Description
Join the City of Edmonton and bring your strategic vision to a role where you can make a real difference! The Community Services Department is looking for a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst to join our dynamic Department Strategy team. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of municipal government, shaping the policies, initiatives, and partnerships that directly impact our community. If you are a collaborative leader with a passion for driving meaningful change, we encourage you to apply.
As a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in supporting processes across multiple branches, providing advice on a variety of policy priorities and translating high-level strategic direction into clear, actionable plans. Working closely with leadership teams, subject-matter experts, and a diverse range of internal and external collaborators, you will drive the progress of high-stakes strategic initiatives. This position is key to fostering trust and integrating diverse perspectives, acting as a neutral broker to cultivate and steward critical relationships. You will lead with a service-oriented mindset, applying your skills in systems thinking, policy analysis. communication, and change management to meet operational needs while advancing innovation across the Department.
What will you do?
- Lead and contribute to high-complexity policy reviews, requiring extensive engagement with community partners, research and analysis, cross-departmental coordination, and in-depth analysis
- Guide the departmental integration of corporate strategic frameworks, ensuring all policy and initiative work is coherent, effective, and advances the City's vision
- Proactively identify, analyze, and address significant risks associated with strategic initiatives, developing detailed reports and recommendations for senior leadership
- Lead integrated, cross-functional project teams using corporate project management protocols to successfully complete assigned projects
- Conduct comprehensive research and analysis to identify best practices, assess gaps in programs or policies, and deliver actionable recommendations for decision-making
- Identify, cultivate, and steward key relationships, acting as a neutral broker to foster trust and achieve strategic goals
- Develop effective governance structures and partnership models, such as Memoranda of Understanding and Terms of Reference, for key departmental initiatives
- Provide expert consultative advice, facilitation, and brokering services to internal teams and external partners to ensure relationships are effective and strategically aligned
- Perform other duties as required
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