Manager, Community and Recreational Support

Strategic

• Manage and implement partnership strategies for recreation facilities/assets, including the development of tactical plans, supporting partnership opportunities, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and overseeing project management, while ensuring alignment with departmental goals and service standards.
• Implement strategic and business plans, optimizing service delivery by analyzing community needs and trends, and collaborating with other business units for resource planning, project management, and coordinated service delivery.
• Stay current with relevant research, associations, trends, initiatives that will help the County maintain a ‘best practices’ approach to recreation service delivery.
• Take lead in reviewing projects and workloads and makes recommendations on prioritizing projects aligning the Strategic Plan and departmental service plan, including costing, personnel required and resource allocation and ways to improve productivity.
• Active involvement and regular participation in Council presentations, meetings, committees, open houses, regional collaboration, and community groups.
• Liaise with members of intradepartmental committees involved in joint projects and initiatives.

Leadership and People Management

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the activities of the department, ensuring the fulfillment of project assignments within budget, with quality, and on schedule.
• Set priorities and department workflow, providing each subordinate with achievable goals and resources.
• Drive a high level of employee performance through effective recruitment and selection, coordination of employee orientation, development and disciplinary actions, as required.
• Support and guide employees, provide advice, active listening, and know when to step in or allow for independence.
• Conduct probationary and annual performance reviews and provide on-going feedback and coaching.
• Participate in the management of employee relations in conjunction with Human Resources.

Operations

• Develop and administer the department budget that provides for flexible, successful, efficient, and cost-effective services. Make recommendations regarding operating budget, workload, employee resources, minor and capital purchases.
• Keep up to date on grants available through municipal, provincial, and federal governments and help the County access those grants.
• Facilitate continuous quality improvement, changes and responsiveness to service increases, changes or decreases.
• Oversee the execution and project management of department projects.
• Maintain a working knowledge of departmental rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, and participate in their updating and implementation.

General Responsibilities

• Attend and participate in inter-jurisdictional meetings and activities on an ad hoc basis.
• Act in a professional and responsible manner to protect the integrity of employees and the business of Rocky View County.
• Display a professional and ethical responsibility to protect privacy, use information appropriately, and maintain the confidentiality and security of all information related to employees, business, and residents of Rocky View County.
• Work in accordance with the requirements established by the RVC Health and Safety Program and the Alberta OHS Act, Regulation and Code.
• Safeguard all RVC work areas from harassment, discrimination, and violence.
• Ensure required departmental representation on the Health and Safety Committee.
• Actively participate during County emergency response situations.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.