David Dobbelsteyn Email & Phone Number

Saint John, Nb, Ca

• Oversight of department responsible for directing the City’s efforts related to Growth, Community Planning, Recreation Programming, the City Market, Arts and Culture, Heritage, Economic Development, Immigration & Affordable Housing.• The department includes 26 full time staff, 30 part time staff, and has an operating budget of $4 M annually, with $1M in annual revenue, and responsibility for $2M in reserve and capital budgets.• Member of the City’s Senior Leadership Team.

• Manager of all things 'Growth' at the City of Saint John, with a focus on driving Tax Base, Job, and Population Growth. • Privileged to oversee and stand shoulder to shoulder with a high-impact, broad based team of 12 staff that manages the historic Saint John City Market, large scale City events, SJ Local Immigration Partnership, and advises Common Council and senior City leadership on strategy and policy.• Liaison with dozens of external organizations that align with the City's Growth mandate.

• member of the City's community planning team and leads the local coordination of the recruitment and retention of new residents and immigrants to Saint John. • Coordinate with stakeholders and partners, municipal, provincial, and federal colleagues, agencies, community and private sector partners all with a vested interest in growing of our local population.• Development of a new population growth framework and corresponding action plans to attract, welcome, and retain residents in the City of Saint John.• Work in partnership with Enterprise Saint John, ONB and local businesses to ensure alignment between employment growth efforts, labor market needs and population growth efforts. • Manage a strategic focus on economic immigration targets for City of Saint John, including setting annual targets for attracting and retaining newcomers, recruitment of entrepreneurial immigrants, skilled labour and retention of recent university and college graduates;• championing a culture of population recruitment and retention across the administrative units of the City of Saint John• Identify and leverage population growth marketing efforts with the Government of New Brunswick and the Government of Canada to meet Saint John’s population growth targets.

• Responsible for placing and funding over 1200 children per year in sports and recreation programs of their choice.• Led a team of staff and over 50 volunteers to fundraise 1.2 M in 3 years.• Increased the annual amount of revenue, and children assisted both by threefold within 3 years.• Managed relationships with over one hundred and eighty community partners. • Assisted with the City of Saint John’s official response to the 2016 Syrian Refugee Crisis and coordinated program placements for over 200 newcomer children in conjunction with local settlement agencies.• Digitized application processes which increased processing speed by 3 times, and reduced public visits to Leisure Services by 40%.• Project lead for various projects: Carleton Community Centre Service Agreement; Advertising in Recreation Facilities; Spring and Fall Registration Expos; SPARC Program; and a variety of reports and policies approved by Common Council• Coordinated multiple high calibre events & fundraisers annually.• Deployed strategic media campaign in conjunction with CSJ Communications to promote P.R.O. Kids brand and increase awareness of service to residents.• Appointed City-Wide Coordinator of Emergency Social Services (ESS) for Saint John EMO

• Case Manager for 25 of the most High-Risk disadvantaged youth in the city of Saint John as identified by the Department of Social Development, ASD-S and Youth Probation Services• Develop case plans with youth to help them overcome obstacles and realize their potential • Build contracts quarterly with the teens and give them incentives upon successful completion. (e.g. Tickets to the Theatre, Hockey Equipment, Driver Permit, etc). • Spend a significant amount of time advocating for these youth in meetings with school administrators, parents, social workers, drug counselors, probation officers, lawyers, and judges.

• Supervise and Direct Choirs, Bands, and Cantors at Three Local Churches.• Regularly teach traditional and contemporary music to large congregations. • managed budgets for music programs and found savings of 75% in capital expenditures.• Supervised purchase and installation of two new sound systems.

• Assisted the Philosophy Department in tutoring students • Facilitated, reviewed and graded tests, written work and term papers of other students. • Helped students develop critical reasoning and writing skills

• Provided Clear, reliable technical support to Bell Internet Subscribers• Used critical thinking and creativity to solve customer issues in a timely manner.• Effectively calmed irate callers, and achieved a high rate of customer retention• Consistently exceeded performance metrics and standards set by Bell and Client Logic• Regularly surpassed Sales targets by 200% to 300%• In July 2005 became the top-seller in the call centre

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Philosophy And Psychology, Double Major

Teaching Assistant - Faculty of Arts (Philosophy)

Certificate In Philosophy

Completed Coursework