Chief Administrative Officer

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is the senior municipal staff member who assists Council with advice and provides the overall direction to staff. The CAO leads a team of four Directors as the senior management team.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the CAO include:

• Coordinating all Counties Divisions to ensure the efficient implementation of Council policies and directives
• Investigating, researching, and preparing, either directly or through delegation, information for the development of Council policies
• Providing advice and recommendations to Counties Council on issues that affect the municipality
• Providing direction for the strategic planning of the annual and long-range budgets and financial plans
• Providing administrative leadership to and for the Counties
• Recommending to Council improvements in administration and service delivery
• Ensuring the development and administration of personnel policies including the implementation of statutory rules and regulations
• Ensuring the effective and efficient training of Counties staff
• Recruiting high quality staff in accordance with the human resources policies of the Counties
• Acts as major spokesperson in regard to public relations and information of a general nature