Chief Resilience Officer – City of Chicago
Summary
The City of Chicago looks to expand upon its strong
foundation in resilience. Chicago has been selected as one of the 100 Resilient
Cities, pioneered by The
Rockefeller Foundation. As part of this partnership the
City is creating a new Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) role to transform and
accelerate Chicago’s focus on resilience.
The CRO will lead the creation of a
cohesive resilience strategy and to plan, coordinate, and direct resilience
efforts across City departments.
Resilience is a multifaceted, integrated,
collaborative concept that crosses
multiple disciplines and departments. The CRO will work in the Mayor’s Office,
guiding the creation of a resilience vision and strategy document, and work with
City government and with external stakeholders to deliver key initiatives that
will expand and complement the City’s ongoing resilience work. The CRO will also lead initiatives identified
in the process of creating the resilience vision document. Overall the CRO will
further develop, implement and lead resilience efforts for the City of Chicago.
The CRO will be located within the Mayor’s Office of
the City of Chicago. This position will be supported in part by existing
administrative staff within the Mayor’s Office.
Responsibilities
The Chief Resilience Officer will serve as the point
person on the City of Chicago’s comprehensive efforts on resilience, working
across the City and with external stakeholders. This role will also be the lead
the partnership with and participation in the 100 Resilient Cities program
including working with peers in other cities, and institutional partners.
- Strategy
and Planning
- Guides the
City and partners through a strategy process focused on urban resilience.
The process uses the City Resilience Framework to diagnose and understand
the City’s resilience and its primary areas of strength and weakness.
- Guides the
creation of a resilience strategy based on strong community and
organizational buy -in and anchored in the unique challenges and
opportunities that face Chicago.
- Develops a
clear near-term road map for initial implementation priorities from the
overall resilience strategy; this road map includes initial milestones
and a project tracking approach.
- Acts as the
City’s representative and liaison to the 100 Resilient Cities initiative
including, collaborating with peers in the international CRO Network,
learning and sharing best practices, and engaging potential partners
across industries and sectors.
- Engagement
and Partnership
- Convenes
and collaborates with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
across the city to ensure active and inclusive input.
- Partners
across city government and with other state and federal governmental
actors in Chicago to engage on shared challenges and opportunities on
broader resilience topics.
- Collaborates
with the 100 Resilient Cities Network
of CROs, expert consultants and
other partners
- Represents
City’s resilience initiative at public events both in Chicago and elsewhere.
- Delivery
and Impact
- Leads the
development of a formal resilience strategy document for the City of
Chicago.
- Establishes
and engages an ongoing collaboration structure for multiple institutional,
governmental, cultural and community partners and stakeholders.
- Identifies,
establishes and incorporates resilience planning tools for City teams.
- Implements
projects and initiatives identified through the strategy development
process.
- Organizational
Structure
- Please see
organizational structure of the Mayor’s Office
- The CRO
will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer
Qualifications
The role will be complex and cross disciplinary
requiring senior level expertise and demonstrated experience with strategy, engagement
and project delivery.
The following
qualifications are strongly preferred:
· Management experience preferably in a large, diverse, urban municipal,
corporate, military and/or large non-profit organization;
· Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in public
or business administration or a related field (Master’s degree or higher a
strong plus);
· Experience leading strategic planning and operations in the areas of
public policy, urban planning and/or economic or community development;
· A proven track record of working across populations and stakeholder
groups, particularly historically underserved populations;
· A proven track record of implementing a major project that required
coordinating with and executing across multiple sectors or disciplines
· A demonstrated knowledge of municipal government (experience working
with municipal governments preferred);
· A proven track record as an effective organizational leader;
· Managed a team including both direct reports and peers, as well as
consultants or contractors
·
Experience with the Chicago
local community or region with the demonstrated ability to establish and
maintain relationships with all levels of government, businesses,
non-governmental agencies and community leaders.
To apply:
Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter
to:
Mayor’s Office
121 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60602