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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 CAO, the Strategic Advisor will provide cross departmental support and facilitation in the areas of: Strategic planning, business plan development, performance metrics, issues management, and stakeholder engagement.
The Strategic Advisor will:
- Work with the CAO, Council, Senior Management Team, and individual contributors as well as internal and external community and institutional stakeholders to create and implement inspiring, results-based plans that drive culture change and service transformation to meet the needs of East Gwillimbury’s diverse community.
- Communicate with a variety of stakeholders, including the executive team.
- Facilitate and/or lead meetings with Town staff, internal departments, and external stakeholders as a representative of the Office of the CAO.
- Interact and/or work with cross functional teams, the CAO’s office, and key stakeholders to facilitate and coordinate information requests, develop progress updates, prepare reports, manage distribution of information while utilizing influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes.
- Act as a resource to conduct research, manage data, provide interpretation, and offer recommendations based on industry best practice for work planning.
- Lead the development and implementation of corporate strategic planning and business plans with emphasis on successful integration of work plans with departmental business plans and corporate budget process.
- Prepare and provide presentations both internally and externally as required.
- Contribute to the development of organizational performance frameworks and key performance indicators.
- Lead the development of organizational reporting for established goals and key performance indicators.
- Develop a process for any new priorities and/or projects outside of the normal planning cycle to be made in reference to work plans.
- Develop and maintain formal project documents including project charter, schedule, risk register, and business case, among others.
- Monitor and track federal, provincial, regional, municipal, and private sector for emerging issues and draft/coordinate Senior Management Team and Council briefing notes as appropriate.
- Lead research, data analysis, environmental scanning and benchmarking activities to provide the organization with foundational business and population level analytics to support its strategy and performance planning activities.
- Manage ad-hoc strategic initiatives to act quickly on emerging community and corporate needs.
The ideal candidate will have a Degree in Business, Public Administration, or Political Science, coupled with a minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience working with senior level executive administration, within the municipal sector or related field. The ideal candidate would embody and lead in a manner consistent with the Town’s Core Commitments:
1. Service Experience - Service focused culture, communicates effectively, anticipates customer needs and keeps them informed.
2. Communications - Communicates thoughts and ideas clearly and concisely using verbal, written, visual and non-verbal skills. Good listening and comprehension.
3. Teamwork and Collaboration - Works collaboratively to discover efficiencies and achieve common goals.
4. Creativity and Innovation - Shares new ideas, challenges the status quo, participates in positive change.
5. Culture of belonging - Empathetic team connections, embraces differences and contributes to a shared purpose and a positive environment where everyone feels valued.
2. Communications - Communicates thoughts and ideas clearly and concisely using verbal, written, visual and non-verbal skills. Good listening and comprehension.
3. Teamwork and Collaboration - Works collaboratively to discover efficiencies and achieve common goals.
4. Creativity and Innovation - Shares new ideas, challenges the status quo, participates in positive change.
5. Culture of belonging - Empathetic team connections, embraces differences and contributes to a shared purpose and a positive environment where everyone feels valued.
6. Leadership - Leads with positive outlook, transparency, problem solves and contributes to the overall success of the organization.
Other requirements include:
- Demonstrated relationship builder with a collaborative mindset, exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and experience in a political environment with ability to foster and grow key political networks, inter-governmental relationships, including a broad variety of elected officials, mayors, and municipal/provincial agencies.
- Thorough understanding of local municipal perspective and municipal services.
- Proven judgement and political acuity to handle complex and politically sensitive issues in a dynamic municipal environment, work in collaboration with Council and elected officials; analyze emerging issues, determine priorities, and provide recommendations, problem resolution, options, or identified opportunities.
- Computer literacy utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams) as well as Adobe and Internet.
- Thorough working knowledge and demonstrated experience in executive administration skills.
- Experience facilitating the development and management of strategic plans, business plans and corporate performance functions.
- Highly developed critical thinking and analytical skills with the ability to reflect, communicate and synthesize information.
- Well developed skills in data governance including collection, organization, and analysis.
- Exceptional interpersonal, relationship management, networking, collaboration and time management skills.
- Excellent communication skills (i.e., Council reports, presentations to staff and/or the public, etc.).
- Well developed facilitation and workshop design skills (defining issues; clarifying relationships and managing client expectations; researching, developing and recommending options; and when asked, facilitating implementation).
- Familiarity with public sector terminology and culture, as well as a high level of political acumen.
Salary Range: $118,555 - $139,472 (Band 9)
Deadline for applications is February 25, 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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