yes the position will pay $147,000 + benefits...first 2 years its paid by someone else and no idea what happens in year 3...does the city keep paying the person or does it cut the job.
Salary
Minimum: $95,212.00
Maximum: $147,264.00
Nature of Work
Overview
The City of St. Louis has been selected to participate in the100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation (100RC), an initiative dedicated to helping cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century. 100RC advances a view of resilience that includes addressing not just the physical shocks such as earthquakes, fires, floods, but also the stresses that weaken the social and economic fabric of a city on a day-to-day. The shocks and stresses consist of intertwined social, environmental, and economic challenges that should be addressed in an integrated, coordinated manner rather than in isolation. The City of St, Louis, by addressing both the shocks and the stresses as a city becomes more able to respond to adverse events, and is overall better able to not only deliver basic functions and services, but to grow and thrive in the future inclusive of all populations. City leaders recognize that building resilience in St. Louis will require innovative, systemic solutions that address racial and socioeconomic inequity and other social challenges, as well as issues related to infrastructure and regionalism. Inclusion and empowerment of all St. Louisans in a resilience strategy is the foundation for the City’s future.
Position Description
This senior executive position of Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) has been established in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation. The position will interface with executive and managerial levels of City government as well as with outside agencies and community stakeholders. The position will also interact with the 100RC global network of cities, 100RC staff, and 100RC Platform Partners from the private, public, academic, and non-profit sectors.
The primary responsibility of the CRO is to lead the development and coordinate the implementation of a coherent Resilience Strategy for the City of St. Louis, identifying systems-wide solutions that respond to intertwined social, environmental, and economic challenges identified through a comprehensive, inclusive integrated strategy development process. The Strategy will identify the shocks and stresses unique to St. Louis and the region, with particular focus on addressing the issues of persistent racial and socioeconomic inequity that underlie recent civil unrest in the St. Louis region. These challenges were identified by the City in their application to the 100RC program, and present major vulnerabilities for our community’s resilience to, response to, and recovery from natural disasters and economic prosperity. The ideal goal of the Resilience Strategy is to unlock the untapped human capital in our region through new systems of empowerment, economic access, and restorative justice. This will require solutions that build capacity and wealth and opportunity for individuals and communities throughout the region. The Resilience Strategy will also identify ways to mitigate impacts of major environmental shocks including heat waves, tornadoes, and flooding and other natural hazards.
The successful CRO candidate will be a systems-thinker and a coalition-builder with a track record of driving outcomes in complex decentralized social environments. The CRO must apply an inclusive, innovative, and interdisciplinary approach to the reorganization of systems and lift up existing best practices and innovations. This will require an ability to facilitate creative problem solving, expand collaboration between diverse stakeholders and partners, catalyze community action and foster participation in the implementation of key projects.
The resilience effort will draw on the work of a number of existing, adopted City plans and programs as well as regional plans and efforts currently underway. These plans shall include but are not limited to: the Ferguson Commission Report, City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan, OneSTL regional plan, the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, Strategic Land Use Plan, Market Value Analysis, etc. Additional coordination with current efforts, such as the Urban Vitality and Ecology Initiative, Great Rivers Greenway Planning, Army Corp of Engineers planning, Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2), the Promise Zone designation and resources, and the City Emergency Management Agency.
Detailed Description of the Chief Resilience Officer Position
Purpose of the Role
The Chief Resilience Officer will work with a diverse group of stakeholders both within City government and without to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive Resilience Strategy for the City of St. Louis.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy and Implementation
The CRO, with partners will develop a cohesive resilience strategy for the City and coordinate its implementation through:
Leading the development of a comprehensive assessment of the City’s current policy, planning and resilience initiatives
Working closely with 100RC and designated Strategy Partner to leverage the benefits and services of the 100RC network and Platform
Creating a Steering Committee and Working Groups to carry out the Strategy development and its implementation
Working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary wide-range of stakeholders to lead the development of a robust, inclusive, action-oriented Resilience Strategy that is meaningful and impactful for the City and its communities
Driving the implementation of the Resilience Strategy including: coordinating efforts across government and multi-sector stakeholders to effect resilience policy; secure funding needed to implement priority resilience initiatives; monitor and evaluate implementation progress.
Program Leadership
The CRO must be able to inspire, influence, and enlist others to meaningfully engage in the development, implementation and evaluation of the Resilience Strategy.
Generate energy and enthusiasm for the effort within traditional internal and external stakeholder groups; build support and coalition between these groups
Be a strong team player with the ability to demonstrate emotional intelligence and sound judgement while collaborating and cooperating on decisions and initiatives
Work with other leaders and elected officials to deliver a Resilience Strategy
Coordinate multi-streams of activity to achieve integrated and holistic outcomes
Identify issues and risks and develop and implement mitigation strategies
Be responsible for the Deliverables outlined in the Strategy Development process put forward by 100RC and carried out with the Strategy Partner
Thought Leadership
The CRO will serve as the principal advisor and point person on resilience and guide the delivery of priority resilience initiatives for St. Louis.
Inform the City of St. Louis’ policy, regulatory and investment decisions from a resilience view
Master and apply the 100RC City Resilience Framework in the creation of a Resilience Strategy
Promote awareness and offer insight that will advance and institutionalized the understanding of resilience planning
Coordinate resilience efforts internally and through stakeholders across diverse community sectors and professional disciplines
Guide the development of a communication strategy for St. Louis’ resilience building initiative
Qualities important to the position are: Bring a flexible, creative, and entrepreneurial approach to solving problems; be comfortable navigating and learning new and unfamiliar disciplines quickly; be resourceful and willing to experiment, pursue new ideas, and take risks; be a confident public speaker, a concise communicator and a good listener.
Relationship Building
CRO will build and strengthen relationships with stakeholders in local and regional government and across diverse sectors, professional disciplines, and communities
Identify and maintain engagement from key stakeholders
Collaborate to share knowledge and identify lessons and best practices from diverse community sectors and other cities
Ensure active and inclusive stakeholder and public engagement through the strategy development process
Work regionally and in collaboration with other efforts in the cities, counties, states, and other regional governing bodies
Serve as primary representative to the international 100RC Network on behalf of the City
Represent St. Louis in national and international resilience conferences and media events
Participate in technical training and learning opportunities with 100RC including the annual international CRO Summit
Monitor and report to 100RC on progress towards key milestones
Organizational Structure and Key Relationships
Organizational Structure
The CRO will report directly to the Mayor’s Chief of Staff. The CRO will be supported through administrative staff in the Mayor’s Office and in the City Planning Agency.
Key Internal Relationships
Mayor and Mayor’s staff
Board of Aldermen
Director of Planning and Urban Design Agency
City Attorney
Directors of City Departments and Offices including, but not limited to: Public Safety Department, Sustainability, Police Department, Fire Department, Affordable Housing Commission, Civil Rights Enforcement Agency, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Board of Public Service
Key External Relationships:
Citizens of St. Louis and Neighborhood Organizations
Non-profit organizations and NGOs
Ferguson Commission
St. Louis Public Schools
St. Louis County Government
Start-up & entrepreneurial community including Cortex, T-Rex, Arch Grants
Business community and St. Louis Regional Chamber of Commerce
Higher education and academic Institutions
Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council
East West Gateway Council of Governments
Metropolitan Sewer District
Metro St. Louis
Army Corp of Engineers
Philanthropic foundations
Appropriate and relevant state and federal agencies and elected officials
Media
100 Resilient Cities and the 100 RC Network of member cities
Minimum Qualifications
Strong demonstrable knowledge of and experience in
End to end program design, delivery, and evaluation for one or more major policy or program initiatives
Facilitating, influencing, and engaging diverse stakeholders, coordination and execution of projects that span multiple sectors or disciplines
Knowledge and understanding of the local political, business and non-profit cultures
Understanding of the diverse array of communities and social dynamics that comprise St. Louis
Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with a broad range of citizens
Ability to navigate St. Louis’ political and municipal processes and regulations
A minimum of 10 years of experience in urban or regional planning, emergency management, social work, economic development, or a related field
Solid understanding of resilience principles, with expertise in one or more of the fields related to resilience, e.g., urban/regional planning, municipal system reform, sustainability planning, public facilities planning, large scale infrastructure provision, community engagement and empowerment, and equitable community-based economic development
Bachelor's degree required, Master’s degree preferred in related field.
Ability to catalyze innovation and entrepreneurship, trigger creativity, and spur action
Matrix management leadership skills leading a team including both direct reports, peers, consultants and contractors
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