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

The City of Guelph

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Guelph, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

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:

Your role:

Support the implementation of the City's corporate strategic plan with emphasis on successful integration with service area plans and corporate budget process
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 community, 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 plans
Provide regular corporate performance reports to executive team and Council to support the successful implementation of corporate plans 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:

Highly developed critical thinking, research, writing, and analytical skills
Well developed skills in data governance including collection and analysis
Excellent computer skills with proficiencies in MS Office suite (knowledge of Power BI would be an asset)
Skilled in data visualization
Knowledge of change management would be an asset
Knowledge of project management would be an asset
Excellent communication skills (written, oral and delivering presentations)
Strong 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 a strong asset

In keeping with our corporate value of Wellness,
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- he City of Guelph recognizes the many benefits of hybrid work arrangements including flexibility and better work-life balance for our employees. Where the work permits, employees will have the ability to participate in our _Hybrid Work
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Rate:

$79, $98,891.50

How to apply:

Wednesday, March 8, 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 make your needs known in advance.

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