Description
**This posting is for 1 Full-Time Temporary position that may be extended up to 18 months in accordance to Section 18.02 of the Collective Agreement**
The Strategic Planning Advisor will work to connect strategy to operations and help Bureaus across the service leverage their expertise to meet EPS's strategic goals. Embedded within the Strategy and Innovation Branch, the position reports to the Program Manager, Strategic Design and utilizes a strategic, organization level mindset with analytical abilities to support advancing the organizational strategic agenda.
The position will be responsible for providing direct support and expert counsel to EPS for strategic planning, business planning, and change management. This involves supporting business planning, trends research and developing strategies with Bureau leadership and teams. The Strategic Planning Advisor is responsible for the end-to-end management and successful delivery of complex strategies, plans and projects while building capacity and encouraging collaboration.
The position will use a systems lens, innovative project approaches and best practices to deliver projects effectively, while monitoring and managing risks, facilitating collaborative teams, communicating effectively, mediating issues and problem solving. The Strategic Planning Advisor works with a high degree of independence and works with senior leaders to plan, implement, and support the strategic goals of EPS. The position works in conjunction with performance management, impact & evaluation, research & innovation, portfolio management & reporting, community relations, and other teams and is responsible for building strong collaborative partnerships with all areas within the Value & Impact Division and across the organization.
The position will:
- Ensure that the Service works toward common goals and outcomes. This work involves developing and stewarding processes to gather, analyze and organize information to assess and adjust strategic direction in response to an increasingly complex and ambiguous environment.
- Actively facilitate workshops, conversations, and meetings to create common objectives and move projects forward.
- Research and develop new frameworks, best-practices and methodologies associated with strategic and business planning.
- Conduct research and environmental scanning activities to identify best practices and remain current on emerging trends, information, and initiatives.
- Be a respected resource to support Bureaus in business planning and strategy development. This position is responsible for developing and evolving strategies, policies, and agreements to achieve business objectives.
- Use project management methodologies to identify, manage and mitigate risks to projects, strategies and the organization as well as perform project closing activities such as conducting post project evaluations and capturing lessons learned amongst others.
- Develop actionable reporting to drive business decisions.
- Apply a systems-level lens to complex problems to assess challenges and support development of strategies to address those challenges.
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams consisting of consultants, contractors, business partners and stakeholders as needed.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and networking amongst bureaus, and across the service.
- Develop and steward relationships that support the success of the projects.
- Prepare and deliver reports and presentations to executive audiences.
- Develop and implement engagement plans as required with the guidance of the Community Relations section.
- Contribute to and uphold a positive workplace culture.
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