senior economist

policy advisor

senior secretary

commissioner

économistes senior

Government of Ontario

As a Senior Contracts and Procurement Manager with extensive experience in negotiation, contracts administration and management; engaged both in the public and private sector enjoyed government procurement's policies and procedures.

Lead Contracts Management & Enterprise Procurement complying with OSFI B10, B21 guidelines,BPS and OPS procurement policies. Successfully ran contract review processes, and created a contracts repository by implementing a new contract management software.

Adequate support from business areas or other department such as Legal. IT Security. Finance, Audit etc., received support as the ‘Chief Negotiator’ for all contracts and agreements for public resulting in mitigation of risks and multi-million dollar savings. 

Fine tuned Coaching, Mentoring and Team Building,Strong Relationship Management Expertise and Policy Implementation
skills.

What is the best part of working at the company?
People believe in you, and are available to help.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not knowing if my contract will be renewed.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Friendly, relaxed, professional and productive. Everyone is very supportive.
The challenge is reserving a desk close to your team, or getting a desk at a drop in center.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Log in or show up, get to work on either my performance testing project, or some automation task, or some testing tasks. Sometimes there are issues with the environment, or some other blocker, but there are usually workarounds, and each time you encounter an issue you learn something new and useful. Few meetings, friendly people. I really like it here

Working at the Government of Ontario was a really great experience. The team was super supportive and easy to work with, which made it comfortable to ask questions and share ideas. I learned a lot about managing my time, staying organized, and handling pressure while working on meaningful projects. The work environment was collaborative, and everyone was willing to help each other out. Regular meetings kept things on track, and the feedback I got from my managers really helped me grow. It was rewarding to see how my work contributed to the bigger picture. The leadership was approachable and made sure we had what we needed to succeed. Overall, it was a positive experience that helped me build confidence and improve my problem-solving skills. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a supportive and engaging place to work.

In 2014, I was employed as a Customer Service Clerk at the Ministry of Health and my experience was invaluable and rewarding to both the ministry and my own personal growth as a young adult transitioning into the workforce. I enjoyed completing a variety of tasks and projects on my own and as part of a team. My primary role was to work on a large scale archiving project that involved data entry of over 12000 documents, updating data bases, copying and scanning documents, storage of health records and claims, and reorganization of all the files located at the office in order to prepare for office relocation. I also had secretary duties, including answering phone calls, inquiries, mailing and accommodating the general public.

Typical of a bureaucratic environment, working for the OPS has its fair share of bureaucratic red tape. Things can take forever to get done, and despite individual best efforts, those senior to you can suppress positive work from moving forward. Work/life balance is very much encouraged and there is a lot of employee engagement efforts (though you can't be too creative given financial limitations). It's satisfying to know you're working to serve the people of Ontario, even if you are just one of thousands within a public service chain. Also, not receiving benefits unless you're permanent is a huge drawback.

Honestly this is an amazing summer job for students! the small park team paired with managers that actually cared more about you as a person than the work you were doing was simply splendid. Supervisors were constantly reaching out to make sure I was doing ok and team members were always there to help!

My only two problems would be that:

1. There wasn't any student perks that I could find, stuff like tuition payment would have really helped especially when they pay you $15/h

2. They need to hire more people for certain departments, the head gate only 6 staff members and when one of them got sick it put strain on the other members because its so busy!

Working with Corporation Tax Branch was great as there was job security and room for advancement. I started the job with a large backlog of work. It was a challenge to get the job done by laising with employees and management. This I did to management satisfaction. Also working with O.H.I.P. and Mimico correctional were enjoyable. At O.H.I.P. I had to work long hours due to the influx of applications during peak time. Here to I met all deadlines. At Mimico Correctional Centre it was a challenge working with inmates who works at the shops supervised by civilians.

Interview process took 4 months with a case study, presentation and 2 rounds of interview. Health benefits are not that great compared with some companies in the private sector, except for DB pension. Unionized position - lacked flexibility (micro-managing to a certain extent) and the work was so mundane. Coworkers were nice but also jaded, especially those that have been there for a while. Not much drive, and you will probably be paid less than your peers that have been there for a while. No free perks, but that is to be expected in the public sector and I would want them to keep it that way (as a taxpayer now back in the private sector).

Government of Ontario is a huge organisation in a multitude of businesses - est. $ 120 billion budget.
We in OIAD we charged with providing Internal Audit services and Consulting services directed at securing compliance with Directives and improving management practices.  
Establishing and maintaining best practices is a central focus.
Typical public sector culture, with security but difficult to acquire a full time or permanent status.

A typical day would be reviewing projects from various ministries going into design stage . We review for architecture compliance , security standards, integration points with other existing systems and recommend changes if noncompliance issues are observed

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