Corporate Facility Portfolio Planner - Calgary, Canada - City of Calgary

City of Calgary

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Calgary, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

If you are committed to public service, enjoy collaborating with others, share our values and have a desire to learn and grow, join The City of Calgary.

City employees deliver the services, run the programs and operate the facilities which make a difference in our community. We support work-life balance, promote physical and psychological safety, and offer competitive wages, pensions, and benefits. Together we make Calgary a great place to make a living, a great place to make a life.

The City is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and equitable workplace which is representative of the community we serve. We welcome those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, antiracism and reconciliation. Applications are encouraged from members of groups that are historically disadvantaged and underrepresented. Accommodations are available during the hiring process, upon request.
As the Corporate Facility Portfolio Planner, you are the first in the value chain of planning heritage designated facilities for The City and delivering viable solutions to meeting your clients' requirements. You will be responsible for managing heritage facility planning projects from start to finish, including gathering requirements, developing portfolio level solutions, defining programs and projects, facilitating approvals, and delivering in the context of longterm objective for the heritage facility portfolio.

Primary duties include:

Relationship Management with key clients and facilitating cross corporate teams in gathering and understanding heritage facility requirements and gaining consensus.
Manage heritage facility planning projects from start to finish including developing scopes of work, charters, program and project plans cost estimates, pro formas, benefit analysis, capital and operating business cases, presentations and reports.
Lead and manage consults, budget, public engagement, governance, and workshops.
Conduct analyses on the City's Heritage facility portfolio including spatial, building, financial and service demand analysis.
Develop heritage portfolio and program plans, including real estate optimization strategies, feasibility analysis, and master plans.
Facilitate the onboarding of heritage facilities from the City's portfolio,
Facilitate moving facility solutions through internal decisionmaking processes and Council including delivering presentations, writing reports, and presenting recommendations.
Lead continuous improvement activities to support improvement to the corporate portfolio management approach including developing policies, frameworks, strategies, processes, and tools to enable consistent execution of work and processes.
Maintain a client focus, with corporate goals in mind, while tackling a wide variety of problem and issue areas in finance, planning, political, legal and regulatory, engineering, development and service provision.

Qualifications

A degree in Planning, Architecture, Engineering, Business or related field with at least 8 years of experience in Facility Project Development, Urban Planning, Architecture and/or project predesign and feasibility analysis is required.; OR
A Master's Degree in the above fields with 5 years of experience in Facility Project Development, Urban Planning, Architecture and/or project predesign and feasibility analysis.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project) is essential.
Working knowledge of maintaining portfolios for heritage buildings would be preferred.
Experience in a municipal, government or nonprofit environment is preferred.
A professional designation in any of following fields is considered an asset: Planning, Facility Management, Project, Program or Portfolio Management, Architecture, Corporate Real Estate, Change Management, or Engineering.
Working knowledge of ArcGIS, Integrated Workplace Management Systems (such as Archibus), relational databases is considered an asset.
Success in this position requires the ability to think strategically, solve complex problems, and execute within an ambiguous environment.

Pre-employment Requirements