Temporary Culture - Whitby, Canada - The Town of Whitby

The Town of Whitby

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Whitby, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Open Date

Jan :30:00 PM
Close Date
Jan :59:00 PM
Position Title
Temporary Culture & Tourism Coordinator
Posting Type
Fulltime
Posting Status
Active
Position Length
Temporary
Department Group
Strategic Initiatives
Hours per Week
35
Department
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Openings
1
Education
College Diploma
Experience
3 years
Salary Range

- $53,726 - $67,176 per annum (Band E)
Description:
Our team is highly skilled, passionate about our community, and we care. Let's grow together.

Temporary Culture & Tourism Coordinator:

(anticipated for a period of up to 18 months)

Who We Are

In Whitby, we are dedicated to our work, our community, and each other. We work hard, we have fun, and we celebrate our successes.

The Town of Whitby is a community in transformation that is located in the heart of Durham Region in the eastern Greater Toronto Area.

Whitby is the second-largest municipality in the region and one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada.

Located on Lake Ontario and only an hour east of Toronto, the population of Whitby is expected to grow from 140,000 to more than 200,000 by 2031.

Whitby's Official Plan has been updated to establish new directions for Whitby's planned growth and development; the protection of our natural and built environments; urban design intensification; sustainability; community improvement; and, new employment within this time frame.

The Town of Whitby combines a small town atmosphere with the sophistication and amenities of a larger urban centre.

Whitby boasts two beautiful heritage downtowns, one of the finest recreational harbours with an award-winning marina, year round sports and recreation activities, parks, trails, and a robust arts and culture scene, all of which are part of the extraordinary amenities that Whitby residents enjoy every day.

Whitby has an exciting and aspiring future, with a community that is welcoming, growing and transforming.

On our team, you can expect to make a difference through your work and have a direct impact on shaping our growing community.

Creating an inclusive environment where employees experience job satisfaction and have rewarding careers is important to us.

We live our values and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement where people enjoy coming to work.

The Town of Whitby is a hybrid organization. This means staff are empowered to do their best work from various locations, as appropriate for the position.

We want to be the preferred employer for the most talented people who care about the Town of Whitby, and are excited and proud to serve our vibrant community.

Let's grow together.

What You Will Get To Do

Reporting to the Program Manager, Events, Culture and Tourism, the Culture and Tourism Coordinator's prime functions are to develop, implement and coordinate the actions of the Town of Whitby's 10 - year Culture Plan to advance the Town's cultural initiatives and programs including development of a public art policy and program, maintaining the culture inventory and developing creative ideas to achieve the actions.

On the tourism side, the incumbent will implement and coordinate action items from the Town's Tourism Strategy including projects focused on destination development, generating content for the tourism microsite, overseeing tourism social media content, facilitate industry network and training sessions.

The position will act as a liaison for industry stakeholder and partners in both culture and tourism.

Responsibilities include:

Implementing, coordinating and monitoring actions in Whitby's Culture Plan;

- coordinating, leading and supporting activities, initiatives and events with both internal and external stakeholders;
- developing and administering the Town's Public Art Policy and Program;
- developing the annual work plan including researching emerging cultural trends and maintain associated budget administration for Culture Plan initiatives;
- in collaboration with Department staff, coordinating the Town's destination development initiatives and implementation of the Tourism Strategy;
- writing Council reports and memo's on Culture Plan and Tourism initiatives, annual
- update reports, including benchmarking data (KPIs);
- prepare logical and detailed project plans;
- writing webpage copy, media release details and other details required for
- marketing and promotion of culture and tourism initiatives;
- building and maintaining productive working relationships with cultural stakeholders and partners, local accommodators, businesses, tourism partners and local assets, and facilitate connections/relationships among these groups to create a strong network to facilitate implementation of the Culture Plan and Tourism Strategy;
- researching and developing KPIs for both the Culture Plan and Tourism Strategy and track/monitor/report annually;
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