Strategic Planning Analyst - Parks and Urban Forestry Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 53743)

Description

Ready to be the agile analyst who spearheads crucial operational improvements, synthesizes complex data into meaningful policy, and forges the productive partnerships needed to drive important City initiatives?

You'll be the driving force behind diverse, high-impact projects and initiatives that directly shape how the City manages its operational services, from urban forestry to parkland permitting. This position provides essential project management support, ensuring alignment and success across different departmental units and with community partners. You will lead initiatives involving policy development and process improvements, using your expertise to connect the Branch's strategic vision with on-the-ground operational activities. This is a dynamic opportunity for an agile and collaborative problem-solver who can tackle anything that is thrown their way and pivot effectively between long-term strategic planning and immediate operational needs.

What will you do?

• Drive continuous improvement by managing project processes for initiatives that directly impact field operations, like the Turf-Horticulture combining pilot, developing and implementing further changes to the mobile food vending program, or developing new tools and processes to manage parkland agreements
• Develop comprehensive business cases and project plans to meet project goals and deliver quality results on time and within budget
• Cultivate relationships with community partners, and internal subject matter experts to gather data, leverage their expertise, to contribute to project success
• Formulate, chair, and lead temporary project teams, ensuring deliverables are completed in a timely manner without direct functional oversight
• Act as a key liaison, leading the development of council reports that respond to Council's requests for information or recommendations, synthesizing complex data into meaningful insights for decision-makers
• Ensure the smooth transition of project outcomes, handing over ongoing operational results to the appropriate functional teams and providing transitional support
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of OPM's project management processes, gathering lessons learned, and providing mentorship to other analysts
• Negotiate priorities and scope of work with interested and/or affected Parties and project Sponsors to ensure clear deliverables