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SalaryLocated just 30 minutes north of Toronto along Highway 404, East Gwillimbury (EG) is Canada’s fastest growing municipality* focused on modernization, innovation, and creativity. Those joining Team EG will help shape the future of the community. As an award-winning organization, EG offers competitive wages and benefits and prioritizes the mental and physical well-being of its employees through social events, wellness programs, and fitness facilities. Employees also have access to more than 50 kms of trails to enjoy the beauty of EG while at work.
The Town of East Gwillimbury is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and as we grow, it is important our workforce reflects the citizens we serve. We respect, encourage, and celebrate our diversity. Join our team and see the EG difference!
Reporting to the General Manager of Corporate Services, the Director of Information Technology is responsible for providing vision and strategic leadership for the development and implementation and delivery of Information Technology initiatives. The Director of Information Technology ensures that technology-related services are delivered to the organization with optimal levels of service and performance. The Director of Information Technology will:
- Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across the organization.
- Provide leadership to IT staff, and develop, update, and maintain the budget.
- Ensure continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance.
- Lead the development of the corporate IT strategy, policies and directions and collaborate with the appropriate departments to develop and maintain a technology plan that supports organizational needs.
- Provide IT expertise and industry knowledge to shape and inform advancement of technology opportunities and solutions.
- Coordinate and facilitate consultation with internal and external stakeholders to define business and systems requirements for new technology implementations.
- Oversee IT related procurement and vendor management.
The ideal candidate will have a university degree in Computer Science or related discipline, coupled with a minimum of ten (10) years of leadership experience in a broad Information Technology portfolio in the public sector, preferably in a municipal urban growth environment. PMP Certification would be considered an asset. As part of the extended management team, the ideal candidate would embody and lead in a manner consistent with the Town’s Core Commitments:
- Service Experience – Embraces a service focused culture, anticipates customer needs and ensures continuous learning to optimize individual and organizational growth.
- Communications - Communicates thoughts and ideas in a clear and concise manner, and actively listens and asks questions.
- Teamwork and Collaboration - Works collaboratively to discover efficiencies and achieve common goals.
- Creativity and Innovation - Shares new ideas, challenges the status quo, participates in positive change, and embraces continuous learning.
- Culture of belonging - Embraces differences and contributes to a shared purpose and a positive environment where everyone feels valued.
- Leadership - Leads with a positive outlook, transparency, problem solves and contributes to the overall success of the organization.
Other requirements include:
- Broad knowledge of new and emerging technologies and best practices and an understanding of how they may benefit the Corporation.
- Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills, as well as exceptional service orientation.
- Exceptional written and verbal communications skills. Able to adapt and tailor the conversation/presentation to a variety of audiences and contexts.
- Able to connect complex technical solutions to emerging or existing business opportunities.
- Working knowledge of a wide variety of computer programs and applications is necessary,
- Understanding of voice systems including land phones, voicemail, smart phones and call centre technologies.
- Experience negotiating technical agreements and contracts.
- Demonstrated thorough knowledge in systems technologies including data and information security, systems development, enterprise architecture, network operations, telecommunications, Enterprise Architecture management and spatial technologies such as GIS.
- Knowledge of applicable legislation, bylaws, legal proceedings and the ability to interpret legislation such as Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), as well as governing industry requirements such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS) that are relevant to the position.
- Ability to align programs/ services with corporate strategic direction; to foster corporate thinking and a consultative, cooperative team approach and positive attitude amongst staff.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, capable of relating effectively to a diverse range of people, personalities and styles (both internal and external)
- Highly adaptable and flexible to changing systems, conditions and/or priorities.
- Able to meet deadlines.
- Political acuity.
- Computer literacy utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) as well as Adobe and cloud-based applications.
Salary Range: $138,375 - $162,800 (Band 11)
Deadline for applications is April 28, 2024.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.
The Town of East Gwillimbury is committed to diversity and inclusivity in employment and welcomes applications from qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Town of East Gwillimbury will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform the Town’s Human Resources staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation. In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information & Protection of Personal Privacy Act, personal information collected will only be used for candidate selection.
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