Strategic Foresight Analyst
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Number**:** 52758
Are you passionate about shaping the future and driving impactful change? Do you thrive on identifying emerging trends and translating them into actionable strategies? Join our team as a Strategic Foresight Analyst and play a pivotal role ensuring our strategic planning is considered and responsive.
What will you do?
- Identify and assess opportunities to develop Corporate-level strategic foresight projects that provide insights on how best to prepare and harness future possibilities and turn these into action
- Enhance client-focused strategic and business planning, project planning, service development, delivery and outcomes
- Incorporate strategic foresight, social innovation, collective impact, developmental evaluation and other techniques to improve project outcomes and increase innovation
- Provide project and process management expertise on client-sponsored strategic and corporate projects
- Lead and support integrated strategic foresight project-based teams
- Develop project documentation, including plans, charters, presentations, and reports
- Facilitate sessions for information gathering, engagement, training and other project related requirements
- Engage clients, stakeholders, partners, citizens and staff, across multiple levels, as required for project deliverables
- Develop resources and conduct workshops and training sessions to build organizational capacity for strategic foresight
- Ongoing research, enabling the Corporation to be on top of trends and issues that can affect the business of the organization
- Conduct industry best practice research and identify and assess approaches in other municipalities. Gather and share information, stay up-to-date on latest trends in municipal government and local issues in the community and from other cities
- Other related responsibilities
Qualifications:
- A university degree in business administration, design, public administration, or a discipline as required by area of specialization
- 5 years progressively responsible experience in a combination of strategic and operational business planning, project management and real world application
Assets:
- A Master's Degree in a related field
- Strategic foresight certificate
- Project management certification
- Change management certification
Skills required for success:
- Significant knowledge and background in strategic design, social innovation, and strategic foresight
- Knowledge of strategic and business planning principles, policy development, performance management and benchmarking, and risk management
- Change management expertise and/or formal training
- Advanced level knowledge of primary and secondary research methodology, including design and implementation, data collection, trend and results analysis, presentation and quantitative qualitative evaluation
- Significant skill and ability in project and process management, including the ability to effectively gather, analyze, synthesize and report data
- Ability to translate complex ideas, topics and work effectively and persuasively to a diverse audience
- Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions of an advanced nature
- Ability to integrate strategic insight into corporate planning and management
- Experience leading and/or shaping human-centred design is an asset (design labs, journey mapping, etc.)
- Skill and expertise leading integrated and interdisciplinary project teams with demonstrated results through collaboration
- Change agent, with strong intrapreneurial skills and attitude, and willingness to try new things
- System thinking ability to see bigger picture and make connections
- Strong relationship skills, with lateral colleagues and senior leaders
- Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to move research from analysis to understanding by all
- Ability to understand and execute tasks and assignments of a complex nature
- Confidence and well-developed leadership and facilitation skills
- Demonstrated asset to a team and the team’s organizational culture
- Bias toward action and track record of translating analysis into action
Work Environment:
- Note: This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite as per the Letter of Understanding between the City of Edmonton and Civic Service Union 52.
- The weekly hours of work for this position are currently under review and may change at a future time. Any changes will be made in accordance with the City of Edmonton/Civic Service Union 52 collective agreement and the incumbent will be notified in advance.
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
- Applicants may be tested
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.
Up to 1 permanent full-time position
Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week
Salary Range: $48.767 - $61.623 (Hourly); $85,915.260 - $108,564.320 (Annually)
Salary ranges are in the process of being updated in accordance with the recently ratified collective agreement between the City and CSU 52 and will be forthcoming shortly.
Talent Acquisition Consultant: RD/SB
Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.
Classification Title**:** Strategic Planning Analyst II
Posting Date**:** Jul 8, 2025
Closing Date**:** Jul 22, 2025 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
Number of Openings (up to)****: 1 - Permanent Full-time
Union : CSU 52
Department**:** Service Innovation and Performance
Work Location(s)****: Century Place, 12th Floor, 9803 - 102A Avenue Edmonton T5J 3A3
About City of Edmonton
We’re young, ambitious and building something extraordinary. Located on Treaty 6 Territory and with a population of over one million, Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities. We’re building a resilient and diverse economy, attracting the best and the brightest and striving to be a world leader in environmental sustainability. We value quality of life, community safety and a welcoming spirit that embraces new people and new ideas.
Strategic Foresight Analyst
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Number**:** 52758
Are you passionate about shaping the future and driving impactful change? Do you thrive on identifying emerging trends and translating them into actionable strategies? Join our team as a Strategic Foresight Analyst and play a pivotal role ensuring our strategic planning is considered and responsive.
What will you do?
- Identify and assess opportunities to develop Corporate-level strategic foresight projects that provide insights on how best to prepare and harness future possibilities and turn these into action
- Enhance client-focused strategic and business planning, project planning, service development, delivery and outcomes
- Incorporate strategic foresight, social innovation, collective impact, developmental evaluation and other techniques to improve project outcomes and increase innovation
- Provide project and process management expertise on client-sponsored strategic and corporate projects
- Lead and support integrated strategic foresight project-based teams
- Develop project documentation, including plans, charters, presentations, and reports
- Facilitate sessions for information gathering, engagement, training and other project related requirements
- Engage clients, stakeholders, partners, citizens and staff, across multiple levels, as required for project deliverables
- Develop resources and conduct workshops and training sessions to build organizational capacity for strategic foresight
- Ongoing research, enabling the Corporation to be on top of trends and issues that can affect the business of the organization
- Conduct industry best practice research and identify and assess approaches in other municipalities. Gather and share information, stay up-to-date on latest trends in municipal government and local issues in the community and from other cities
- Other related responsibilities
Qualifications:
- A university degree in business administration, design, public administration, or a discipline as required by area of specialization
- 5 years progressively responsible experience in a combination of strategic and operational business planning, project management and real world application
Assets:
- A Master's Degree in a related field
- Strategic foresight certificate
- Project management certification
- Change management certification
Skills required for success:
- Significant knowledge and background in strategic design, social innovation, and strategic foresight
- Knowledge of strategic and business planning principles, policy development, performance management and benchmarking, and risk management
- Change management expertise and/or formal training
- Advanced level knowledge of primary and secondary research methodology, including design and implementation, data collection, trend and results analysis, presentation and quantitative qualitative evaluation
- Significant skill and ability in project and process management, including the ability to effectively gather, analyze, synthesize and report data
- Ability to translate complex ideas, topics and work effectively and persuasively to a diverse audience
- Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions of an advanced nature
- Ability to integrate strategic insight into corporate planning and management
- Experience leading and/or shaping human-centred design is an asset (design labs, journey mapping, etc.)
- Skill and expertise leading integrated and interdisciplinary project teams with demonstrated results through collaboration
- Change agent, with strong intrapreneurial skills and attitude, and willingness to try new things
- System thinking ability to see bigger picture and make connections
- Strong relationship skills, with lateral colleagues and senior leaders
- Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to move research from analysis to understanding by all
- Ability to understand and execute tasks and assignments of a complex nature
- Confidence and well-developed leadership and facilitation skills
- Demonstrated asset to a team and the team’s organizational culture
- Bias toward action and track record of translating analysis into action
Work Environment:
- Note: This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement with the flexibility to work from both home and the worksite as per the Letter of Understanding between the City of Edmonton and Civic Service Union 52.
- The weekly hours of work for this position are currently under review and may change at a future time. Any changes will be made in accordance with the City of Edmonton/Civic Service Union 52 collective agreement and the incumbent will be notified in advance.
- Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)
- Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion
- Applicants may be tested
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.
Up to 1 permanent full-time position
Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week
Salary Range: $48.767 - $61.623 (Hourly); $85,915.260 - $108,564.320 (Annually)
Salary ranges are in the process of being updated in accordance with the recently ratified collective agreement between the City and CSU 52 and will be forthcoming shortly.
Talent Acquisition Consultant: RD/SB
Edmonton rests in the heart of Treaty Six territory in Alberta and the homelands of the Metis Nation.
Classification Title**:** Strategic Planning Analyst II
Posting Date**:** Jul 8, 2025
Closing Date**:** Jul 22, 2025 11:59:00 PM (MDT)
Number of Openings (up to)****: 1 - Permanent Full-time
Union : CSU 52
Department**:** Service Innovation and Performance
Work Location(s)****: Century Place, 12th Floor, 9803 - 102A Avenue Edmonton T5J 3A3
About City of Edmonton
We’re young, ambitious and building something extraordinary. Located on Treaty 6 Territory and with a population of over one million, Edmonton is one of Canada's youngest and fastest growing cities. We’re building a resilient and diverse economy, attracting the best and the brightest and striving to be a world leader in environmental sustainability. We value quality of life, community safety and a welcoming spirit that embraces new people and new ideas.