Associate Director, Facility Operations
Francis Winspear Centre for Music & Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Are you known for maintaining the highest quality standards?
Do you enjoy the challenge of managing assets to achieve the greatest return?
Would you like to work in the heart of the Downtown Arts District?
The Francis Winspear Centre for Music is recognized as one of North America’s finest acoustic concert facilities. It is home to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, hosts internationally recognized groups and artists, and serves many of the city’s businesses and arts and community service organizations with over 400 events per year. The Winspear Centre’s vision is to present top-quality events, maintain the venue as a welcoming gathering space, and maximize the use of the facility as a community resource while reducing barriers for people to access musical arts experiences.
We are seeking an Associate Director, Facility Operations & Capital Asset Management. Reporting to the Director of Finance & Operations, this position is responsible for ensuring operational excellence with the goal of maximizing the organization’s operational integrity and financial viability. In this role, you are responsible for making sure the facility runs smoothly by creating a safe and productive workplace and by taking care of issues related to daily operations, maintenance, safety (including OH&S), and comfort. You implement the capital replacement plan by overseeing the life cycle of physical assets, operating, maintaining, upgrading, and disposing of assets and providing the required level of service in the most cost-effective manner. You contribute to budget discussions and track fixed assets for the purposes of financial accounting, and establish strategies to manage assets (such as plant and equipment) to achieve the greatest return. Through careful supervision of IT, security, and maintenance support services, you ensure organizational effectiveness by providing the best possible infrastructure and service to all users (internal and external). Furthermore, you offer management strategic insight to adapt operational support systems to meet changing needs through collaborative and evidence-based decision processes.
To succeed in this role, you have a sound understanding of building design, maintenance, and other relevant functions sufficient to exercise independent judgment and you possess the knowledge required to ensure functionality of the building environment by integrating people, places, processes, equipment, and technology. This role is ideal for someone who excels at operating in a fast-paced, community environment and is an excellent people manager, open to direction and a collaborative work style. You delegate responsibilities effectively to staff and subcontractors, empower your team to make strategic decisions through training and access to necessary information, and hold yourself and your team to impeccable professional ethical standards. Respecting that the Winspear is a not-for-profit public facility, you demonstrate shrewdness and strategic mindfulness when it comes to getting the job done at the highest quality standards.
Your qualifications include a post-secondary degree and/or Facilities Management Administrator (FMA) Designation with related experience in building operations, facilities administration, capital asset management, and/or finance. To succeed in this role, you have the ability to constructively challenge and debate issues of importance to the organization and the ability to look at situations from several points of view. You are a strong communicator, in person and in writing, who is conscientious, organized, and diligent with details. Understanding of IT infrastructure and a solid background in finance are strong advantages. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and previous work experience.
If you would enjoy the challenge of maintaining one of North America’s finest arts venues as a welcoming space for the community to gather, submit your application to begin your career with an anchor arts organization in Alberta’s capital city. Email your cover letter and résumé as a single attachment PDF to Meghan Unterschultz at munterschultz@winspearcentre.com. Subject line: Associate Director, Facility Operations & Capital Assets Management.
Please submit your application by April 21st at 4:00 pm. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found, with interviews beginning the final week of April. We thank all candidates for their interest. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please no phone calls.
