If you are a professional who:
• Seeks challenge and is keen to demonstrate your leadership capabilities in an innovative and dynamic environment
• Understands and lives the value of what a true leader can enable, and demonstrates the following competencies:
- Thinking & Acting Strategically - sees beyond current situation, understands impact, creates alignment, links priorities to strategy, advises.
- Building Influential Working Relationships - able to effectively build relationships with a wide range of partners internally and externally to the organization.
- Optimizing Performance & Results - knows and understands how to set and achieve results, they build accountability with their teams, and maximize their team’s performance. They strive to improvement performance through innovation, while continually assessing risk and inspiring others.
- Growing Talent & Workforce Capacity - fosters and inclusive workplace, and builds a learning culture that pursues continuous growth, and builds capacity within teams.
- Fostering Innovation & Steering Change – able to identify issues, stimulates creativity, remains on the leading edge, and is agile in change management.
- Politically Astute – knows and understands legislative and regulatory processes and has an intuitive ability to read the political implications of recommendations and actions; prepared to guide and mentor City leadership with solid and informed recommendations.
• Wants to make a difference in the ‘Community of Choice’.
……then we want to hear from you!
The City of Spruce Grove is a fast growing, dynamic city committed to building and maintaining a fiscally responsible community that serves our residents, attracts visitors, and promotes future growth.
Through the “Values, We Live By”, of accountability, communication, leadership, integrity, and respect and work, play balance. We are an organization that cares, an organization that is committed to our city and committed to you.
The City of Spruce Grove is committed to public service, where everyone feels empowered to contribute their best work. We believe that by working together in a spirit of collaboration and respect, we can achieve great things
POSITION OVERVIEW:
A key contributing member of the City’s leadership group, The General Manager of Sustainable Growth and Development Services, is a dynamic and innovative leader who provides visionary and strategic leadership to the Sustainable Growth and Development Services Division of the City.
As a member of the Corporate Leadership team (CLT) and Joint Leadership teams (JLT), the incumbent has overall accountability for the provision of Planning and Development, Engineering and Public Works. They lead the development and implementation of polices and programs to ensure the resources of the municipality are managed in a cost effective and responsible manner. This position reports to the City Manager.
OUR COMMITTEMENT:
At the City of Spruce Grove, our services center around people. We are not all the same and that is our strength. Our organization is fostering a culture of inclusion. Through curiosity and a commitment to listening, reflecting, and learning, we are striving to enhance our practices. Honouring our differences means we can better serve and build a welcoming, supportive, and safe community. If any employee wishes to discuss our commitment, or how we may accommodate or improve on our commitment they are to bring it to the attention of their supervisor or human resources.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Competitive annual salary
- Pension
- Medical & Dental Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Wellness Initiatives
- Work/Life Balance
- Recognized General Holidays
- Leave Options
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Perks
- Positive Work Atmosphere
- Employee Awards
- Volunteer and Fundraising Opportunities
- Professional Development
- Post-secondary Degree in Engineering, Land Use Planning, or equivalent.
- Ten years of related experience with at least six years in Senior Leadership roles.
- Ability to analyze and interpret administrative procedures, regulations, legal documents, and legislation
- Advanced communication skills and excellent presentation skills.
- Excellent collaborative negotiation and problems solving skills.
- Highly developed level of interpersonal skills and diplomacy to interact with a variety of internal and external clients.
- Ability to work effectively and professionally with all levels within the organization and externally.
- Ability to effectively transfer ideas, concepts, and information into effective and efficient strategies.
- Ability to develop, implement and evaluate innovative plans.
- Ability to lead a multifaceted team environment.
Strong customer service orientation and the ability to build positive, productive business relationships.
SALARY RANGE:
The Salary Range for this position is $175,884.80 - $209,081.60.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Competitive annual salary
- Pension
- Medical & Dental Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Wellness Initiatives
- Work/Life Balance
- Recognized General Holidays
- Leave Options
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Perks
- Positive Work Atmosphere
- Employee Awards
- Volunteer and Fundraising Opportunities
- Professional Development
If you wish to discuss this position in more detail, please email: hr@sprucegrove.org.
Only those candidates selected for further consideration will be considered.
