Job Description

Job Number

:

53561

Are you ready to lead a dynamic team that shapes Edmonton's green spaces?

Parks and Roads Services is responsible for services and assets that support mobility and activity in our city. The branch ensures that streets and roads, infrastructure assets, parks, trees and boulevards remain accessible, attractive and safe. Work includes repairs and maintenance, seasonal clean ups, signals and street lights, parking services and traffic safety, just to name a few.


The General Supervisor, Parks and Open Space Specialized Services, reporting to the Director, Parks and Urban Forestry, leads several key areas within Edmonton's green spaces and will oversee more than 400 unionized staff. This work includes the play spaces, furnishings, and site servicing teams, which maintain public amenities like playgrounds, outdoor fitness areas, spray parks, skate parks, benches, picnic tables, and handle litter pickup and pavilion operations.


Additionally, the General Supervisor will oversee the City's sports fields, enhanced landscape services, and open space construction teams, managing over 1,200 active spaces. The Centre City team proactively addresses downtown issues like special waste collection, site servicing, turf mowing, horticulture maintenance, graffiti removal, pressure washing, and inspections. The trails and encampment team maintains the city-wide trail system, including brushing paths, snow removal, mitigating tree and fire risks, and cleaning up encampment sites.

What will you do?

Engage and support staff in developing action plans to enhance communication, solve problems creatively, promote integration and support excellence Ensure staff are empowered, have the competencies, and are well equipped to perform their roles Strategically identify and allocate necessary resources, including staffing and budget, for the successful execution of projects and programs Ensure the prudent and effective use of financial and human resources, determine and review annual budget requirements, and proactively monitor performance and financial reporting Support Program Managers in meeting Service Level Agreement targets Ensure strict adherence to all Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S), ENVISO environmental management system, procurement guidelines, project, program management methodologies, and all other relevant City policies and procedures throughout the area Apply the GBA+ process to the development and review of policies, practices and frameworks

Qualifications

:Knowledge or training and/or education in Management, Environmental Science, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Engineering, or other related disciplines Experience in a leadership role within a large, complex unionized organization Knowledge in landscape operations management with experience overseeing service delivery Combinations of education and experience will be considered

Assets:

Experience working with large seasonal operations and staff change over Additional certification or coursework/training in financial management, public works administration, change management, or other leadership training

Skills required for success:

Ability to lead and motivate teams while building a healthy, respectful and inclusive workplace environment that enable staff to reach their potential while strengthening organizational capacity Strategically agile leader able to anticipate business opportunities and influence enterprise-wide policy planning and initiatives Able to build new and foster existing partnerships with community organizations, business partners, external agencies, orders of government, and internal branches Foster an environment that results in an efficient, effective, and innovative delivery of service Influence initiatives without positional authority Understand complex municipal subject matter and build influential relationships with external agencies and orders of government and successfully bring together partners for operational efforts and to achieve common goals Demonstrate service excellence, embracing diversity and promoting inclusiveness Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm) Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion

Conditions of Employment and Work Environment:

1 permanent, full-time position. Hours of Work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and a parks operational yard Salary: (Annually) $120,328.53 - $150,408.62 Hire is dependent on Criminal Information Check satisfactory to the City of Edmonton. There may be a cost associated with this requirement

The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact

employment@edmonton.ca

. Learn more about our benefits

https://bit.ly/COEbenefits

. Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.

Recruitment Consultant

: JM/SB

Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.


IND 123

Classification Title

:

ML3

Posting Date

:

Oct 31, 2025

Closing Date

:

Nov. 16, 2025 11:59:00 PM (MST)

Number of Openings (up to)

:

1 - Permanent Full-time

Union

:

Management

Department

:

Parks and Roads Services

Work Location(s)

:

Coronation Yard, 14323 - 115 Ave Edmonton T5M 3B8