Housing Development Planner

**Job Description**:
**Housing Development Planner (Intermediate Planner)**

**Human **Services
- Housing Development - Housing Services**

**Status: Regular Full Time**

**Salary Range: $86,443 to $108,052** per annum (plus comprehensive benefits and vacation accrual)**

**Work mode: Mostly Remote* **_see below for more details about this work mode._**

**Location: 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton, ON**

**Hours of work: 35 Hours per week**

**Who we are**:Housing Development**

Builds affordable housing and emergency shelters on Region of Peel and Peel Housing Corporation sites from initial concept of building completion. Leads the implementation of the Housing Master Plan. Supports non-profit and private developers to create new affordable housing in Peel including the delivery of the Peel Affordable Rental Incentives Program.

**What you will do in this role**:

- Provide expert interpretation of planning legislation, policies and guidelines.
- Provide expert advice and guidance on the development and implementation of programs related to housing development.
- Provide expert professional planning advice/opinions in areas of expertise to Housing Development Team staff including to other municipalities, conservation authorities, provincial ministries, regional departments and legal counsel.
- Monitor, identify, analyze and provide recommendations on planning trends, risks and opportunities.
- Prepare complex and specialized reports, documents, briefings and technical summaries for Housing Development Team staff, Council and standing committees
- Lead small, medium and large-scale planning projects, and develop cooperative, collaborative and strategic relationships with internal and local municipal staff.
- Act as a key representative of the Division on regional planning matters on internal and external working groups and committees, including chairing or leading assigned working groups.
- Develop and implement public consultation requirements to satisfy statutory requirements for planning approvals including organizing stakeholder and formal public consultation events and presentations on affordable housing development related planning matters.
- Respond to requests for information from other departments, agencies and the public.
- Support Regional planning representation at the Ontario Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and other tribunals, pre-hearings, inter-regional initiatives, and in provincial and federal initiatives where applicable.

**What the role requires**:

- Masters or Honours degree in planning or a related field plus expert knowledge and further specialization in planning.
- Minimum of five years of experience in a planning position or related field or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Expert knowledge of the Regional Official Plan, Local Official Plans, Provincial Policy Statement, Growth Plan, Greenbelt Plan, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Niagara Escarpment Plan the Ontario Planning Act, as well as other Federal and Provincial legislation, policies and guidelines affecting land use planning, including Peel’s Housing Master Plan.
- Knowledge and understanding of Provincial, GTA, Regional, and local planning issues.
- Combination of education and experience may be considered

**Skills/Abilities**:

- Well-developed policy formulation, communications, analytical, problem-solving and computer skills are required.
- Ability to organize and lead inter-departmental and inter-agency working groups.
- Excellent organizational skills in leading projects, prioritizing and meeting deadlines.
- Excellent research, analysis and presentation skills.
- Ability to provide guidance and mentoring to junior technical professionals to assist immediate supervisor with specific work direction and technical training for staff in the section.
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias

**Nice to have**:

- Membership in OPPI/CIP is preferred.
- Comprehensive Health, Dental, Vision benefit plan
- Automatic enrolment into OMERS pension plan
- Accrue Vacation on a monthly basis
- 3 Paid personal days and floating holidays
- Flexible hours supporting your wellness and wellbeing
- Supportive leadership and a culture of respect and inclusion

**Work Mode & Job Location**:
In this role you will have the ability to work mostly remote. You will be required to occasionally attend on-site meetings based on operational requirements at the 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton, ON worksite. Your remote work location must be located within the province of Ontario.

**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week

**_The Region of Peel offers job based flexible hours of work that allows employees to manage personal and professional responsibilities while at the same time ensures business operational needs and customer service expectations are achieved._**

**Interview**: Our recruitment process will be comp