Senior Infrastructure Strategy Specialist

Job Purpose

• The Senior Infrastructure Strategy Specialist is responsible for leading the development, evaluation, implementation, and monitoring of long-term infrastructure strategies, policies, programs, and investment plans across the Department of Municipality & Transportation. The role ensures that infrastructure development initiatives support sustainable urban growth, transportation efficiency, asset sustainability, service excellence, and government strategic objectives.

• Lead the preparation, review, and enhancement of infrastructure strategies, master plans, and long-term development frameworks.

• Develop strategic recommendations to support municipal and transportation infrastructure growth.

• Ensure infrastructure strategies align with government priorities, urban development plans, and departmental objectives.

• Assess future infrastructure requirements based on population growth, economic development, and service demand forecasts.

• Support the development of infrastructure policies, frameworks, and planning guidelines.

• Conduct strategic assessments, feasibility studies, and infrastructure gap analyses.

• Evaluate infrastructure performance, capacity requirements, and service level needs.

• Develop long-term infrastructure investment priorities and implementation roadmaps.

• Analyze trends, emerging technologies, and industry best practices to support strategic decision-making.

• Perform scenario planning and risk assessments to support infrastructure resilience.

• Support the development of capital investment programs and infrastructure funding strategies.

• Lead project prioritization exercises using strategic, financial, operational, and risk-based criteria.

• Assess the benefits and impacts of proposed infrastructure initiatives.

• Provide recommendations on resource allocation and investment optimization.

• Support business case development for major infrastructure programs.

• Collaborate with asset management teams to align infrastructure strategy with lifecycle management objectives.

• Support the integration of asset condition, performance, and risk information into infrastructure planning processes.

• Contribute to infrastructure renewal and replacement strategies.

• Promote sustainable asset management principles across infrastructure programs.

• Develop and monitor strategic performance indicators for infrastructure programs.

• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, presentations, and strategic performance assessments.

• Monitor implementation progress of infrastructure initiatives against approved objectives.

• Identify strategic risks, challenges, and performance gaps, and recommend corrective actions.

• Present findings and recommendations to senior management and executive leadership.

• Coordinate with government authorities, municipalities, transportation agencies, utility providers, consultants, and developers.

• Lead workshops, stakeholder engagements, and strategic planning sessions.

• Build strong relationships to support infrastructure planning and implementation objectives.

• Ensure stakeholder requirements are considered in strategic infrastructure initiatives.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across departments and project teams.

• Ensure infrastructure strategies comply with regulatory requirements, planning frameworks, and government policies.

• Support the development and implementation of governance frameworks for infrastructure planning and delivery.

• Participate in audits, reviews, and organizational excellence initiatives.

• Maintain strategic planning documentation, policies, and standards.

• Ensure transparency and accountability in infrastructure planning processes.

• Promote sustainable infrastructure development practices.

• Support climate resilience, environmental sustainability, and smart city initiatives.

• Evaluate innovative technologies and infrastructure solutions.

• Integrate resilience planning into infrastructure strategies and…