Program Assistant, Our Food Future - Guelph, Canada - The City of Guelph

The City of Guelph

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Guelph, Canada

2 weeks ago

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About Our Organization:

When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day.

Together, we are bringing to life Guelph's vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options.

Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning.

Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
Resumes are being accepted for the position of Program Assistant, Our Food Future.

City of Guelph has a Smart Cities Office (SCO) with a focus to broaden and accelerate circular economy principles and approaches within the City and across the region.

The SCO currently has two main circular economy (CE) initiatives:
Our Food Future, and Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad (COIL).

The City of Guelph, in partnership with the County of Wellington, was awarded an Infrastructure Canada grant to create Canada's first modern circular food economy - with the goals to increase access to affordable, nutritious food by 50%, create 50 new circular businesses and collaborations and increase circular economic revenues by 50% by recognizing the value of "waste" by 2025.

In addition, we received funding from FedDev Ontario to support Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad (COIL) - with the goals to embed and accelerate within businesses and organizations, and across supply chains and material streams.

Your role:

Supports communication activities including supporting website updates and social media updates.
Supports the development of communications materials and information to generate program awareness within the community.
Develops and hosts networking, information and learning events/opportunities to promote the Our Food Future project.
Coordinates and facilitates public consultation, stakeholder engagement and education events in a positive and inclusive manner to promote Smart Cities initiative.
Supports impact measurement and reporting on project progress, outcomes and milestones in the evaluation framework.
Supports collaborators to monitor and report on progress and outcomes.
Assists in the coordination of activities between multiple collaborating partners and consultants to successfully execute initiative deliverables.
Liaises with the County of Wellington and other stakeholders to ensure Smart Cities goals are achieved.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Excellent communications skills (both oral and written) with the ability to communicate to all levels of staff, stakeholders and the public.
Strong technological skillset and knowledge, specifically with regard to updating websites with text and images; building and maintaining presentation of information via website.
Able to handle multiple and changing priorities and coordinate available resources accordingly.
Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
Extensive experience in facilitating effective community/stakeholder engagement.
Program development and facilitation expertise and experience with skills in Microsoft Project or similar project management systems.
Accomplished skills and experience in research and analysis.
Ability to set priorities, manage time and comply with deadlines under pressure.
Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to solve complex problems.
Interpersonal and customer service skills.
Experience in a municipal environment would be an asset.
Advanced competency with Windows and Microsoft Office Suite.

In keeping with our corporate value of Wellness,
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Rate:

$27.78- $34.73 per hour

How to apply:

Monday, April 10, 2023. Please note all applicants must complete the online questionnaire specific to this position at the time they submit their resume and cover letter in order to be considered. Proof of qualifications will be requested at the interview stage.

The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace.

We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

If you require an accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact us to