Strategic Foresight Analyst

Drive City success as our next Strategic Management Analyst. This key role is focused on ensuring that the CIty’s services and initiatives are aligned with the strategic direction and priorities. You'll be instrumental in researching, developing, implementing, and maintaining strategic management functions and processes in a collaborative environment.

This role promotes evidence-based decision-making by leaders by supporting the City’s strategic management functions, including budget and business planning, strategy and policy development, enterprise performance management, enterprise risk management, and strategic foresight. You will assist the team’s Strategic Management Leads as well as professionals in the Budget Office and the Corporate Economics team.

What will you do?

• Contributing to the development and design of the overarching strategic management framework, encompassing department business plans and supporting corporate frameworks for policy, risk, and performance management
• Conducting research on macroeconomic and public policy issues through an enterprise lens, supporting the Corporate Economics team with analysis to strengthen strategic and economic intelligence, inform long-term corporate priorities, and guide fiscal planning
• Co-coordinating the corporate strategic foresight program, including hosting the strategic foresight community of practice, conducting regular horizon scans, delivering foresight training and consulting on strategic foresight projects
• Identifying and implementing automated solutions for business planning and performance monitoring data management to report progress on strategic results
• Actively engaging with diverse Community Partners, collaborating with department strategy sections, providing training, managing change processes, and supporting teams engaged in business planning and performance reporting activities
• Designing processes, tools and training resources
• Planning and delivering online and in-person learning sessions and engagement workshops
• Ensuring strategic management processes, tools and guidance are periodically reviewed and revised, if necessary
• Other related responsibilities

• University degree in Business Administration or Public Administration or a related area. A graduate degree in one of these disciplines is an asset
• Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in strategic and business planning, preferably in a municipal government setting. Experience working with risk, policy, performance measures, budget or strategic foresight would be an asset

Assets:

• Certification in change management, project management, or strategic foresight

Skills required for success:

• Extensive knowledge and experience developing and/or working with strategic and business planning cycles and linkages to general budget, performance measures, risk, policy, and other corporate-wide functions. In-depth knowledge of strategic and business planning principles, policy development, benchmarking, and procedures for alignment of performance measures with corporate and department business plan goals
• Advanced-level knowledge of research methods, including research design, implementation, data collection techniques, results analysis, and presentation of multi-faceted information from a wide range of sources and perspectives. Knowledge and experience working with logic models
• Experience and advanced working knowledge of business intelligence applications and tools used in a Google environment
• Excellent project and process management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects/processes concurrently and proactively
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to understand, share and communicate a broader vision (i.e., links to corporate/branch strategic goals, strategic plans, policy requirements) to various Community Partners in a meaningful way
• Ability to confidently lead, build effective working relationships and facilitate meetings with all levels of Community Partners, including senior management
• Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies ()
• Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion

Work Environment:

• The weekly hours of work for this position are currently under review and may change at a future time. Any changes will be made in accordance with the City of Edmonton/Civic Service Union 52 collective agreement and the incumbent will be notified in advance

The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact employment@edmonton.ca. Learn more about our benefits

Up to 1 temporary full-time position for up to 18 months in accordance to article 18.02 of collective agreement

Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week

Salary Range: $51.611 - $65.218 (Hourly); $90,925.680 - $114,897.810 (Annually)

Recruitment Consultant: KE/SB

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