education policy supervisor

Competition # : 49589 Department: Education & Early Childhood Development Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Permanent Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG Closing Date: ¿25-Aug-26 ¿ (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) About Us The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) is leading the transformation of the early years and public education system in Nova Scotia. We are doing this by designing an innovative curriculum, facilitating excellence in teaching and learning, ensuring an inclusive education experience, and working closely with our partners in early learning and education. This will provide children, students, and families with a strong foundation for success. This department is a perfect fit for those that want to be part of the future of early learning and public education in the province by supporting student learning in a progressive and responsive policy environment. About Our Opportunity The Early Years Branch is seeking a highly skilled policy professional to support operational policy development and coordination across a complex and evolving portfolio of initiatives. As the Program Policy Analyst, you will provide independent policy analysis, strategic advice, governance support, and coordination services that help operational and project teams advance key priorities. Working across multiple initiatives, you will assess complex issues, develop policy options and recommendations, identify risks and interdependencies, and support informed decision-making by management and senior leadership. You will support projects and operational teams through structured, time-limited assignments involving policy analysis, governance support, policy inventories, environmental scans, issue assessment, and policy framework development. Working closely with operational and project teams, Legal Services, Corporate Policy, and senior leaders, you will help ensure policy work is coordinated, evidence-informed, and aligned with branch priorities. In addition to providing policy analysis and advice, you will play an important role in improving how policy work is conducted across the branch. This includes identifying opportunities to strengthen policy development processes,