Social Policy Program Officers
Job description
These individuals conduct research, develop policies, and deliver programs in a variety of areas (employment, immigration, housing, etc.). They are self-employed or work for:
- Government departments, agencies, and services
- Industries
- Hospitals
- Educational institutions
- Consultant firms
- Professional associations
- Research institutes
- Non-governmental organizations
- International organizations
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
Social Policy Researchers
- Conduct demographic, social, and economic analyses.
- Conduct pilot projects.
- Develop and propose social programs and legislation.
Housing Policy Analysts
- Assess the economic, demographic, and social development of a population and determine its impact on housing policy.
International Aid and Development Project Officers
- Plan and administer foreign aid and international development policies and programs.
Social Survey Researchers
- Develop questionnaires, conduct and coordinate surveys.
- Analyze data.
- Compile and interpret statistics on social issues.
Social Service Planners
- Conduct research.
- Develop social programs.
- Promote existing social services.
- Identify the impact of land use on transportation, housing, and facility projects.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $27.47
- Median
- $40.87
- Maximum
- $57.44
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 63.1% Female
- 36.9% Male
- 63.1% Female
- 36.9% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 9162% of jobs
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NAICS 819% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6237% of jobs
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NAICS 5411, 54124% of jobs
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NAICS 6244% of jobs
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Others14% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 9162% of jobs
-
NAICS 819% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6237% of jobs
-
NAICS 5411, 54124% of jobs
-
NAICS 6244% of jobs
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Others14% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Criminology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 73.6%
24.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 86.5%
10.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Demography
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 85.7%
14.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Economics
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 67%
26.1% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 84.2%
5.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Geography
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 44.8%
48.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 68.4%
28.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Geopolitical studies
Home economics
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 85.7%
12.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Law
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 62.5%
32% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 87.8%
9.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Multidisciplinary (Humanities)
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 55.7%
38.6% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 60%
40% of graduates pursue further studies
Political science
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 38.4%
55.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 77.4%
16.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Psychoeducation
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 33.3%
64.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 91%
4.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Psychology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 35.3%
60.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 23.3%
69.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Social or community leadership
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 69.9%
19.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 80.6%
Social sciences
Social work
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 88.8%
7.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 84.4%
9.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Sociology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 53.1%
41.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 45.2%
41.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Urban planning
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 65.5%
28.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 88.7%
3.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Urban studies
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 70.8%
20.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 71.4%
14.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
Immigration Consultants
- Membership in the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC).
Sometimes required
- Master’s degree in Social Sciences or Business Administration may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Information processing
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Reading comprehension
- Critical thought
- Written expression
- Solving complex problems
- Oral expression
- Active learning
- Judgment and decision-making
- Mathematics
- Science
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Time management
- Social perception
- Programing
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Classification
- Digital dexterity
- Distance vision
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Basic numeracy
- Idea generation
- Mathematical reasoning
- Originality
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of economics and accounting
- Capacity to work in a team
- Creativity
- Capacity for synthesis
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of sociology and anthropology
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
- Create, design
- Carry out research
- Assist and advise
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 41403
Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers
Job titles
- Social program officer
- Social assistance policy analyst
- Home economist
- Social services program planner
- Social policy researcher
- Peace activist
- Child care licensing officer
- Job creation and employment services evaluation officer
- Immigration and demographic analysis officer
- Workers' compensation officer
- Labour market information officer
- Citizenship officer
- Community social development officer
- Aboriginal affairs development officer
- Social development officer
- Human rights commission officer
- Labour policy officer
- Child-care services liaison officer
- Immigrant settlement liaison officer
- Settlement liaison officer
- Public housing officer
- Child-care programs planning officer
- Refugee affairs program officer
- Income maintenance program officer
- Aboriginal employment program officer
- Social service program officer
- Multiculturalism project officer
- Adoption project officer
- International aid and development project officer
- Social welfare research officer
- International aid and development researcher
- Socio-economic research and planning officer
- Aboriginal affairs officer
- Labour affairs officer - labour policy
- Human rights officer
- Human rights officer - government services
- Aboriginal employment policy officer
- Visible minorities policy officer
- Labour market policy officer
- Race relations officer
- Occupational supply analyst
- Status of women's directorate policy analyst
- Child welfare policy analyst
- Employment insurance policy analyst
- Immigration policy analyst
- Housing policy analyst
- Social policy analyst
- Employment equity policy analyst
- Labour standards analyst
- Workers' compensation policy analyst
- Public housing policy analyst
- Labour policy analyst
- Labour market analyst
- Psychology assistant (except university)
- Consumer advisor
- Affirmative action advisor
- Social assistance advisor
- Public assistance adviser
- Research home economist
- Home economist - consumer association
- Experimental home economist
- Extension home economist
- Employment equity adviser - social policy
- Settlement counsellor
- Adviser for the integration of persons with disabilities
- Social services planning consultant
- Social policy advisor
- Immigration policy advisor
- Family violence prevention program adviser
- Employment insurance services adviser
- Social services consultant
- Conseillers/conseillères en économie domestique
- Food consultant - home economics
- Home economics consultant
- Employment equity consultant
- Immigration consultant
- Immigration and citizenship consultant
- Social policy planning consultant
- Correctional service policy consultant
- Women's employment policy consultant
- Employment equity policy consultant
- Labour mobility policy consultant
- Immigration policy consultant - non-government
- Women's status policy consultant
- Community policing program consultant
- Textile and clothing consultant - home economics
- Employment initiatives coordinator
- Women's shelter program coordinator
- Women's program coordinator
- Public rights coordinator
- Pollster
- Public opinion survey researcher
- Settlement practitioner
- Immigration settlement practitioner
- Aboriginal issues lobbyist
- Women's issues lobbyist
- Community organizer
- Political organizer
- Social services planner
- Peace researcher
- Poverty researcher
- Social issues researcher
- Social science researcher
- Social researcher
- Social survey researcher (except statistician)
- Field representative - housing
- Human rights specialist
- Employment standards specialist
- International relations specialist
- Human rights commission officers supervisor
- Social services program officers supervisor
- Welfare policy analysts supervisor
- Social survey researchers supervisor
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
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Last update: January 29, 2026