Director of Strategic Initiatives

4 months ago

Winnipeg, Canada Elections Manitoba Full time

**Job Summary**
Elections Manitoba (EM) is an integrity driven organization dedicated to ensuring free, fair, and accessible elections for the people of Manitoba. As an independent office of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, EM is steadfast in upholding the core values of democracy. The team at EM is committed to fairness, integrity, respect, excellence, participation, innovation, and accountability, striving to create an environment where every vote counts.

The role of Director of Strategic Initiatives at Elections Manitoba offers a unique and meaningful opportunity for an initiative-driven professional passionate about democracy and public service.

Elections Manitoba is seeking a motivated individual with strong research and policy development skills to stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies and regulatory changes across Canada. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Director of Strategic Initiatives will work independently and across departments to drive process optimization and enhanced service delivery in preparation of election events.

**Qualifications**

Conditions of employment
- The incumbent must be, and remain, politically non-partisan in both perception and fact
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
- Satisfactory criminal records check

Essential Skills/Expertise
- Post-secondary education in a related discipline such as Business Administration, Public Administration. A master’s degree is considered an asset. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Extensive experience conducting and preparing legislative, regulatory, jurisdictional and policy research and analysis on very complex political processes and interactions.
- Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical skills with experience in research and analysis.
- Demonstrated experience to leverage opportunities for innovation, find creative solutions to issues, and successfully manage change.
- Strong political acumen with the ability to manage confidential and politically sensitive material and situations with diplomacy and tact including experience providing strategic advice to senior leaders on complex issues.
- Proven capability to identify and deliver key strategic insights, counsel and policy to decision makers.
- Experience supervising teams, leading, managing, and coordinating projects.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, foster innovation and collaboration and build partnerships between various internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent written communication skills, including drafting documents for decision makers.
- Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to develop and deliver presentations and communicate complex information to various audiences.
- Strong organizational skills with ability to manage competing demands within tight timelines.
- Experience using data analysis tools and modeling to support business case development, impact analysis and cost estimations.

Desired Skills
- Election related experience

**Duties**

The Director of Strategic Initiatives will establish framework and mechanisms for ongoing environmental scanning and analysis, prepare detailed reports, discussion papers and briefing notes on current and emerging issues. This position is responsible for actively seeking out and pursuing strategic partnership opportunities that alight with EM’s goals and objectives. This role will also contribute to longer term strategic planning for the organization and work collaboratively on a variety of projects with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders. The Director of Strategic Initiatives will support the CEO and SLT in the development of accountability mechanisms that include evaluation, performance measures, and dashboard reporting.

Advertisement No. 43317
Human Resource Services
302-386 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3R6
Phone: 204-945-7279 | Fax: 204-948-3115

**Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.**

**Employment Equity is a factor in selection. Applicants are requested to indicate in their cover letter or resumé if they are from any of the following groups: women, Indigenous people, visible minorities or persons with disabilities.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $84,371.00-$115,427.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-09-17

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