Regulatory Affairs Advisor

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Director, Agreements, the Regulatory Affairs Advisor provides expert guidance and advice on housing-related initiatives with regulatory, contractual, and risk implications. He/she/they provides input to the development and implementation of strategies, plans, processes, and practices for housing related initiatives to ensure alignment with contractual, regulatory, and legislative requirements and BC Housing’s objectives. The position leads housing initiative projects, led by the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, conducts independent research and analysis, manages external contractors, provides advice and guidance to senior leadership, and prepares recommendations and reports to the Executives and the Board of Commissioners. The role works collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders in achieving results, including participating in internal and external working groups, providing briefings to leadership, and fostering relationships with other government agencies.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The successful candidate will have the following:

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Law, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Considerable experience in leading and managing business strategy, project management, and communications.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience acceptable to the employer.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Sound knowledge of the affordable housing sector in the province of British Columbia.
• Ability to learn and understand departmental policies and procedures, and the Commission’s mandate and programs. Ability to demonstrate a high level of self-awareness, empathy, and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to generate and articulate creative new ideas/processes, and develop, plan, facilitate, and coordinate their execution.
• Ability to manage project teams, exercise sound judgment, and demonstrate tact and diplomacy in dealing with confidential and sensitive matters.
• Ability to use sound judgement in analyzing problems and identifying weaknesses and conflicts in policies and procedures
• Ability to apply an intersectional approach to work analyses.
• Ability to lead a project from idea to execution while managing multiple inputs and priorities.
• Ability to be sensitive to the diverse perspectives of stakeholders and work with them to resolve differences and work cohesively together.
• Ability to establish a high level of rapport with staff, management/senior management, Executives, and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional groups to achieve common goals.
• Strong professional and interpersonal communication skills across a range of channels (written, oral).
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and organizational and time management skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.