Advisor, Strategy - Guelph, Canada - The City of Guelph

The City of Guelph

Verified Company

Guelph, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Why Guelph:

What we offer
We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees.

Many of our positions offer:

Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
Paid personal days;
Hybrid and flexible work arrangements;
Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100percent employer matching;
Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
Employee and Family Assistance Program;
Parental leave top up program;
Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:

Key duties and responsibilities

Support the implementation of the City's corporate strategic plan with emphasis on successful integration of the business planning and multiyear budget processes.
Be a resource for service areas in the areas of strategic planning, business planning, performance measurement, reporting/storytelling and data analysis.
Work with others throughout the corporation to:
align efforts to the achievement of community, corporate plans and performance targets

- create meaningful performance indicators and targets that support corporate performance
- monitor, track and analyze corporate performance using meaningful and timely quantitative and qualitative data
- champion and communicate corporate and council strategic plans to employees and the public

Support the development and implementation of corporate performance measurement frameworks, policies, processes, reports, presentations, and dashboards to enable successful organizational performance measurement.
Develop partnerships with other organizations to facilitate data sharing, analytics and reporting.
Undertake outcome focused target setting and benchmarking activities to support the development and implementation of corporate initiatives.
Provide regular corporate performance reports to executive team and Council to support the successful implementation of corporate initiatives and council strategic priorities.
Support service areas to develop their performance measurement capacity and skills, particularly in the areas of performance planning, monitoring, reporting and improvement.
Communicate and present performance written, verbal and digital reports to a variety of stakeholders and governance groups e.g., the Strategic Plan progress report.
Facilitate collaborative problem solving/improvement workshops to achieve corporate strategic objectives.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and requirements

Postsecondary education in public administration, public policy, political science, business or a related discipline.
Considerable experience in strategy, performance measurement and reporting.
Highly developed critical thinking, research, writing, and analytical skills.
Well developed skills in data governance including collection and analysis and data visualization.
Excellent computer skills with proficiencies in MS Office suite (knowledge of Power BI would be an asset).
Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral and delivering presentations) with a wide range of stakeholders including colleagues, management/leadership team, council, consultants and the general public.
Excellent interpersonal, relationship building, networking, facilitation and collaboration skills.
Excellent time management skills with the ability to work independently in order to manage projects.
An understanding of the legislative process, government decisionmaking processes.
Familiarity working within a public sector environment is considered an asset.
Experience in change management and project management would be an asset.

Hours of work
35 hours per week Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

Pay/Salary
Non Union Grade: 5: $81, $101,858.25

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