Careers
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Saugeen Shores: Both city and town, wrapped in a village.
Choosing to work and live in Saugeen Shores gives you an unparalleled choice of easy-going lifestyles, economic opportunities and nature at every turn. You can truly create your own village in this growing, diverse community of neighbourhoods and amenities. You can replace long commutes with easy lakeshore rides. You can choose to be as active or relaxed as you want to be. You can make all these great choices without sacrificing family life, schools, and even access to the wide world. Nestled on the shores of Lake Huron with forests and farms all around, Saugeen Shores is the promise of both cities and towns, wrapped in a village.
Ready to explore career opportunities
with Saugeen Shores?
We welcome applications for advertised job postings. We will not review unsolicited resumes.
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. If you have any questions or concerns about our recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at jobs@saugeenshores.ca.
I like working at the Town, because it is an organization that provides opportunities for improvement, giving employees training where we update our knowledge, so that our performance is effective and professional so we can provide the best customer service to the community. It is a privilege for me to be part of this organization made up of valuable professionals. It is my desire to continue collaborating with each of my colleagues to fulfill the vision, mission and values of the organization.
Marjorie, Customer Service Coordinator, Finance
The Team:
We take our team-first culture so seriously; we wrote a Team Saugeen Charter to celebrate and protect it. Our shared role is to keep Saugeen Shores safe, well-serviced, growing and vibrant in ways that respect the public and reflect our team. We develop careers from the inside first. We engage each other personally and professionally. We welcome change. we embrace new ideas. We do more than live with work processes; we seek to continuously improve them. And we have each other's backs - because that is what great teams do.
| Team Charter |
| Team Saugeen exists to keep our community safe, well-serviced, growing and vibrant in ways that respect both everyone on the team and the public we serve. |
| Team Beliefs |
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Town's Strategic Plan
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For more information about the Town's Strategic Plan, Vision, Mission, and Values, please click here: Town of Saugeen Shores 2023 - 2027 Strategic Plan.
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More Information
| Application Process |
| Please visit the Town's current Careers page to view currently available positions.
To be considered for a Town of Saugeen Shores position, you are required to complete the online application for the position and upload your cover letter and resume (allowed extensions pdf, doc, docx, jpg, jpeg, tif). We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All information collected is in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990 and will be used for the purpose of this employment opportunity only. By submitting your personal information to the Town of Saugeen Shores, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in connection with our recruitment, hiring and/or employment processes. Information is collected solely for the purpose of job selection. |
| Employment of Relatives |
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The immediate relatives of staff will not be employed where such employment would be within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, part-time, and temporary employee classifications, with the exception of students. In the case of students, the immediate relatives of staff will not be employed where such employment would be within the the same Division. Immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Department Heads, Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the Town in any capacity other than student employment. If a student is hired they cannot work in the same Department or Division of the relative who is employed by the Town. |
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The Town of Saugeen Shores is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), 2005. The Town of Saugeen Shores will make every effort to accommodate applicants with disabilities in its recruitment and selection process. Information received relating to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990 and will be used for the purpose of this employment opportunity only.
If you require an accommodation to submit your resume for an employment opportunity, or for more information on accommodation during the recruitment process, visit the Accessibility page on the Town's website or contact the Human Resources Coordinator at jobs@saugeenshores.ca or by phone at 519-832-2008 x.132. |
In 2023, Saugeen Shores made history by becoming Canada’s first Rainbow-Registered municipality. The accreditation means the Town has met a set of standards that ensure 2SLGBTQI+ customers feel safe, welcomed, and accepted.