Chief Administrative Officer

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) holds the senior administrative position in the City's organization. All Department Heads - responsible for Public Works and Environmental Services, Corporate and Financial Services, Planning and Development Services, Protective Services, and Human Resources - report directly to the CAO.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the CAO include:

• Coordinating all City departments to ensure the efficient implementation of City Council policies and directives
• Preparing and implementing the City's Corporate Strategic Plan
• Investigating, researching, and preparing, either directly or through delegation, information for the development of Council policies
• Providing advice and recommendations to City Council on issues that affect the municipality
• Providing administrative leadership to and for the City
• Ensuring the development and administration of personnel policies including the implementation of statutory rules and regulations in the areas of pay equity and municipal freedom of information legislation
• Ensuring the effective and efficient training of City staff
• Recruiting high quality staff in accordance with the human resources policies of the City