Assistant Planner

**Job ID**: 50490

**Job Category**:Policy, Planning & Research

**Division & Section**:City Planning, CP Strategic Initiatives Policy&Analysis

**Work Location**:METRO HALL, 55 John Street

**Job Type & Duration**:Full-time, Permanent (1), Temporary (3) 12 months vacancies

**Hourly Rate and Wage Grade**:$39.14 - $42.88, Wage Grade 11

**Shift Information**: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

**Affiliation**: L79 Full-time

**Number of Positions Open**: 4

**Posting Period**: 30-Sep-2024 to 15-Oct-2024

**Major Responsibilities**
Reporting to the Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Policy & Analysis, the Assistant Planner will provide planning support to the Manager, Project Managers, Senior Planners and Planners as well as related work program tasks as follows:

- Collects, compiles, and analyzes data and information on demographic, economic, legal, social, cultural and physical information relating to urban land use planning
- Supports the preparation and/or review of reports, studies, specialized research and information
- Supports community engagement initiatives for various planning and policy studies
- Designs, coordinates, and implements surveys and planning studies, information bulletins and manuals

**Key Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education in urban and regional planning, urban geography, urban design, or in a professional discipline pertinent to the job function, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience with municipal planning and public consultation.
- Experience with planning assignments (studies, research and/or policy) demanding critical judgement and analytical thinking.
- Experience preparing technical letters, reports and notices for management, internal staff, elected officials, other agencies, and the public.
- Experience using research methodologies including quantitative analysis, descriptive statistics, and field survey methods in the collecting, analyzing and interpreting of planning information such as land use, demographic, economic and environmental data.
- Membership, or eligibility for membership, in the Canadian Institute of Planners.

**You must also have**:

- Demonstrated ability to maintain strong internal and external relationships and to interact positively and professionally with the public
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team under time constraints and to meet deadlines
- Familiarity with reading development plans and drawings would be an asset.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, such as the Planning Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Ontario Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA).

**Hybrid Work Program**

The City of Toronto's Workplace Modernization Program is re-imagining how we work in our workplace. Its vision is to provide flexibility to our employees around how we work and where we work. It will also support a better work-life balance, improved job satisfaction and employee engagement. Improving the work experience is at the core of this program and everyone plays a significant role in its realization. We have introduced the Hybrid Work Program which supports amore modern and flexible way of working. The hybrid approach will allow us to keep the best of remote work while integrating the important aspects of in-person collaboration and team-work.

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