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Title posted on CivicJobs.ca - Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Posted on September 24, 2024 by Employer details City of Vancouver
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Senior Manager, Strategic InitiativesRequisition ID: 41582 OrganizationLocated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the x?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish), and s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples, Vancouver has a commitment to becoming a City of Reconciliation. Vancouver consistently ranks as one of the world?s most liveable cities and is working towards being the greenest city in the world. Named among Canada's Top 100 Employers, BC's Top Employers, and Canada's Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver seeks colleagues who can help shape and embody our core commitments to sustainability, reconciliation, equity and outstanding quality of life for all residents.Consider joining our committed team of staff and being part of an innovative, inclusive and rewarding workplace.We are looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives to provide leadership to City strategic initiatives with high-profile, complex, multi-stakeholder issues across the City of Vancouver?s diverse business units, playing an important leadership role within the organisation as strategy and business advisory subject matter expert.Key Duties and Responsibilities The Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives is responsible for managing a portfolio of complex, high-impact projects involving cross-departmental teams. This position plays a leadership role that varies from project to project, involving:Manages complex policy and strategy issues for high profile projects Leads a portfolio of significant strategic initiatives within the City, playing leadership and/or support roles. Manages internal cross-departmental teams to deliver on strategic goals, including complex project management, policy, governance and stakeholder management Serves as liaison for the City?s relationships with public sector, private sector, non-profit, community and/or academic organisations Leads the development and implementation of strategic, operational and project plans for the strategic initiatives that would affect a diverse range of the City?s operational areas Evaluates business proposals and/or negotiates terms of complex business relationships for new or existing business areas Provides strategic, policy and operational advice to senior executive, Council, and operational leadership and management. Leads discussions with steering committees to develop project budget, and is responsible for control of costs. Other duties/responsibilities and assigned.Within this general framework, the specific duties of these roles are relatively dynamic, and change over time with the operational priorities and business needs of the organisation.Qualifications: Education and Experience Bachelor?s degree in Business, Public Administration, or related, and a minimum eight years' experience working in a corporate or institutional environment at an intermediate or senior level, with increasing responsibility for complex strategy, project management and partnership development work, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Significant experience working directly with senior management, boards of directors or other governance bodies, and ideally, elected officials and their staff. Experience working in an environment that balances public policy and business objectives, and/or knowledge of, or experience with, local government issues Experience related to community engagement in complex stakeholder environmentsKnowledge, Skills and AbilitiesLeadership skills, balancing independence, initiative and decisiveness with good judgement and a collaborative approach. Strong facilitation skills, with the ability to bring together people with a diverse set of interests, styles and areas of expertise, and align them toward a unified goal. Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to concurrently manage multiple tasks and competing priorities, and knowledge of project management methodologies Knowledge of equity frameworks and policy- LocationVancouver, BC
- Workplace information On site
- Salary$121,960YEAR annually
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source CivicJobs.ca #98226
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