The Town of Caledon is a dynamic municipality that successfully balances urban, rural, and agricultural communities. Our energetic staff are guided by our core values that create an environment for continuous improvement and customer service excellence.
In addition to offering exciting career opportunities, the Town also provides a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package. Come see how you can make a difference.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager Recreation and Culture, the Project Manager, Community Recreation, is responsible for Community Recreation – project management and coordination, policy development support, coordination of agreement portfolio, and pursuing funding opportunities. This role ensures collaboration with various teams comprised of both internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects and strategies that will improve the overall Community Recreation portfolio in the Town of Caledon.
As the Project Manager, Community Recreation, you will perform the following duties, including but not limited to:
- Provide a combination of project management and coordination of projects that impact Community Recreation and the delivery of services.
- Ensure projects are delivered in alignment with PMO best practices and industry standard frameworks
- Facilitate implementation of the 2024 Parks and Recreation Strategy, including developed action plans, connecting staff work plans to deliverables, tracking work performance and milestones, status, and risk reporting.
- Ongoing review of Community Recreation analytics identifying trends and opportunities; reporting on analytics in relation to division targets.
- Coordinate agreements process including new request intake review, monitoring internal and external workflows, and inventory of executed agreements.
The Ideal Candidate
We are seeking an enthusiastic professional with a post-secondary degree/diploma in Recreation and Leisure Studies, Sport Management, Event Management, Public Administration, or related field. Our ideal candidate has Minimum 3-year related experience in community development, special projects, and stakeholder management. Certifications in quality assurance (Six Sigma), project management, change management, strategic planning, legal awareness, municipal administrative would be considered an asset.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated verbal and written communication skills with the ability to ensure suitable agreements, decisions are reached. We are seeking an individual with the ability to exercise significant discretion and sensitivity involving regular access to confidential data.
The successful candidate for Project Manager, Community Recreation will be required to work a flexible schedule, including in the office and after hours (as required).
Satisfactory passing of a criminal record check, and proof of qualifications will be required of any successful candidate(s) for this position.
This position offers a salary range of $84,976.40 - $104,139.95 plus a competitive benefit package.
To learn more about employment with the Town of Caledon and to apply for this exciting and challenging opportunity, visit: www.caledon.ca/careers
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Applications for this posting will be accepted until February 14th, 2024 at 12:00pm
