Openings: 1
Type of Posting: Internal & External
Location Name: City of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, CA
Date Posted: July 18, 2023
Closing Date: Open until filled
Profession: Executive/Senior Leadership
Desired Employment Status: Permanent
Job ID: 1600
The Opportunity
More than 230,000 residents rely on the services and programs run by the City of Regina every day. Across over 60 lines of business, and among the 2800 full and part-time employees, our City team is dedicated to building a strong community by providing reliable, sustainable services to our residents.
Our vision is to be Canada's most vibrant, inclusive, attractive, sustainable community, where people live in harmony and thrive in opportunity.
Our organization has a reenergized and forward-looking mindset focused on delivering outcomes for residents and a commitment to transform and continually improve resident-facing service and internal operations. Change will be a constant in our community. Our community has benefited from economic growth, population growth, greater diversity through immigration, dynamic changes in technology, and our integration with regional and international economies. We have important opportunities to improve the social and cultural inclusion of our community, including opportunities with our Indigenous residents who represent a bright part of our future.
Our goal is to be modern municipality that delivers high-quality, reliable resident service, and experience connected to outcomes. We will need to achieve this goal with efficiency and effectiveness. We need to remain a sustainable corporation that delivers value with the utmost care and concern for taxpayer dollars. Public sector organizations in Canada have been asked to do more with less. We need to continually push ourselves to explore new opportunities and ways to deliver resident service by harnessing creativity and innovation. We have passionate and engaged staff with great ideas to implement. We need to continue to listen and consult with our citizens. Together we can find exciting paths forward.
Reporting directly to the City Manager, the Executive Director, Corporate Services will be a leader for effective service delivery today and a visionary for transformation and service innovation for tomorrow. The portfolio has been designed intentionally to integrate strategy, people, process and technology into one integrated division. This provides the Executive Director with the integrated capacity to drive incremental efficiency improvements and large-scale transformation including digital transformation.
The Executive Director, Corporate Services will identify, explain and champion an environment of collaboration and strategic leadership that drives service quality, accessible information and digital transformation. With a specific focus on resident-centric information, people, marketing, communications and information technology management, the Executive Director, Corporate Services, provides oversight and strategies for the management of the City’s culture, strategic planning, and performance measurement both externally and internally. The Executive Director, Corporate Services will guide and support their leadership team in these departments and portfolios to achieve department goals while delivering overall corporate outcomes in a sustainable manner.
The Successful Candidate
The successful candidate will come with a level of education and experience that is commensurate with the position. Additional qualifications include:
- Community leadership and consultation skills
- Strategy development and implementation skills
- Change management skills
- Ability to hold individuals accountable for delivering outcomes and results
- A Master's in business administration or public administration degree would be preferred or equivalent experience
- Experience in business transformation
- Effective negotiation skills
- Collaboration skills across all levels
- Effective decision-making and delegation skills
- Experience managing enterprise-wide portfolios
- Effective leadership and people-management skills
The City of Regina has engaged the Executive Search Firm, DHR Global to manage this search. To explore this exciting opportunity further, please contact the DHR Saskatchewan Office at 306-986-2295 or submit your resume to
[email protected].
✓ Note: As per the City of Regina's
Criminal Record Check Policy, the successful candidate is required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check.
✓ Note: Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of acquired education.
Jurisdiction: Out of Scope
Division: Office of the City Manager
The City of Regina acknowledges that we are on Treaty 4 Territory, and the traditional lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
We want to show our recognition and respect to the Nations and the ancestors of this territory, we are grateful for the privilege to be here, to co-exist. We recognize that much of the harms of the past have shaped our relationship; we are committed to our work of building trust. We hope for good and everlasting relationships to create true partnerships with Indigenous peoples.
Regina is committed to employment equity and accessibility. We encourage applications from members of equity-seeking communities including women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.
Note: The City of Regina strives to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the application and selection process. If you would like to request an accommodation at any stage of the process, please note in your application or contact 306-777-7000.
