Manager, Election Planning and Services

Competition # : 49312 

Department: Elections Nova Scotia

Location: BURNSIDE

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG  

Closing Date: 29-Jul-26  (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

Elections Nova Scotia is an independent, non-partisan agency that is responsible for the administration of the Elections Act. Its mandate is to conduct provincial general elections and by-elections; ensure compliance with provincial electoral law including the political financing regime; establish and maintain election-related information including the Nova Scotia Register of Electors and electoral geography and spatial distribution of electorate base. Elections Nova Scotia is also mandated to provide support to the independent electoral boundaries commission charged with reviewing the boundaries of provincial electoral districts.

About Our Opportunity

The Manager of Election Planning and Services serves as a pivotal member of the leadership team, responsible for overseeing a comprehensive portfolio of election readiness initiatives. This role directs a dedicated team in the implementation and execution of critical projects, ensuring Elections Nova Scotia remains prepared to deliver seamless by-elections and provincial general elections. 

Primary Accountabilities

• Provide strategic leadership for program delivery, project execution, and enterprise risk management.
• Oversee project planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and performance to ensure operational excellence and successful outcomes.
• Lead business process optimization initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency, compliance, and service delivery.
• Champion organizational change management strategies that support the adoption of new processes, systems, and technologies.
• Direct large-scale logistics operations, including vendor management, distribution planning, and business continuity measures.
• Lead procurement and sourcing activities, including RFP development, vendor evaluation, contract administration, and policy compliance.

Qualifications and Experience

As the ideal candidate for this position, you will have a bachelor’s degree, plus several years of progressive and relevant experience. To be successful in this role, you possess: 

• A positive and professional approach to leadership
• Strong relationship building skills
• Demonstrated experience managing:
• Independent projects and programs of projects
• Engagement with internal and/or external stakeholders
• Excellent writing, organization, and planning skills 
• Highly organized, confident communicator and presenter
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work under pressure
• Experience within government, specifically leading the development of recommendations and briefings to support key decision making, for senior leadership is considered an asset.

In addition to the above, you will also have excellent interpersonal skills and poses a high level of competence in both written and verbal communication. You have excellent judgement, a high degree of professionalism and integrity along with respect for discretion and confidentially of information as required. You must be able to effectively respond to high volumes of work. 

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.  For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

What We Offer

• Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• A Dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus.

Pay Grade:EC 10 

Salary Range:$3,247.28 - $4,059.12 Bi-Weekly   

Employment Equity Statement: Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.  The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.  If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.

Accommodation Statement: We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates may request accommodations based on any grounds protected by the Human Rights Act. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please contact us at Show email.

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PLEASE NOTE: Candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information. 

If you are receiving a pension from the Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Plan (PSSP) or any related plans, you cannot receive pension payments while contributing to the same plan. If you accept a position that requires PSSP contributions, your pension payments must be stopped. Please contact the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation for more information.

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for the interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Show email.