Civic Addressing Coordinator

Position overview

Program and policy leadership

• Develop, implement, revise, and enforce program by-laws, policies, procedures, and standards.
• Manage commemorative naming and municipal asset naming and submit formal recommendation reports to Regional Council for approval.
• Lead renaming and renumbering of public and private roads and General Service Areas.
• Develop policy options, analysis, and reports with stakeholders on civic addressing and asset naming.
• Manage civic addressing projects and planning studies; review consultant proposals and verify contract expenditures and compliance.
• Lead complex multi-year projects affecting multiple communities or disciplines and projects of regional, strategic, or corporate significance.
• Support implementation of municipal sponsorship and naming-rights policies.

Coordination and public engagement

• Lead and coordinate staff working on civic addressing and asset naming.
• Chair, coordinate, and prepare reports for the HRM Civic Addressing Public Safety Committee and HRM Asset Naming Committee, and support Council.
• Lead public consultation and public education activities related to civic addressing and asset naming.
• Communicate with Councillors, MLAs, and other political officials on civic addressing issues.
• Prepare responses to media inquiries and government policy statements, proposed legislation, and initiatives affecting municipal interests.
• Prepare reports and presentations for Regional Council, Community Councils, and committees; attend and present at meetings.
• Act as a witness in legal proceedings as needed and provide expert advice to the Utility and Review Board and courts.
• Coordinate program documentation, procedures, policies, and practices; help develop annual budgets and business plans; coordinate staff schedules and priorities; mentor Planning Information Analysts and Planners.

Requirements

• Ability to lead and coordinate staff working on civic addressing and asset naming.
• Ability to develop policy options, analysis, reports, project plans, and recommendations for municipal decision-makers.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-year projects involving multiple communities or disciplines.
• Ability to coordinate public consultation, public education, and communications with elected officials and other stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations for Regional Council, Community Councils, and committees.
• Ability to coordinate staff schedules, priorities, and mentoring of Planning Information Analysts and Planners.