Senior Financial Literacy Advisor
- Ontario Securities Commission
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Job ID : 23391
- Category : Finance
- Job Type : Full-Time
- Salary : $ Annually
- Anticipated Start Date : As soon as possible
- Posting Date : 19 May 2021
- Expiry Date : 18 Jun 2021
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Description
Senior Financial Literacy Advisor
Investor Office
Permanent, Full-Time
Salary range: $96,105 – $120,130 per annum
File #21-24
Who We Are
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC or Commission) is the statutory body responsible for regulating Ontario’s capital markets. The Commission’s mandate is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper, or fraudulent practices, to foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in capital markets, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk.
We offer a diverse, fair and flexible work environment, and take pride in our challenging and rewarding work.
What We Do
The Investor Office is a regulatory branch that sets the strategic direction and leads the OSC’s efforts in investor engagement, education, outreach and research. The Office develops investor policy; plays a key role in the oversight of the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments; and provides leadership at the OSC in the area of behavioural insights and improving the investor experience.
Summary
The OSC is a leader in Canada, and internationally, in educating people about money matters. Our activities include our website GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca, which is one of Canada’s most popular financial education resources, with hundreds of free articles, tools, calculators and information to help people with their finances. Reporting to the Manager, Investor Engagement and Outreach, the Senior Financial Literacy Advisor is the OSC subject matter expert on financial education and financial literacy. The successful candidate will help the OSC incorporate sound educational practices into its programs to help people improve their financial knowledge, skills, confidence and behaviours.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Advise on investor education resources with respect to:
- the quality, breadth and depth of the content.
- their alignment with its target audience and their learning goals and needs.
- the design of the resources in relation to current best practices in education.
- Lead special projects on investor protection and financial literacy issues.
- Provide technical expertise on investor and financial consumer education initiatives.
- Develop strategies and plans for continuous improvement of investor education materials, including through innovative pedagogical approaches such as experiential learning.
- Work with other team members to develop new educational content and delivery methods.
- Lead development of new online courses, in partnership with online learning platforms or as standalone courses.
- Conduct research and analysis to support recommendations.
- Act as Investor Office subject matter expert on the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Investor Core Competencies Framework; the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) core competencies frameworks on financial literacy; and the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Financial Literacy [OECD/LEGAL/0461].
- Monitor best practices in financial literacy and investor education for new and emerging trends and frameworks.
- Act as Investor Office subject matter expert on evaluation and measurement of education programs, including advising on Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) Framework for Designing Evaluations of Investor Education Programs and OECD International Network for Financial Education (INFE) high-level principles and guides for evaluation of financial education programs.
- Work with the Director and the Investor Office research team to incorporate behavioural insights principles and research findings into educational programs and materials.
- Assist the Director with cross-government financial literacy initiatives, including strategic advice and stakeholder relations.
- Act as senior liaison with financial literacy committees which the OSC participates in or leads.
- Advise the Director on educational initiatives of IOSCO Committee on Retail Investors (Committee 8).
- Contribute to projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) Investor Education Committee.
- Act as OSC financial literacy subject matter expert in discussions or projects with public sector partners and other stakeholders.
- Work with vendors and other third parties on instructional design/course development.
Qualifications for Success
- Post-secondary degree in a relevant field.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience educating people about financial matters.
- Experience developing and implementing learning solutions for a range of delivery formats (such as face-to-face, blended, and online).
- Experience in instructional design or curriculum development.
- Strong understanding of the design and delivery of educational materials, with a focus on digital platforms.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and competing priorities.
- Passion for making difficult financial and investing concepts easier to understand for the average person on the street.
- Curiosity about the evolution of financial markets, products and services.
- Highly-motivated team player who is pro-active, and able to organize competing complex tasks and set priorities in a dynamic environment.
- High level of business judgment, decision-making and problem-solving ability.
- Superior communications skills, both written and oral, including the ability to communicate difficult concepts to individuals at all levels and across sectors and jurisdictions.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with relevant international financial literacy frameworks and best practices is an asset.
Grow your career and make a difference working at the OSC!
Apply online (https://www.osc.ca/en/about-us/careers-osc) by Monday, June 14, 2021, at 11:59 pm EST.
We thank all applicants for their interest in the Ontario Securities Commission. We will contact those selected for an interview.
The OSC is committed to diversity and providing an inclusive workplace. It is our priority to ensure employment opportunities are visible and barrier-free to all under-represented groups, including, but not limited to, Indigenous, Black and racialized groups, people with disabilities, women and people from the LGBTQ2S community, to achieve an employee demographic profile reflective of the demographic profile of Ontarians.
The OSC is a proud partner with the following organizations: BlackNorth Initiative, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, and Pride at Work Canada.
Accessibility
If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting our confidential inbox HRRecruitment@osc.gov.on.ca. Visit Accessibility at the OSC to review the OSC’s policies on accessibility and accommodation in the workplace.
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