Planner-c1448

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**Title**:Planner-C1448**:

- Job Close Date: Nov 05, 2025

**File Number**:

- 2988**Employee Group**:

- Local 101**Service Area**:

- Housing and Community Growth**Division**:

- Planning and Development**Job Type**:

- Full-Time Permanent**# of Openings**:
1

**Summary of Duties**:
**Work Performed**:

- Applies file management practices and issue resolution skill sets to facilitate the achievement of process timelines.
- Applies planning principles and policies to ensure development conforms with the Official Plan and Provincial policies.
- Develops implementation policies and prepares amendments to both the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law.
- Evaluates social, economic and environmental factors related to such proposals.
- Coordinates the input from applicants and their agents, consultants and other Divisions, boards and commissions, provincial and federal agencies, and the general public on the details of planning and development proposals and amendments; prepares reports and recommendations pertaining to planning and development proposals and amendments.
- Assists, undertakes and manages comprehensive studies and research projects relating to the immediate and long-term planning of the development of land, facilities and services, including the study of demographic, socio-economic, physical and environmental factors.
- Assists in the development of work plans and provides advice and guidance to employees and planning students on matters related to assignments, assigning project priorities and managing projects to completion.
- Undertakes data collection, database maintenance, and monitoring including data entry and disseminates information to other planning staff, municipal departments, agencies, elected officials, community organizations and the public.
- Uses database, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other available software, along with GIS analysis skills, to prepare reports, manipulate and analyze data, complete specific information requests, create and manage data bases and provide responses to special requests as required.

**.**:

- Supplies planning information, provides advice on municipal planning principles and policies, and liaises with applicants, agents, lawyers, planning consultants, citizen groups, organized bodies, the general public, various government agencies and elected municipal officials, other municipal departments and agencies, the media and others.
- Facilitates, develops, prepares for and coordinates various public meetings and workshops.
- Provides Directors, Managers and other Planners, with specific information and/or advice concerning planning matters, as required.
- Attends meetings of Standing Committees and Advisory Committees, as required.
- Attends meetings of ratepayer groups and other interest groups, as required, to seek input from and present reports on planning studies, projects and other matters, or to provide information and advice on planning matters.
- Responsible for the determination of and verification of municipal street names and numbers for use by emergency service providers, the Building Division, and other utilities and agencies.
- Represents the Planning and Economic Development Service Area as required on administrative and advisory committees and at relevant conferences.
- Provides professional planning evidence before the Ontario Lands Tribunal other Boards and Commissions and the Courts on planning matters.
- Performs related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:

- Completion of an Honours (four-year) Degree in Urban Planning, Land-Use Planning or equivalent. Full membership in the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) is an asset.
- Ability to use (GIS) to conduct analyses.

**Experience**:

- Three years of related experience in land use planning.

**Specialized Training & Licenses**:

- Valid Driver's Licence - Class G.
- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills and customer service skills.
- Demonstrated organizational and time management skills.

**Compensation & Other Information**:
$60,408- $87,775 (Level 14)

This posting is for 1 permanent full-time position.

Current hours of Work: Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Work Arrangement: 4 days in office / 1 day remote. Subject to change in accordance with business requirements.

**NOTE**: Applic