Job Number: 5086
Job Type:Full time
Vacancy Reason: Backfill
Location: 99 Regina Street, Waterloo, ON
Number of Positions:1
Department: Strategy, Performance and Partnerships (Public Health)
Division: Community Health
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm (hybrid - 3 days per week in office), may include evenings and weekends to support operational needs
Union: Management/Management Support
Grade: Management/Management Support Grade 07
Salary Range: $57.37 - $71.72 per hour ($104,413.40 - $130,530.40 per year)
Posting Date: November 5, 2026

About Us

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

- Taking only what we need
- Leaving some for others
- Keeping the dish clean

This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core value, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.
Waterloo Region is home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051. Guided by our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan , “Growing with Care,” we prioritize homes for all, climate aligned growth, equitable services and opportunities and a resilient and future ready organization. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

The Role

Leads the implementation, monitoring, evaluation,



and continuous improvement of the Waterloo Region Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan (CSWP). The CSWP is governed by the CSWP Steering Committee and informed by advisory committees, action tables, community input, lived and living experience, legislative requirements, and evidence-based data.

Working with public, private, nonprofit, grassroots, and community-based partners, translates CSWP priorities and Steering Committee direction into implementation plans, initiatives, deliverables, timelines, performance measures, and outcomes.

Supports Waterloo Region’s vision of a community where residents feel safe, cared for, and able to thrive by advancing collaborative, community-based initiatives that build system capacity, reduce barriers, and improve outcomes.

Applies a strong commitment to Reconciliation, equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression, and decolonization in all aspects of CSWP implementation, engagement, evaluation, and reporting.

Reporting to the Director, Strategy, Performance and Partnerships in Public Health and Paramedic Services, and working on behalf of the CSWP Steering Committee, works with elected officials, system leaders, community leaders, and partners to strengthen relationships, partnerships, and implementation capacity across Waterloo Region.

Duties/Responsibilities

- Leads day-to-day CSWP implementation,



ensuring Steering Committee decisions are translated into workplans, assigned actions, timelines, deliverables, performance measures, and outcomes.
- Develops and maintains annual and multi-year implementation plans that meet requirements under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 and align with community priorities, evidence-based data, the Region’s objectives, and Steering Committee direction.
- Advances CSWP priorities, initiatives, pilots, projects, policy directions, service coordination improvements, and partner-led actions from planning to implementation.
- Establishes and manages implementation tools and processes, including work plans, trackers, risk and issue logs, decision records, dashboards, reporting schedules, accountability tools, and follow-up processes.
- Coordinates commitments and information flow among Regional departments, area municipalities, police services, health and social services, education, Indigenous partners, nonprofit agencies, grassroots organizations, community groups, advisory committees, action tables, and working groups.
- Identifies implementation risks, service gaps, resource pressures, system barriers, policy issues, and emerging community needs; develops options, implements approved mitigation strategies, and escalates issues requiring Steering Committee direction.
- Provides strategic advice to the CSWP Steering Committee and senior leadership based on implementation experience, community input, evidence, data, risk analysis, and emerging trends.
- Uses community input, lived and living experience, best practices, data equity, identity-based data, storytelling, continu

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