Senior Specialist, Stakeholder Relations

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Reporting to the Associate Director, Stakeholder Relations, Pensions, this role is responsible for engaging with OMERS sponsors and stakeholders to build relationships, and to anticipate and mitigate concerns that they may have as it relates to OMERS business. The Senior Specialist, Stakeholder Relations is accountable for supporting the implementation and ongoing refinement of OMERS stakeholder relations strategy. OMERS is continuing to build our capacity in this important area wide range of stakeholders, including plan members, employers, sponsors and others such as associations. As a part of this team, you will work closely with colleagues across the OMERS organization, including both the OMERS Administration Corporation and the OMERS Sponsors Corporation. This position offers the opportunity to bring your experience, creativity and strong people and communication skills to an outstanding organization that values strong and trusting relationships.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 3 days per week. 
As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

• Helping to refine, implement and monitor OMERS stakeholder relations strategy.

• Building and maintaining a strong understanding of OMERS stakeholders, including building personal relationships with staff at those stakeholder organizations.

• Preparing high quality, impactful briefing materials and presentations with strategic advice for OMERS senior leadership to consider.

• Identifying key upcoming risks and opportunities for OMERS from a stakeholder relations perspective and developing advice about how to respond to those risks and opportunities.

• Monitoring the full range of internal and external events and announcements that are relevant to OMERS and making recommendations about how OMERS should move forward.

• Reporting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to help OMERS better understand our stakeholders and their perspectives, as well as trends in the pension industry and the municipal sector in Ontario.

• Planning and executing meetings and materials across multiple departments internally and externally.

• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the OMERS organization.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• A University Degree with relevant stakeholder relations and/or public affairs experience

• Conceptual thinker with the ability to clearly capture, communicate and share information

• Proven ability to develop insightful and creative solutions

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Superior interpersonal, time management and organizational skills with strong attention to detail

• Experience in exercising judgment and tactfulness when dealing with both internal and external stakeholders

• High integrity and discretion to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information

• Able to work independently with minimal direction and as part of a team in an environment with competing priorities and deadlines

• Knowledge of pension plan design and legislation/regulations would be an asset

• Ability to exercise good judgement and take initiative

• Proficient in MS Office such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.