Manager, Park and Trail Development

2 weeks ago

Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

About Our Organization:
When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.

As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.

Job Summary:
**Your role**:

- Provide visible and positive leadership to the Park and Trail Development staff, while developing and nurturing a work environment that is inclusive, respectful and motivating.
- Establish objectives and evaluate performance; monitor results and provide coaching, training and development opportunities as needed.
- Provide leadership in the development of standard operational policies and procedures, and best management practices to implement approved departmental and corporate strategies.
- Establish for the Park and Trail Development department annual goals and objectives, the work program, and areas of improvement and change. Annually forecast the growth needs and priorities of the Division for additional resources.
- Develop parks planning and development standards, policies, and procedures in consultation with both Parks Operations and Culture and Recreation staff to ensure the needs of the community are met within industry best practices.
- Develop short and long-term strategies, budgets, and forecasts related to parks planning, development, and programming.
- Provide input into agreements to inform parkland acquisition and development agreements.
- Oversee the division's input to the development review process related to parkland and trail requirements including rezoning, official plan updates and amendments, secondary plans, plans of subdivision, site plans, etc. to ensure high quality parks, open space, and trails are delivered in compliance with City policies, agreements, legislated requirements, and sound park development standards and practices.
- Oversee the execution of the city’s parkland dedication bylaw and policies and update the bylaw as and when needed.
- Monitor the administration of the parks component of development agreements.
- Oversee a team of park practitioners to deliver park and trail capital projects
- Ensure engagement with the community for the renovation, restoration, or creation of parks.
- Develop and revise standards for the development of public lands including parks and trails in collaboration with other relevant City departments.
- Responsible for annual operating budget requirements for Park and Trail Development including budget monitoring and financial control.
- Responsible for developing and recommending the capital budget forecast budget including managing the requirements of the Development Charges By-law and any other agreements as they may relate to parks and open space, including short and long-term financial forecasts for park development and park infrastructure/master plan renewal.
- Deliver project management and contract administration for planning/design and construction in a timely, cost-effective manner for all approved capital projects.
- Work in compliance with all health and safety policies and procedures, including the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Work collaboratively as a representative of the Department/Division on internal and external staff teams and committees as required, as well as, lead and represent the Parks department at Council meetings, as required, and effectively respond to public comments and inquiries.
- Participate in projects related to asset management, infrastructure management and PSAB requirements, and MPMP reporting.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Leadership skills and experience managing staff or leading work teams preferably within a unionized environment.
- Knowledge of the Ontario Planning Act, land use planning and development approvals processes as they relate to open space planning and development.
- Member of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects or the Canadian Institute of Planners, or other related professional affiliation is considered an asset.
- Excellent communication skills, strong collaboration and public relations skills are essential.
- Knowledge of budget preparation and control.
- Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and other applicable legislation.
- Ability to engage work collaboratively with other supervisors, city departments, and a broad range of stakeholders.

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