Job prospects Communications Policy Researcher in Nunavut

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Job opportunities in Nunavut

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers (NOC 41400) in Nunavut for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Individuals in these occupations in Nunavut are hired by private companies and public administration.
• Looking beyond the forecast period, the Conference Board of Canada (2024) predicts that this occupation will be in the top thirty in terms of all open positions in Nunavut from 2024 to 2045.
• Various planned projects may create employment opportunities within this occupation over the forecast period. These projects include: work on wastewater monitoring in Iqaluit over five years with $3.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., research to develop natural resource and energy projects in Indigenous communities, as supported by $5 billion in loan guarantees from the federal government from 2024-2025, and solar and wind energy projects in Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, and Naujaat, supported by $19 million from the federal government.

Here are some key facts about Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers in Nunavut:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 73%
  • Other Commercial Services (NAICS 54-56, 81): 15%
• 83% of natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers work all year, while 17% work only part of the year, compared to 72% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 57% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 42% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 31% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 38% compared to 6% for all occupations