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Sustainability Coordinator 2

4 months ago


Whitehorse, Canada City of Whitehorse Full time

**Job Description**:
**Job posting closes: April 27**th**, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Yukon Standard Time**

This position is covered by a collective agreement between the City of Whitehorse and the Public Service Alliance of Canada/Yukon Employees Union.

**SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR 2**:
**Job Code: 284**:
**Department: Planning and Sustainability Services**:
**Job Summary**:
The incumbent leads, plans, researches, implements, evaluates and maintains sustainability programs and planning efforts for the City of Whitehorse, including but not limited to: energy management and greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change adaptation, economic resiliency.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Oversees, and coordinates the development and implementation of sustainability programs and strategies. This includes preparing the scope and coordinating corporate initiatives such as the Sustainability Plan and the City's response to the Climate Emergency.
- Conducts and oversees the preparation of studies, research, reports, and plans related to sustainability.
- Evaluates, monitors and proposes changes and additions to bylaws and policies on corporate and community sustainability matters.
- Maintains project management tools to ensure effective, on-time, on-budget project delivery, including by assigned staff and contractors. Completes procurement, retains consultants with specialized knowledge and assembles a project team as needed.
- Responds to customer, consultant, internal and external agency enquiries on sustainability matters or delegate enquiry to assigned staff. Responds to media enquiries, as assigned.
- Coordinates and liaises with City departments, agencies, First Nations governments on a wide range of sustainability issues. Initiates and participates in City committees and in intergovernmental working groups on key initiatives impacting portfolio. This may include advice and support related to project scoping, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
- Engages the public, other organizations, and stakeholders including through meetings, correspondence, presentations and by facilitating public engagement events. Oversees the development and implementation of educational materials, and other communication in support of sustainability programming.
- Prepares and monitors (controls), under the direction of the Manager of Planning and Sustainability Services, the sustainability annual operating budget and capital budgets, as assigned.
- Plans, schedules, directs and ensures, the quality of work of assigned staff. Also trains assigned staff and contributes to their recruitment, performance appraisals and disciplinary action.
- Conducts ongoing portfolio reviews and provides input and recommendations to the Manager of Planning and Sustainability Services on processes and strategies, for continual improvement.
- Follows, and ensures that reporting staff follow, so far as is reasonably practicable, established safety procedures and standards.
- Acts as Manager of Planning and Sustainability Services as required.
- Other related duties.

**Job Requirements**:
**Working Conditions**:
Majority of the work is performed under normal office conditions. Some intra-city travel will be required.

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Degree in Sustainability Studies or related field.
- 3 years previous related experience.
- On-the-job experience — 6 months
- Knowledge of municipal bylaws, policies and planning processes.
- Experience in organizing and maintaining environment sustainability programs.
- Proven inter-personal skills related to team building, liaison with stakeholders, and collaborative problem solving.
- Proven skills relating to communications, team building, liaise with stakeholders.
- Proven written and oral communication skills to develop and present reports, position papers and communicate with the public.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and with a wide range of people.
- Good analytical, organizational, prioritizing skills with the ability to multitask with mínimal supervision.
- Class 5 driver's license.

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.

**Examples of Required Equipment to Operate**:
General office equipment including computer skills to operate software programs related to intranets, spreadsheets, word processing, electronic mail, etc.