General Manager of Community and Corporate Services

Choose Barrie

The City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive, and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.

Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands, and forests.

We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.

Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers.

Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging, and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community.

We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great. The Opportunity The Community and Corporate Services Division is responsible for a broad range of services related to recreation, community special events and cultural programming, fire and emergency education, inspections, communications and incident response, corporate facility design, construction, maintenance, and management, energy management, municipal law enforcement, business licensing, Provincial Offences Act court administration, Council and committee support, corporate mail and printing, access and privacy management, and marina operations.

In this leadership role, you will provide oversight to the Division, guiding both operational and strategic decisions. You will ensure that work plans and priorities align with the objectives set by Council, lead the Division’s business planning process, and support department heads in delivering outstanding services to the community.

Additionally, you will be responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of long-term plans aimed at enhancing community well-being.

As a member of the Executive Management Team, you will play a vital role in cultivating a positive and passionate organizational culture that fosters high-performance customer service for both the community and the corporation.

You will help set corporate direction and encourage collaboration across divisions on inter-departmental and strategic initiatives.

You possess at least ten years of senior management experience in the municipal sector and have successfully led complex and diverse portfolios.

With your extensive background and relevant credentials, you are recognized as a consultative and inclusive leader. Your professional journey reflects a strong passion for leading teams and developing thriving communities.

Our Culture and Qualifications of the Job Corporate Culture : Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community.

Education (degree / diploma / certifications)

University degree in Business / Public Administration, Finance, Law or related discipline accompanied by post-graduate Management studies.

Don’t meet the credentials as outlined but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s Education Equivalency Policy to determine if you may qualify for equivalency.

Further information is available at www.barrie.ca / government-news / jobs

Position Equivalency Code : F

Experience

Ten years senior management experience in municipal finance and community services or an executive management portfolio including extensive experience working with elected officials and supervisory experience in a unionized environment.

Knowledge / Skill / Ability

• Excellent conceptual, interpersonal, project / time management, analytical, communication, presentation, problem-solving, facilitation, negotiation, and staff leadership and supervisory skills.
• Ability to think and act strategically in a political and community service environment, to build strong and enthusiastic staff teams and external alliances / partnerships, to align departmental programs / services with divisional and corporate goals / objectives, and to champion the mission and values of the City and the City as a preferred employer.
• Thorough working knowledge of municipal legislation / regulations / guidelines and contemporary issues, municipal government and governance, municipal Clerk’s, Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Legal operations, administrative and finance principles and practices, employment-related legislation, labour relations principles and collective agreement administration, and contemporary leadership and management practices.
• Computer literacy utilizing the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), database software, GIS, financial information systems, HRIS, elections applications, and the Internet.
• Availability to attend evening and / or weekend meetings or other events as required.

Conditions of Employment

• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check*
• Please note that this is a requirement of the position for any new employees to the City of Barrie in accordance with the Police Record Check Procedure .

Existing employees who have met this criteria will be exempt from this requirement.