Planning Analyst

Employment Status **Regular Full-Time**

Pay Range **$42.45 to $50.13 per hour (2024 rates) + comprehensive benefits package**

Closing Date **8/25/25**

**New Westminster, British Columbia**:
**Number of Openings**: 1
**Hours per Week**: 35 hours per week.
**Employee Group**: CUPE, Local 387
**Location**: City Hall: 511 Royal Ave
**Competition #**: 1087
**Additional Details**:
As a central hub in the Metro Vancouver area, the City of New Westminster delivers a broad spectrum of urban services to over 85,000 residents. New Westminster is rich in history with a viable and thriving economy and has a population representative of the diversity of the region. The City is staffed by talented and dedicated employees who work together to achieve its strategic vision. We have earned a proud reputation for civic leadership, service delivery, and outstanding employee relations.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Providing support to the development approvals process review, including:

- Collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, such as current planning and development processes, best-practices research, and precedents;
- Liaising with other City departments and external agencies;
- Making recommendations for streamlining processes, with a focus on optimization, automation, and digitization
- Writing reports and making presentations to City committees and;
- Drafting policy and bylaw documents.
- Identify the design and production needs for information materials to improve transparency in the development approvals process.
- Support the development and implementation of systems which assist and streamline planning and development processes.
- Utilize GIS platforms to support the development of digital twins for various planning and development purposes.
- Other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

**Requirements**:

- Undergraduate degree or degree in planning or related discipline, with sound, related, work experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Knowledge of municipal development review processes and best practices.
- Knowledge of the principles, procedures, and legislation applicable to municipal planning and building departments.
- Demonstrated ability to collect, analyze, and interpret information from various sources and present conclusions and recommendations clearly.
- Experience in online and in-person community engagement facilitation, logistics, and public information material creation.
- Strong organizational skills, problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to manage multiple tasks effectively.
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision and collaboratively as a team member.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external contacts.
- Effective verbal, visual, and written communication skills for diverse audiences.
- Ability to effectively use planning systems such as GIS and/or CAD experience.
- Ability to effectively use the Microsoft Office Suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook), graphics software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Canva), as well as Tempest.

**We offer our employees great work-life balance, competitive salaries, comprehensive health, benefit and retirement plans (a percentage in lieu of benefits for auxiliary positions), education and training opportunities and challenging and rewarding work.**
- To support a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community; women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized individuals, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversity of our workforce, are encouraged to express their interest._
- New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halq'eméylem-speaking peoples. It is acknowledged by the City that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land._
- We are learning and building relationships with the people whose lands we are on._
- We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted._
- This position is only open to those legally entitled to work in Canada._

Employment Status **Regular Full-Time**

Pay Range **$42.45 to $50.13 per hour (2024 rates) + comprehensive benefits package**

Closing Date **8/25/25