Acting Manager, Energy & Environment (Contract Up

Description : The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Director, Corporate Strategy and Innovation, this role champions the Town’s corporate and community response to climate change. This role oversees the Town’s Energy Conservation and Demand Management and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies. This is achieved through ensuring interdepartmental and external agency cooperation and strategic alignment. This role is responsible for facilitating the commitment of Council in declaring a Climate Change Emergency, ensuring the Town can reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050, and be prepared for climate change impacts, including extreme weather. As the Acting Manager, Energy & Environment, you will perform the following duties, including but not limited to:

• Oversee the development and implementation of the Town’s climate change adaptation and mitigation Strategies. This involves, prioritizing climate change initiatives, and providing technical support and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in alignment with Council endorsed targets and the climate emergency declaration.
• Foster and secure partnerships with various agencies to build and streamline public/community and public/private partnerships and promotions to enhance the capacity of the Town and community to implement climate change initiatives.
• Review, monitor, make recommendations and report to the Corporate Leadership Team and Council, making recommendations on approaches to integrate climate change
• Provide guidance and support to the Climate Change Division, through coaching, professional development, producing flexible annual work and strategic plans, conflict and issue management, managing and establishing capital and operating budgets and managing changing resources and staffing conditions.
• Supervise in-house and contracted staff assigned to perform work and activities as defined herein. Collaborate with HR on people-related programs. Provide input to the career development of assigned staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching, and mentoring.
• Maintain responsibility for assigned duties within the departmental and/or corporate Business Continuity Plan.

This position offers an hourly rate of $45.77, based on a 35-hour workweek.