Director Environment Climate & Forestry

Position: DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE & FORESTRY
Work Location:

Union Station, 65 Front St E

Job Type & Duration:  Full-time, Permanent Vacancy

Salary Range:  $ - $

Salary Range: $ - $

Shift Information:
Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation:
Non-Union

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 02-Sep-2026 to 17-Sep-2026

The City of Toronto is seeking a dynamic, strategic, and people-first leader to serve as our Director Environment, Climate & Forestry.

The Environment, Climate and Forestry Division(ECF) delivers programs and services that protect Toronto’s natural environment and respond to the City’s most urgent climate and sustainability priorities.

Program Delivery isthe Section responsible forturningthe City’sambitiousclimatepriorities into practical,effective, and coordinated programs.

Reporting to the Executive Director, this role leads strategic and operational planning for Program Delivery.

The successful candidate will leadtheimplementation ofmajor climate mitigation programs, strengthening how work is planned and delivered, and driving the move to implementation cess in this role will require strong judgment, steady operational leadership, and the ability to align people, partnerships,budgets and systems around clear public outcomes.

Theideal candidate will bring people-centred leadership, creativity, focus, and resilience to the challenge of delivering measurable results in a complex and rapidly changing civic environment.

Who You Are
You are an exceptional leader of people and change, able to bring clarity and momentum to complex work with significant public impact.

You thrive in complex, multi-stakeholder, highly collaborative environments, balance strategic vision with operational excellence, and are skilled at building trust, leading transformation, and advancing equity and inclusion.

Major Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Transformation

Guides long-term strategy,programplanningand delivery, and business transformation initiatives to drive efficiency, accountability, and performance excellence.

Champions innovation, evidence-based decision-making, and change management strategies to supporttheorganizationin achieving its objectives.

Leads a diverse workforce, fostering high performance,creativity,and resilience.

Oversees talent management and succession planning.

Plays a leadership role inefforts to build a positiveworkplaceculture.

Promotes reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion as core values.

Ensures alignment of services, resources, and reporting structures to support a modernized, functional-matrix delivery model.

Operational & Program Management

Directs all activities of the Section through subordinate management staff, ensuring clear delegation of responsibilities.

Oversees Section budgets, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, fiscal accountability, andtimelyreporting.

Ensures consistent application of risk and change management approaches.

Oversees the preparation of staff reportsto Council, and Standing Committees.

Makes recommendations, and offers strategic advice to the Executive Director.

Government & Organizational Insight

As a member of the Division’s Senior Management Team,demonstrates enterprise-minded leadership,supporting a unified workplace culture,participating fully in centralized planning and budgeting, and aligning the work of the section with the Division’s operating model.

Builds strong, collaborative relationships withother senior leaders within the Division and City,members of Council and their offices, and external partners to advance City-wide solutions.

Demonstratesa strong understanding of the governance, policy, and operational challenges within large public sector organizations.

Represents the Division on intergovernmental committees, task forces, and corporate teams, helping position the

Cityas a leader in climate and environmental action.

Required

Skills and Qualifications

Post-secondary degree in Public Administration, Business Management, Urban Planning, Organizational Leadershipor related discipline.

Extensive experience leading a team of skilled professionals in a complex diverse environment, with strong strategic leadership skills and the ability to motivate, develop, and foster collaboration while creating…