City of Hamilton -- City Clerk

Location : Hamilton, ON.

Contribute to the City of Hamilton, one of Canada’s largest cities - home to a diverse and strong economy, an active and inclusive community, a robust cultural and dining scene, hundreds of kilometres of hiking trails and natural beauty just minutes from the downtown core, and so much more.

Join Hamilton’s diverse team of talented and ambitious staff who embody our values of sensational service, courageous change, steadfast integrity, collective ownership and being engaged empowered employees.

Help Hamilton achieve its vision of being the best place to raise a child and age successfully.

It is within this exciting context that the City of Hamilton is seeking its next City Clerk .

Reporting to the General Manager of Finance & Corporate Services, the City Clerk provides strategic and operational leadership in the delivery of service through the City Clerk’s Office, Council / Committee Secretariat Services, Freedom of Information and Records Management, and corporate Print and Mail Services, and administers Municipal and School Board Elections on behalf of the City.

The City Clerk must demonstrate proactive leadership in recommending broad policies and long-range strategies in the delivery of services to achieve City goals and objectives.

As an ideal candidate, you bring demonstrable knowledge and experience in the delivery of Legislative Services, ideally gained through progressive roles in another large and complex municipality.

You consistently demonstrate strong cross-functional leadership capability and skill in balancing the diverse needs of both peers and Council as you steward a progressive organization that is highly customer-centric, embraces innovation and technology, and is passionate in its desire to provide quality services in a timely and cost-effective manner.

You have a proven ability to implement a best practices approach to designing, developing, and implementing strategies to lead program change and improve effectiveness and efficiency.

You are an outstanding communicator and relationship builder, highly respected for your political acumen, integrity, visibility, diplomacy, and bent to collaboration.

An engaging and transparent team leader skilled at assessing, motivating, and empowering staff towards a culture of client service excellence, positive, fair, flexible, resilient and results-oriented are all terms peers would use to describe you.

A CMO or AMCT designation from the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO) is an asset.

To apply for this position, please click the Apply button. For more information, please contact Virginia Warren at [email protected].

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those under serious consideration for the role will be contacted.