Jobs at City of Guelph

Supports the City’s project management framework, methodologies, tools, and policies across departments. Develops project charters, schedules, risk registers, business cases, status reports, and related documentation. Provides project management training, coaching, and guidance; supports audits, benchmarking, continuous improvement, and best-practice research. Uses Planisware Orchestra and related systems for project tracking and reporting, prepares reports for staff and Council, and collaborates with internal departments and external stakeholders.

Provides corporate and commercial legal advice to City Council and departments. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates contracts involving procurement, construction, infrastructure, IT, and other transactions. Advises on partnerships, disputes, legislation, and municipal operations; supports mediations, arbitrations, litigation, contract lifecycle management, legal research, reporting, and department training. Leads negotiations, projects, and multidisciplinary initiatives while managing stakeholders, deadlines, and competing priorities.

Leads municipal policy, intergovernmental relations, advocacy, grants, Indigenous relations, and strategic initiatives. Advises the CAO, executive leadership, Mayor, and Council; monitors legislation and government developments; develops policy positions, briefing materials, agreements, and communications strategies; builds relationships with government, Indigenous, municipal, and community partners; and manages and coaches an advisory support team.

Leads the City’s enterprise GIS team and modernization roadmap, including migration from ArcGIS Enterprise 10 to 11. Oversees GIS platform architecture, administration, upgrades, integrations with asset management and corporate systems, data governance, service resilience, and advanced spatial analytics. Manages technical staff, drives organizational change, supports enterprise data standards, and promotes GIS adoption through dashboards, open data, and cross-departmental collaboration.

Supervises business and administrative services for the Environmental Services Department. Oversees staff leadership, customer service, utility billing, payroll, procurement, financial processing, budgets, contracts, policies, performance metrics, and service delivery. Coordinates business improvements, corporate initiatives, reporting, information management, health and safety compliance, and stakeholder communications. The role also supports business planning, project execution, and departmental responses to customer, council, and media inquiries.