Ministry of Infrastructure Looking for Economist at Toronto, ON Full Time

If you are interested in bringing your analytical skills and building relationships across government to help inform Ontario’s infrastructure needs, this opportunity is for you.

We are seeking an Economist with the Ministry of Infrastructure’s Infrastructure Data and Analytics Unit who will help to collect, analyse and interpret information on the provincially-funded infrastructure assets. In this role, you will support the larger evidence-based strategic planning of infrastructure and capital projects.

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We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

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What can I expect to do in this role?

In this role, you will:

• Work directly with partner ministries to provide quantitative, economic, and financial analysis related to existing, new and planned provincially-funded infrastructure.
• Work directly with partner ministries to support major ongoing, cross-government projects including:
• Ontario Builds – a database and public map of provincial infrastructure projects, and,
• Provincial Asset Inventory – a government-wide database of public assets that supports long-term planning
• Use capacity-enhancing tools, data models, and processes to support infrastructure policy and a culture of evidence-based decision making.
• Support analytical advice to capital ministries on enhancing their long-term infrastructure planning, needs forecasting, business case development and performance measures.

How do I qualify?

Economic Analysis and Research:

• You have strong data analysis and/or economic research skills to evaluate, summarize and synthesize data related to infrastructure.
• You can use analytical, economic, statistical or geospatial methods to create technical reports and develop recommendations for management.
• You have analytical skills involving a range of qualitative and quantitative factors and are able to conduct analysis of trends, other jurisdictions sector developments and assessing policy impacts.
• You can obtain knowledge of infrastructure planning and budget processes, for example, using data to identify trends and inform your analytical efforts.

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• You have knowledge of public finance, economics, geospatial analysis, statistics, data analysis, business administration or a related discipline to manage quantitative, economic, financial, and strategic advice related to infrastructure policy.
• You have computer-based quantitative skills such as data management and statistical software (for example, advanced MS Excel modelling, GIS, R, SQL, Python or visualization applications) to undertake and interpret analysis, and prepare various communications materials.

Communication Skills

• You can build and maintain positive and trusting working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• You have strong oral and written communication skills to prepare various and complex written materials.
• You have the ability to synthesize complex information into clear and succinct reports for management.

Organizational Skills:

• You are able to meet deadlines when producing deliverables and have the ability to manage long-term initiatives involving a network of stakeholders.

Additional Information:

Note:

• The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
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