Government of Canada Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program 2025-2026 – YOA

Deadline: December 22, 2025

Looking for a difficult and rewarding profession within the federal public service? By changing into a coverage chief, you possibly can assist develop authorities insurance policies to handle right this moment’s key challenges and put together for tomorrow’s. Apply now for the Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program 2025-2026.

The Recruitment of Policy Leaders program seeks folks with various backgrounds who’ve the potential to create constructive change and make a big contribution to the federal public service. This program develops a pool of distinctive candidates who’re able to be employed into a range of mid- to senior-degree coverage-associated positions within the federal public service.

Benefits

• Access to employment alternatives that match your pursuits and areas of experience in varied federal departments and companies
• Access to mentorship from program alumni who will provide help to community and information you thru the job search and hiring course of
• Access to a community of professionals who frequently search new challenges and are serious about tackling Canada’s most important public coverage points
• Access to orientation classes and common social occasions, connecting you to different profitable candidates and studying alternatives

Policy leaders could also be appointed to intermediate degree roles, sometimes as a senior coverage analyst (in EC-05 to EC-07 positions, or equal teams and ranges). Salaries might vary from $100,265 to $146,936.

Eligibility

• Canadian residents or everlasting residents who dwell in Canada or overseas
• People who dwell in Canada however do not need Canadian citizenship or everlasting resident standing may additionally apply for this program, however choice will likely be given to veterans after which to these with Canadian citizenship or everlasting resident standing
• Review the record of necessities to evaluate whether or not you meet program expectations
• Preference could also be given to candidates with experience within the following federal precedence areas:
  • Artificial intelligence, technological innovation
  • Border safety, public security, regulation enforcement
  • Crown-Indigenous relations relating to useful resource growth and northern affairs
  • Defence, nationwide safety
  • Economic development, productiveness
  • Infrastructure, housing
  • International commerce, worldwide funding, inner commerce

Application

To apply, choose one of the application streams beneath:

Note that candidates should solely apply as soon as. For candidates who self-declare as each Indigenous and an individual with a incapacity, please apply to the Indigenous stream. Candidates from all 3 application streams will likely be assessed collectively utilizing the identical evaluation course of.

For extra data, go to Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program.