Description 

Team Overview

Reporting to a Director within the Risk Program led by the Global Risk Management Group (GRM), the Technical Writer/Senior Technical Writer will be assigned to risk management framework, policy, standard, and procedure (Policy Instruments) writing objectives. These objectives fall within the scope of a comprehensive, multi-year program intended to address Global Risk Management (GRM) framework, policy and process enhancements at Export Development Canada (EDC). The Technical Writer/Senior Technical Writer may also be assigned to writing communication memos related to the Risk Program. The Technical Writer/Senior Technical Writer will work collaboratively with stakeholders, including leadership and business subject matter experts (SMEs) to achieve optimal Policy Instrument outcomes, ensure overall program success and drive long-term benefits realization.

 Discipline Summary

• Supports EDC’s Risk Program by writing and reviewing high-quality Policy Instruments for various EDC departments
• Analyzes, researches, develops, composes, and/or edits Policy Instruments according to EDC’s standards and procedures
• Partners with SMEs to create and/or revise Policy Instruments
• Revises and updates Policy Instruments regularly to ensure the most relevant and up to date versions are readily available
• May support the Risk Program by writing and reviewing internal communication memos/presentations or other similar duties as required

Key Responsibilities

• Drawing from risk management experience within the financial services sector, reviews, interprets, edits and/or prepares various EDC Policy Instruments, while ensuring that they are consistent, concise, clear, understandable, accessible and aligned to EDC’s Policy Instrument standards.
• Ensures Policy Instrument requirements are properly analyzed, documented, rationalized, presented and approved in form and substance that is consistent with EDC’s Policy Instrument standards
• Works within the policy governance framework
• Draws from existing knowledge of lending and insurance risk concepts and vocabulary to write Policy Instruments 

Screening Criteria

• Undergraduate Degree or College Diploma plus relevant work experience. 
• Minimum 5 or 7 years  of experience creating and/or editing corporate financial services documents such as policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, operations manuals, curriculum design, or related experience
• Extensive risk management experience within financial services policy development
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Visio
• Excellent written, verbal and communication (presentation) skills in English
• Strong collaboration skills to engage effectively with various stakeholders and subject matter experts

Assets

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Communications, Journalism or other relevant discipline
• Experience in Canadian banking risk management or other organizations within the Canadian financial services sector
• Knowledge of financial services risk management and/or commercial lending and/or credit insurance and/or capital management and/or market risk management and/or non financial risk policy and guidelines development
• Experience using AI based tools in policy drafting and streamlining
• Bilingual in both official languages (French and English)

Compensation Details:

• Enterprise Risk Management 18: Salaries typically range from $94,664 to $126,219 annually, based on qualifications and experiences.

Location

• Export Development Canada is a hybrid work environment.
• This role will be performed from EDC’s headquarters in Ottawa.

EDC's Commitment to Employment Equity 

EDC is committed to employment equity and achieving a diverse workforce. EDC actively encourages applications from women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. If selected for an interview, please advise us if you need any special accommodation.