Director, Planning and Operational Performance

WorkSafeNB; New Brunswick; Hybrid; CAD 106,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Planning and Operational Performance to enhance performance excellence and accountability. In this pivotal role, you will develop strategic plans that align the organization from top to bottom, ensuring that operational goals meet modernization objectives. You will lead a culture of continuous improvement, guiding teams to deliver superior service while managing financial resources effectively. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on workplace safety and health in New Brunswick, supported by a comprehensive benefits package and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan

Competitive vacation entitlements

Professional learning opportunities

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of senior management experience in corporate performance.
• Experience leading strategic planning in mid to large organizations.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a corporate planning discipline.
• Lead change and ensure accountability across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Project Management

Financial Management

Change Management

Client-focused Service

Teamwork and Collaboration

Emotional Intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Relevant field (Public Administration, Planning)

Job description

Work Remotely Anywhere In The Province Of New Brunswick (subject to our Remote Work Directive)

The team at WorkSafeNB is passionate about promoting health and safety in New Brunswick workplaces. We strive to make New Brunswick the safest place to work. However, injuries do occur, and when they do, we are committed to providing caring recovery and return to work services, benefits, and compensation to injured workers and their families. Culture is the heartbeat of the organization. The stronger it is, the further we go! Selected by our employees, our WorkSafeNB values shape our culture. We put our values of Accountability, Collaboration and Trust into ACTion. We demonstrate accountability by taking pride in and ownership of our work so we can take care of our clients and other New Brunswickers. Through collaboration, we build strong partnerships and innovate to achieve better outcomes. Trust guides our organization; we lead and listen with empathy and embrace diversity, inclusion and belonging. These ACTions shape us.

WorkSafeNB is seeking a Director, Planning and Operational Performance. Reporting to the Director, Corporate Strategy and Planning, you will evolve a culture of performance excellence, accountability, and alignment at WorkSafeNB by designing, developing, implementing, and maturing a corporate planning discipline that includes strategic planning using balanced scorecard methodology, an annual plan for Government, divisional operational plans, and multi-year corporate/operational plans that integrate long-term modernization goals. These plans create alignment from Board to frontline, operationalizing strategic direction.

Your key areas of responsibility are as follows:

• Corporate Planning - Evolving a culture of performance excellence, accountability, and alignment at WorkSafeNB by designing, developing, implementing, and maturing a corporate planning discipline that includes strategic planning, an annual plan for Government, divisional operational plans, and multi-year corporate/operational plans that integrate long-term modernization goals. These plans create alignment from Board to frontline, operationalizing strategic direction.
• Project Planning & Prioritization - Designing, implementing, and continuously maturing an enterprise-wide project planning and prioritization discipline that encourages a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, while ensuring projects selected across the enterprise are aligned to the strategic plan and will contribute to improving the strategic KPIs and/or modernization goals.
• Operational Performance - Creating, implementing, and maturing a disciplined enterprise-wide system of accountability.
• People Leadership - Enabling and directing the department plan for the growth, development, and success of staff to ensure they are equipped to deliver on superior service.
• Leading Change - Enabling a culture receptive to change.
• Financial Management - Developing and managing the department budget and spend related to resources, training, travel, etc. Ensuring deviations from plan are reported with each forecast along with drivers clearly identified.
  

You are effective in the following competencies:

• Adaptability
• Client-focused Service
• Ensuring Accountability
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Developing Others
• Emotional Intelligence / Self-awareness
• Leading Change
• Enabling Communication
• Nurturing Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Thinking Strategically

You, as a successful candidate, possess:

• Must have a bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, planning or a relevant field.
• Must have 5 to 7 years of senior management experience with advanced experience in leadership, with specific experience in corporate performance and quality.
• Experience leading strategic and/or operational planning processes in mid to large size organizations.
• Experience leading change at the executive level of organizations and using influence to facilitate consensus.
• Experience working with boards and board committees.
• Ability to think strategically, linking operations and systems toward shared goals.
  

Written and spoken competency in English is required.

Pay Scale $106,995.51 to $125,877.07

Hours of work are those required to perform the assigned tasks but shall not be less than 35 hours per week.

WorkSafeNB offers a competitive annual salary with excellent benefits, including:

• Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, life insurance and LTD insurance)

• New Brunswick Public Service Pension Plan

• Competitive vacation and leave entitlements.

• Enhanced opportunities for professional learning and development.

Your primary workspace will be from your in-home office, with the occasional expectation of in person meetings, for that reason, working from outside the province or country is not permissible.

If you are interested in an exciting and rewarding career with WorkSafeNB, please apply online at www.worksafenb.ca by May 9, 2025.

We thank all those who apply however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

For more information about WorkSafeNB, or this and other employment opportunities, please visit our website at worksafenb.ca.

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