensation Plan

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Communications; Marketing and Creative Services

Posted on:

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Note:

• This posting is for an organization that is not a part of the Ontario Public Service. The information and tips on the Ontario Public Service Careers website may not apply to this posting. Please use the contact information below to contact the organization directly if you have questions.

##How to apply:

• You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.

• 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.

• Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.

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

Send application to: Please apply through the Careers portal of the OAGO website and submit a cover letter and resume (as
one document) by April 2, 2026.

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.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

##Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance withs. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

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