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 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $28.85
- Median
- $40.00
- Maximum
- $50.55
Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 73.3% Female
- 26.7% Male
- 73.3% Female
- 26.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
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 6172% of jobs
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NAICS 9111% of jobs
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NAICS 6247% of jobs
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NAICS 813% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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Others6% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 6172% of jobs
-
NAICS 9111% of jobs
-
NAICS 6247% of jobs
-
NAICS 813% of jobs
-
NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
-
Others6% 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.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 4166 (41405)
Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers
Job titles
- Education policy officer
- Education program officer
- Education policy analyst
- Education policy consultant
- Education researcher
- Adult education program officer
- Distance education project officer
- Education research officer
- Official languages education officer
- Teaching consultant
- Adult education consultant
- Special education consultant
- Subject consultant - education
- Heritage languages education consultant
- School subjects consultant
- Curriculum consultant
- Special education co-ordinator - education
- Music co-ordinator - education
- Physical education co-ordinator - education
- Art co-ordinator - education
- Languages co-ordinator - education
- Mathematics co-ordinator - education
- Science co-ordinator - education
- Program co-ordinator - education
- Education program co-ordinator
- Distance education program co-ordinator
- Education outreach program co-ordinator
- Curriculum developer
- Language assessor
- Literacy coach
- Inspector - education
- Board of education inspector
- School inspector
- Education program planner
- Curriculum planner
- 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: March 17, 2023
