General Manager Corporate Services

Town of Ponoka

General Manager Corporate Services

Reports To: Chief Administrative Officer
Division: Corporate Services
Position Summary
Reporting directly to the Chief Administrative Officer, the General Manager of Corporate Services is instrumental in shaping and guiding our organization's future. This position involves strategic oversight of key departments, including Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Communications. A primary focus will be on integrating these departments into a cohesive unit that aligns with and actively drives the organization’s strategic objectives, ensuring compliance with government regulations, municipal bylaws, and policies.
This role is central to transforming Corporate Services into a strategic hub, facilitating policy development, comprehensive strategic planning, innovative project management, and advanced organizational and staff development. You are a driving force behind aligning departmental actions with the town’s strategic vision and council objectives, pivotal in realizing the Town of Ponoka's vision of “To be a thriving community with a hometown feel.”
Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in business administration, public administration, finance, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Certifications such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Several years (often 10+ years) of progressive leadership experience in a corporate or public sector environment, with a proven track record in strategic planning and organizational leadership.
• Experience overseeing multiple functional areas such as finance, human resources, IT and communications.
• Understanding of municipal or government operations, including an understanding of public sector budgeting, policy development, and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated ability in leading large teams, strategic planning, financial management, and successful implementation of major projects or initiatives.
• Understanding of local government operations and challenges, community dynamics, and stakeholder engagement.
• Sensitivity to the political nature of decisions and actions in a municipal or public sector context.
• High ethical standards and integrity, particularly important in a public sector role.

Competencies

• Accountability and Reliability: Take personal ownership and responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work commitments and demonstrate integrity daily. Follow organizational guidelines, professional standards, regulations, and principles.
• Financial Management: Timely and efficient in all budgeting, financial, and information reporting. Implements long-term financial sustainability plans for the County.
• Adaptability and Flexibility: Flexible and comfortable adapting current work practices to respond to changing conditions, priorities, and job requirements. Remain open-minded with a willingness to alter opinions and behaviors on the basis of new information.
• Collaboration and Negotiation: Work with others to foster mutual understanding of complex initiatives and sensitive situations, ensuring ideas, proposals, and solutions from all participants are considered. Work collaboratively to resolve conflicts as well as reach solutions that best meet organizational needs and goals.
• Strategic & Business Planning: Provides executive leadership to all corporate initiatives and ensures accountability for achievement of results.
• Communication: Ability to interpret, report, provide, advise, and guide on a variety of complex matters pertaining to the Town. Utilize active listening skills and summarize information according to the audience in order to promote engagement and increase understanding. Explain and advocate facts and ideas in a clear and concise manner while communicating and negotiating with individuals and groups.
• Decision Making and Problem Solving: Analyze situations, diagnose problems, and identify key issues. Solve and evaluate alternative courses of action in order to make concrete, well-informed, sound decisions that support the overall organization and demonstrate integrity. Exercise sound judgement in assessing and applying the impacts of decisions involving policy and procedures, guidelines, and legislation in various contexts.
• Leadership: Influence others; encourage, inspire, and support others to deliver. Has the ability to understand how individuals, at all levels, operate and how best to use that understanding to achieve objectives.
• Networking and Relationship: Interact with others in ways that advance the work of the organization by developing respect, mutual understanding, and productive working relationships with stakeholders.
• Planning and Organizing: Organize own time effectively, delegate appropriately, prepare in advance and set realistic timeframes. Make sure all activity and resources are used efficiently and effectively and monitor progress toward operational or strategic objectives. Ability to prioritize workload, which may have competing interests, and adapt readily to rapidly changing demands and circumstances.
• Teamwork: Foster effective working relationships by working cooperatively within diverse groups of people in order to achieve group and organizational goals. Participate actively in group activities, and encourage departments to work cooperatively to foster teamwork across the organization.

Compensation
A competitive compensation package will be provided including an attractive base salary and excellent benefits. Further details will be provided at the appropriate time.
Closing Date
The closing date for this competition is January 8th, 2024. Please be advised that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Please send your resumes and questions to recruitment@tsi-inc.ca