Education Policy Program Officers
Job description
These individuals conduct research, draft reports, and coordinate policies and educational programs. They are self-employed or work for:
- The public service
- School service centres
- Research institutions
- Professional associations
- Educational institutions
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Conduct research and draft reports.
- Develop educational policies and programs.
- Perform statistical analyses to determine their costs and effectiveness.
- Evaluate study programs and recommend improvements.
- Determine the structure, content, and objectives of new programs.
- Provide professional development, training, and consultation services to teachers and other professionals.
- Develop teaching materials and resources.
- Make presentations at conferences, workshops, and symposiums.
- Conduct specialized tests and evaluations, as required.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $29.67
- Median
- $40.00
- Maximum
- $50.55
Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 73.8% Female
- 26.2% Male
- 73.8% Female
- 26.2% 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
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
-
NAICS 6175% of jobs
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NAICS 6248% of jobs
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NAICS 918% of jobs
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NAICS 813% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
-
Others4% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 6175% of jobs
-
NAICS 6248% of jobs
-
NAICS 918% of jobs
-
NAICS 813% of jobs
-
NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
-
Others4% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
University
Adult education
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 66.7%
16.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 85.7%
14.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Didactics (teaching art or educational technology)
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 77.3%
9.1% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 80.4%
13% of graduates pursue further studies
French literature or French, language of instruction
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 40.8%
53.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 63.9%
26.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Guidance counselling or educational and vocational information
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 65.5%
30.5% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 95.2%
Multidisciplinary (Educational sciences)
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 69.3%
28% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 72.4%
17.3% of graduates pursue further studies
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
- TÉLUQ
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
School administration
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 94.4%
3.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Teaching at the college level
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 97.4%
Teaching at the preschool and elementary levels
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 87.4%
7.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 87.5%
- Bishop's University
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
Teaching at the preschool level
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 70.5%
18% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 70%
20% of graduates pursue further studies
Teaching at the secondary level
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 88.8%
8.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 94%
- Bishop's University
- Concordia University
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Université Laval
- McGill University
Teaching in vocational (secondary) and technical (college) education
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 89.2%
3.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- A Master’s degree in Education is sometimes required.
- Specialized training or certification may be required.
- Several years of teaching experience are usually required.
- A teacher’s certificate is usually required to work in the Department of Education and Higher Education.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Learning strategies
- Teaching
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Critical thought
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Judgment and decision-making
- Time management
- Service oriented
- System analysis
- Systems evaluation
- Persuasion
- Human resource management
- Negotiation
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Deductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Classification
- Information organization
- Originality
- Inductive reasoning
- Idea generation
- Memorization
- Distance vision
- Selective attention
- Basic numeracy
- Mathematical reasoning
- Processing flexibility
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Respect standards and regulations
- Pedagogical knowledge
- Knowledge of laws and policies
- Knowledge of office work
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
- Create, design
- Carry out research
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 41405
Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers
Job titles
- Education policy officer
- Education program officer
- Education research officer
- Education policy consultant
- Education researcher
- Official languages education officer
- Adult education program officer
- Distance education project officer
- Education policy advisor
- Education consultant
- Adult education consultant
- Aboriginal education consultant
- Special education consultant
- Subject consultant - education
- Heritage languages education consultant
- School subjects consultant
- Curriculum consultant
- Course coordinator - college
- Course coordinator - university
- Course coordinator - secondary school
- Online course coordinator - college
- Online course coordinator - university
- Online course coordinator - secondary school
- Special education coordinator
- Physical education coordinator - education
- Music coordinator - education
- Art coordinator - education
- Languages coordinator - education
- Mathematics coordinator - education
- Science coordinator - education
- Program coordinator - education
- Education program coordinator
- Distance education program coordinator
- Education outreach program coordinator
- Language assessor
- Literacy coach
- Inspector - education
- School inspector
- Board of education inspector
- Education program planner
- Curriculum planner
- Curriculum developer
- School adjustment specialist
- Andragogy specialist
- Program development specialist - college
- Educational and vocational information specialist
- Education science specialist
- Education policy supervisor
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: February 14, 2024