Organization Name: City of New Westminster

Location: New Westminster

Compensation: $168,822 - $186,178 annually + comprehensive benefits package

Organization Homepage (URL): www.newwestcity.ca

About the Organization: As a central hub in the Metro Vancouver area, the City of New Westminster delivers a broad spectrum of urban services to over 92,000 residents. New Westminster is rich in history with a viable and thriving economy and has a population representative of the diversity of the region. The City is staffed by talented and dedicated employees who work together to achieve its strategic vision. We have earned a proud reputation for civic leadership, service delivery, and outstanding employee relations.

Social Media: N/A

Description and Duties:The City of New Westminster has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, passionate, and service-focused professional to join our new Community Services department as Deputy Director, Arts, Culture, and Heritage.

Reporting to the Director, the Deputy Director position is part of the Department’s leadership team and provides senior level support and direction to managers in arts, culture, heritage and conference services, while also managing multiple divisions. The Deputy Director provides oversight and support for various Community Services projects and policies, and also provides departmental managers and staff with information, assistance, advice, and counseling necessary for achieving departmental goals and objectives. The Deputy Director works in partnership with the Director and the department’s second Deputy Director to provide clear vision and support to the department as a whole and is accountable for implementation of arts, culture, heritage, and conference services outcomes in alignment with various City strategies, plans, goals, and Council strategic priorities.

Key accountabilities:

• Provides senior leadership and support in the planning, organization, and direction of arts, culture, heritage, and conference services operations, programs, and initiatives. This is done with a strong focus on equity and Reconciliation.

• Participates in the development of Department policies, operations, procedures, and strategic plans, while also establishing divisional priorities.

• Leads the direction and delivery of arts, culture, and heritage programming across the city, including implementation of the Arts Strategy and Public Art Plans, and furthering Reconciliation. This is done in collaboration with other City departments, such as Parks & Recreation, the New Westminster Public Library, and others.

• Oversees external partnerships in arts, culture, and heritage, ensuring agreements are followed and requirements are delivered, including operating agreements for facilities such as the Massey Theatre, Centennial Lodge, and Bernie Legge Theatre. Leads the development of new partnerships across the city and within community.

• Develops and delivers work plans and utilization plans across all functions of Anvil Centre to maximize usage of Anvil Centre, working closely within and across departments, ensuring appropriate balance between community groups and revenue generating events such as weddings and conferences.

• Facilitates collaboration across the facility and City departments to establish and maintain Anvil Centre as a hub that provides a variety of community, cultural, recreational, and public programs. Ensures such programs are accessible to the community including location, timing, cost, etc.

• Leads strategic direction of, and oversees development and implementation of marketing plans and promotional campaigns for all Anvil Centre programs, services, functions and events, ensuring functions of the facility are equitably championed. Ensures the facility is positioned to identify and act upon cross marketing opportunities.

• Manages staff across multiple divisions, including scheduling, assignment and review of divisional work, coaching and development of staff, performance management, including discipline, recruitment and retention, while promoting a culture of innovation and inclusion among managers and staff.

• Prepares provisional and annual operating and capital budgets, in consultation with the Director, implements, monitors and controls expenditures to ensure adherence to the budget.

• Prepares, directs, and coordinates reports and presentations to Council, task forces, advisory committees, and a variety of other community interests and authorities.

• Attendance Council and other meetings as required.

• Fulfills the acting Director role as required.

• Performs related duties in keeping with the purpose and accountabilities of the position.

Qualifications: Requirements for this position include:

• Completion of a university degree in Arts Administration/Management, Arts Leadership, Cultural Studies/Planning, Museum Studies, Museum and Cultural Management, or similar related and relevant field, and completion of coursework or certificates in leadership, business management, or human resources management. Master’s degree considered an asset.

• Extensive related experience in progressively senior and complex roles that demonstrates a thorough knowledge in the development and delivery of arts, culture and heritage strategies, policies, procedures, and programming along with key Community Services departmental and supervisory functions;

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

• Considerable experience in a public sector environment, including the development and oversight of project plans, and initiatives, conflict resolution, provision of excellent customer service, and exercising of sound judgement.

• Considerable knowledge of municipal governance, community development, partnership-based service delivery, and relevant legislations, bylaws, and regulations.

• Considerable experience managing cultural facilities such as arts centres, museums, including curatorial experience, and overseeing third-party operators of public art, culture, and heritage facilities such as theatres and galleries.

• Considerable experience in strategic planning, policy development, financial management, and program delivery related to arts, culture and heritage.

• Demonstrated leadership skills, including extensive experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, and supporting diverse staff teams, as well as providing informal advice and guidance to external partners.

• Ability to incorporate a wide range of considerations and perspectives into strategic leadership for arts, culture, and heritage, including considerations for Reconciliation, DEIAR, community development, partnership opportunities, and economic development.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess complex information and competing priorities, and develop practical creative solutions and recommendations for senior leadership and Council.

• Extensive experience in interest holder engagement, relationship-building, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution, with the ability to work independently, build consensus, influence, recommend, and implement change initiatives.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials, directors, direct reports, local business, the public, and various other internal and external contacts.

• Well-developed planning and coordination skills to support the management of the department’s functions and integrate work with City strategic priorities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to pass and maintain a satisfactory Police Information Check.

Application Webpage: https://www.newwestcity.ca/employment

How to Apply: Apply by sending your cover letter and resume in one document at www.newwestcity.ca/employment by October 13, 2026

Application Deadline: October 13th 2026

Additional Information: We offer our employees great work-life balance, competitive salaries, comprehensive health, benefit and retirement plans (a percentage in lieu of benefits for auxiliary positions), education and training opportunities and challenging and rewarding work.

Join a team of enthusiastic and innovative employees, and help us build a vibrant, compassionate, resilient city where everyone can thrive.

To support a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community; women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized individuals, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversity of our workforce, are encouraged to express their interest.

New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halq'eméylem-speaking peoples. 

It is acknowledged by the City that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land. 

We are learning and building relationships with the people whose lands we are on.

We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

This position is only open to those legally entitled to work in Canada.

Use of AI: No

Job Poster: Human Resources

Job Poster Email:hr@newwestcity.ca

Organization Name: Southwestern Public Health

Location: St. Thomas

Compensation: $47.96/hr to $53.93/hr. (70 hours in a two-week period)

Organization Homepage (URL): www.swpublichealth.ca

About the Organization: Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) works with municipalities, community agencies, health and social services, schools, and other local partners to protect and promote the health of the residents of Oxford County, Elgin County, and the City of St. Thomas.

Our programs respond to public health emergencies, promote healthy lifestyles, help prevent injuries, illness, and disease, and support positive social and environmental conditions that improve health for everyone. We deliver mandated programs under the Ontario Public Health Standards and are legislated by the Ontario Health Protection and Promotion Act.

SWPH is one of 29 public health units serving the province of Ontario. We are primarily funded by the Ministry of Health and local municipalities and are governed by a Board of Health. 

As part of our funding agreement with the Ministry of Health, the Board of Health measures and reports SWPH’s performance on a variety of indicators.

Social Media: N/A

Description and Duties: Southwestern Public Health prides itself on the flexible work environment that employees have come to appreciate and value. SWPH is a workplace where employees are integral to the research, planning, collaborative efforts and delivery of programs and services.

This position is presently located at the St. Thomas OR Woodstock site. Location to be determined.

This posting is for one (1) current vacancy. 

As a highly motivated and engaging leader, the successful candidate will demonstrate effective communication, leadership and exceptional people management skills complemented by strong problem solving and change management expertise.  

As a hands-on, organized individual, the Manager, Records and Privacy Compliance, will coordinate and manage the development and maintenance of SWPH's records, information management, and privacy systems. This includes supporting the growth and evolution of SWPH's records management policy, procedures, classification, retention schedule, and privacy best practices are adhered to. 

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Services & Human Resources, the successful candidate will work with leaders across the organization to explore and create new and innovative processes to ensure systems are designed to facilitate the access of information in an efficient, effective, and controlled manner.  

What will you do?

Facilitate a community of practice among programs to support records management and best practices regarding privacy, retention, and classification systems.

Support the growth and evolution SWPH’s records management, retention, and classification system.

Establish and update comprehensive records management policies and guidelines as the need arises. 

Establish guidelines for strong records management practices, in consideration of information access, confidentiality, privacy, and security.

Stay up to date and share with the organization relevant laws and regulations pertaining to records management (e.g., statutory/regulatory retention requirements, data protection, privacy) and proactively address any changes.

Research and deploy new systems and practices where automation and AI can be used to enable digital transformation and build a platform for innovation, agility, and application modernization.

Develop meaningful relationships with stakeholders across the organization and be a trusted advisor on issues related to privacy, records management, and compliance.

Support the completion of Privacy Impact Assessments, as needed.

Design, develop, implement, and provide leadership for the privacy - processes, policies, standards, and procedures that ensure the appropriate use and protection of personal information by those areas.

Develop and implement robust privacy and data policies, procedures, standards, playbooks, guidelines, and other tools that align with legal and legislative requirements.

Develop and implement comprehensive privacy training programs for employees at all levels to raise awareness and promote a culture of privacy within the organization. Provide ongoing privacy education to ensure staff remain informed about privacy-related matters.

Provide guidance and expert advice to the organization in relation to privacy and personal information protection matters, resolution of privacy breaches and changes to consent management approaches to advance strategic initiatives.

Seek out counsel and expertise on the application, interpretation, and administration of requests under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Personal Health Information Protection Act.

Support the response to data breaches as part of SWPH’s incident response and collaborate with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario as required.

Oversee the secure destruction of health records according to record retention schedule in consultation with program teams and IT team.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will possess the following qualifications:

You possess a university degree in relevant field such as Information Management, Privacy, Legal Studies, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

You maintain a professional designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) or other recognized professional body is an asset.

You have 2 to 5 years of experience in records management, project coordination and privacy.

Ability to manage competing demands and meet challenging timelines;

Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal teams, peers and external stakeholders;

Demonstrated shared leadership, team development, collaboration and facilitation skills coupled with superior interpersonal, relationship and communication skills;

Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills to plan and develop program and project goals and objectives;

Demonstrated knowledge of standards and legislation related to management in a healthcare organization;

Strong demonstrated knowledge and understanding of privacy and confidentiality within a health care environment;

Application Webpage: https://jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/swpublichealth/CANDIDATEPORTAL/jobs/2426

How to Apply: Visit our website at www.swpublichealth/careers to apply.

Application Deadline: September 22, 2026

Additional Information: Terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the Employment Agreement. 

Salary Range: $47.96/hr to $53.93/hr. (70 hours in a two-week period). 

OMERS pension and a comprehensive Health and Dental benefits package upon completion of the probationary period.

Southwestern Public Health provides a flexible work environment. Hybrid work arrangements are available for some positions, depending on the program and operational requirements.

Candidates are required to maintain a current valid Ontario Driver’s license and reliable access to an insured working vehicle.

A criminal reference check completed within the last six (6) months from a Canadian Police Information Centre (CPID), inclusive of a judicial matters check, will be required of the successful candidate. 

Immunization Requirements: Fully vaccinated against COVID-19, are able to provide proof of immunization, and acknowledgement to follow Southwestern Public Health's policies and processes related to COVID-19 management in the workplace.

Southwestern Public Health strives to meet the standards set out in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Customer Service Regulation, and will support candidates to modify our recruitment and selection process, should there be a need to modify or remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should a candidate be contacted and require accommodation at any point throughout the recruitment and selection processes, please notify the Human Resources representative who has contacted you.

Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated.  Only those under consideration will be contacted. 

Use of AI: No

Job Poster: Kim Eitel

Job Poster Email: keitel@swpublichealth.ca