Ontario Public Service Careers

Are you a resource management professional looking for an opportunity to make a real impact? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where collaboration and continuous improvement drive success? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic leadership team in the Southern Region at the Ministry of Natural Resources.

We're looking for an innovative and people-focused leader who is passionate about Ontario's natural resources. In this role, you will oversee key environmental and resource management initiatives and work closely with communities and partners to deliver meaningful programs. You will be part of a dedicated and knowledgeable team in a fast-paced environment where adaptability, problem-solving, and relationship-building are essential to success.

If you're ready to make an impact and advance resource management in Ontario, we'd love to hear from you!

The Ontario Public Service: Strengthening Ontario, together.

A career in the Ontario Public Service is driven by a passion for creating a stronger Ontario. If you share this ambition, we are fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where employees have the tools and opportunities they need to be fulfilled and inspired to move Ontario forward. Our leaders enjoy:

Purpose-driven culture: Be part of a dynamic leadership team dedicated to serving 15 million Ontarians. Your leadership will drive long-term impact and contribute to public service excellence.
Empowering work environment: Thrive in an inclusive and diverse workplace that reflects the population we serve. Enjoy a culture of holistic well-being, flexibility, and safety, with tailored work arrangements to suit your life stage. Our modern, friendly, and accessible workplaces support you in bringing your authentic self to work and exploring your full potential.
Expansive leadership opportunities: Benefit from endless growth opportunities, mentorship, and the chance to lead across various sectors. In the Ontario Public Service, your leadership journey can span multiple ministries and functions.
Recognition and Rewards: Your efforts will be recognized both formally and informally, ensuring you feel valued and supported. We offer competitive salaries with performance-based pay, a defined-benefit pension plan, and comprehensive benefits that support your holistic wellness. Enjoy a range of vacation and leave options, along with access to employee and family assistance programs and inclusive counselling services.

About the job

At the Ontario Public Service, we hold our leaders to the highest standards, expecting them to embody authenticity, accountability, and courage in every action and decision. As a leader, you'll be at the forefront of creating a dynamic work environment that sparks innovation, fosters collaboration, and champions inclusivity. We value a diverse, anti-racist, and accessible workplace where everyone feels safe and respected. By embracing these values, you'll help build a vibrant team culture where every individual can thrive. Your leadership will inspire and motivate your team to achieve their best, aligning their efforts with our strategic vision.

To succeed in this role, you will:

Oversee and support a team of 13 staff, fostering an inclusive and engaged work environment.
Work collaboratively across work units, regions, and the Ministry to ensure evidence-based decision-making.
Lead the planning and delivery of effective programs, ensuring quality service and compliance with legislation, regulations, and policies.
Develop work plans, managing issues, creating communication strategies, and advising senior ministry management.
Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external clients and partners.

Lead consultation programs with local communities and partners on land use and natural resource management projects.

Please note:

This role requires travel within the Pembroke District and occasional travel across the region for meetings.

This position follows a hybrid work model, requiring three days per week in the Pembroke office (31 Riverside Dr.). Hybrid work arrangements are subject to change.

Meet Your New Team

Reporting to the District Manager, you will work closely with another supervisor to oversee district operations and program delivery. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We take a cross-functional approach to resource management, working with colleagues across the district, region, and ministry to drive meaningful outcomes.

You will be joining the leadership team within the Regional Operations Division (ROD), which is responsible for delivering provincial resource management programs at both local and regional levels. In the Southern Region, we oversee a diverse landscape that includes the Great Lakes' shorelines, forests, and wetlands. Our work supports economic and recreational activities such as forestry, fishing, and conservation.

Learn more about the Ministry of Natural Resources.

What you bring to the team

Strategic Leadership and Management Skills

Demonstrated the OPS leadership behaviours, attributes and mindsets for leaders, across the organization, to lead the OPS into the future and deliver our vision.
Demonstrated leadership skills to build effective teams by valuing diverse input and experiences to deliver results for resource management programs.
Ability to manage change by nurturing working relationships with internal staff and external communities with varying views.
Ability to learn or demonstrated experience in applying human resources practices, policies, directives, and collective agreements in relation to recruitment, training, development, and labor relations.
Proven supervisory skills to assign/direct work of staff and set priorities and expectations.

Technical Knowledge

Knowledgeable in, or ability to learn about, resource management principles and practices to manage the development and implementation of options/recommendations supporting land use and natural resource management and compliance programs.
Ability to interpret and apply relevant resource management strategic directions, legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures.
Experience in defining problems, developing, and implementing solutions, and formulating realistic recommendations for effective delivery of a broad range of programs and services.

Relationship Management, Negotiations and Communication Skills

Demonstrated collaboration skills to develop linkages with key internal and external networks and stakeholders for various land/resource management programs and initiatives.
Proven negotiation and facilitation skills to serve as a liaison and balance diverse interests in support of Ministry programs.
Well-developed communication skills to provide recommendations, advice, and prepare reports, briefing/background notes, and responses to various correspondences.

Analytical and Project Management Skills

Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve complex resource management issues.
Effective project management skills to coordinate, resource, and plan the delivery of various projects and programs. Ability to manage and control allocated financial resources.
Possess sound judgment to evaluate project priorities, allocate resources efficiently, anticipate and resolve issues, and escalate them to the senior manager as required.

Don't meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

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