Chief of Staff

1 week ago

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada City of Kitchener Full time

Chief of Staff

Competition Number

Job Code
0830

Posting Date
August 18, 2023

Closing Date
September 6, 2023 (at 6:00pm)

Job Status
Permanent Full-Time

The
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City of Kitchener is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 270,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.
The
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City of Kitchener is WHERE you want to work Learn more about the top reasons to join us:

Why work at the City of Kitchener

Position Overview:

  • An exciting opportunity exists for a Chief of Staff to join the City of Kitchener as a strategic thinker, relationship builder, and collaborator. Working with a passionate team of city builders across the Kitchener public service, you will lead a 4person team responsible for supporting the Mayor and members of City Council in their community leadership roles.
  • Reporting to the Mayor, you will lead a team of 4 staff, including a Supervisor, Coordinator
  • Strategic Communications and Community Relations, and two Constituency Assistants. The Chief of Staff maintains a dottedline administrative reporting relationship to the General Manager, Corporate Services.
  • In addition to leading the Office of Mayor and Council (OMC) team, you will build strong and effective relationships with members of council and the Chief Administrator's Office. You are keenly attuned to the complex issues facing municipalities and municipal elected officials, and have a reputation for being proactive, selfmotivated, and able to develop and deliver compelling plans and strategies that engage key stakeholders and partners in advancing priorities, in particular through advocacy and communications efforts.
  • Your background in communications and relationship development, with direct experience in a political office or environment, enables you to navigate concurrent projects with diplomacy and effective, positive outcomes. Your strong political acumen is an asset in proactively identifying and managing complex and/or emerging issues. While your passion for Kitchener's ongoing transformation makes you a strong advocate for our priorities, you also keep in mind the big picture for this region.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Communications, strategy and issues management; developing and implementing key communication materials for the Mayor, including but not limited to briefing notes, speaking remarks, presentations etc. Act as key media liaison for the Mayor. You will oversee the development of major presentations, reports and speeches for the Mayor and will work closely with the Corporate Communications and Marketing team as appropriate.
  • Supporting the development of strategies to respond to enquiries from internal partners, and intergovernmental partners.
  • Government relations: implement and execute a comprehensive, strategic government relations strategy in collaboration with internal partners on key issues related to the City.
  • Leadership: lead a highly skilled, engaged, and customerfocused office. Direct reports include the Supervisor, Office of Mayor & Council and CoordinatorStrategic Communications and Community Relations. Two Constituency Assistants also round out this dedicated team. You will also oversee the budget for the Office of Mayor and Council.

Requirements:

  • You bring to the role a 4year degree in Communications or Political Science.
  • A minimum of 4 years of direct experience in a political office (municipal, provincial or federal), or in a national advocacy association such as the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, or Federation of Canadian Municipalities is required.
  • Must be reliable with a good attitude and employment record.
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We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at

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or ext. 7261 to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.

  • Please note that as per Human Resources Policy _
  • HUM-HIR_
  • 110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":_
- "The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all _

  • Directors,_
  • General Managers_
- , or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity._

  • The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:_
  • 1. within the same Department in the case of permanent fulltime, temporary full_
- time and part-time classifications._

  • 2. within the same Division in the case of

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