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Regional Director, North East
Organization:
Ministry of Natural Resources
Division:
Regional Operations Division
Language of Position(s):
English
Job Code:
XEXE2 - Executive 2
Salary:
$115,000.00 - $131,450.00 Per Year
Bring your operational acumen to the Ministry of Natural Resources' North East region to lead technical and professional regional staff in the implementation of the ministry's mandate of ecological sustainability – “Our Sustainable Future” – ensuring that important natural features are conserved and the resource base sustained.
What can I expect to do in this role?
As Regional Director, North East Region, you will provide leadership to the integration and delivery of the ministry's programs, such as: Forest Management Planning, Fish and Wildlife, Provincial Land Management, Renewable Energy and Species at Risk.
Reporting to the ADM, Regional Operations you will:
• Provide program delivery oversight to a regional team of over 300 staff in the regional office and 9 districts, in the geographic area north of French River, between Lake Superior and the Quebec border to the James Bay coast.
• Lead and direct the implementation of regional strategic and operational plans, establish regional priorities and goals and monitor progress.
• Engage clients and stakeholders and promote responsible and responsive resource management decisions.
• Champion change initiatives and ministry and regional programs and policies.
• Support and promote a productive team environment while fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, accessibility and excellence.
How do I qualify?
Senior Leadership and Management Skills
• You have proven operational leadership with extensive experience in program coordination and delivery in a large regional setting.
• You have an inclusive leadership style that enables you to build successful relationships with staff, teams, stakeholders and partners.
• You affirm, promote and demonstrate commitment to diversity, accessibility and inclusiveness.
• You have demonstrated success in creating a vision for change and managing its implementation to achieve change.
Stakeholder Management and Communication Skills
• You have superior communication, negotiation, and consultation skills.
• You have experience engaging internal and external stakeholders as well as Aboriginal communities to achieve consensus and commitment to deliverables.
• You have demonstrated expertise in leading issues management and resolution and risk mitigation strategies using excellent political acuity.
Technical Knowledge
• You have expertise in strategic planning and the ability to successfully prioritize, manage and direct physical, financial and human resources.
• You have knowledge of natural resource management and understand policy implementation as it applies to integrated and sustainable resource management.
Additional Information:
Address:
- 1 English Permanent, 5520 Hwy 101 E, South Porcupine, North Region
Compensation Group:
Executive
Schedule:
Posted on:
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Note:
- Extensive travel is required throughout the Northeast Region and other locations in Ontario.
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Remember: The deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.
