Practice Advisor & Policy Analyst; PAPA

Compensation: starting salary range: $90,000 – 110,000, commensurate with experience, plus full benefits

Company Profile

The College of Dietitians of Ontario (CDO) is the provincial regulatory body responsible for ensuring safe, competent, ethical practice by over 4,500 dietitians in Ontario in the public interest.

CDO operates on a remote-first/hybrid model, with required in-person office days for collaboration in our downtown Toronto office.

Reporting to the Director of Professional Practice, the Practice Advisor & Policy Analyst (PAPA) plays a key role in advancing CDO’s professional practice and policy initiatives. The professional practice program furthers CDO’s public interest mandate by developing professional practice standards, monitoring compliance, and providing guidance to support high-quality dietetic care.

This position combines strong communication, strategic thinking, analytical skills, and policy development expertise to guide regulatory decision-making and enhance professional practice across the province. Filling an existing vacancy, the role supports the effective and timely delivery of CDO’s professional practice and policy functions, ensuring operational continuity while contributing to longer-term regulatory and practice priorities.

The PAPA develops and delivers professional practice advisory services to CDO registrants, students, the public, and system partners, and provides evidence-informed analysis and recommendations on emerging policy and practice issues.

Practice Advisory Service

• Respond to inquiries from RDs, students, and system partners regarding professional and regulatory obligations through CDO’s Practice Advisory Service (PAS)
• Provide guidance and educational resources on legislation, ethics, standards, guidelines, and policies affecting dietetic practice
• Maintain accurate PAS documentation and report usage statistics quarterly and annually; evaluate services to support ongoing quality improvement
• Research, plan, review and write articles or other media content on professional practice issues to promote compliance with the legislation, standards, guidelines and policies
• Develop and deliver workshops, and webinar educational sessions with RDs and other system partners

Policy Development

• Support development of policies related to professional practice
• Assist the Director of Professional Practice in designing and implementing evidence-informed and collaborative policy development processes to support issue identification and the development of regulatory standards and policies
• Conduct environmental scans of existing policies, practice standards and guideline materials created by other health regulatory Colleges
• Gather research evidence and information through consultations with RDs, external agencies and other system partners to support standards and policy development
• Draft policy reports and decision-support documents for CDO committees and Board of Directors approval
• Incorporate appropriate revisions and Board decisions into documents for implementation into CDO resources
• Consult with the public, including the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG), as needed

Internal & External Relations

• Support Director of Professional Practice to keep the CDO staff informed of the program plans, procedures, work plan progress and achievements of the Practice Advisory Program and projects related to standards and policies
• Represent CDO in external working groups relating to professional practice, education initiatives, interprofessional collaboration and policy
• Liaise with professional associations and groups to identify emerging trends and potential areas for review

Committee Support

• Provide support and attend Professional Practice Committee (PPC)
• Provide support to the Director of Professional Practice in all aspects of committee development and organization
• Coordinate agenda topics and materials for PPC meetings
• Assist in the coordination of PPC activities and serve as a resource to the committee

Administration

• Assist in the development and communication of Practice Advisory materials and resources to registrants
• Provide professional practice advice to other CDO…