Planner 2

Rocky View County values our employees and provides a welcoming and stable work environment where positive energy, creativity, and a service mindset are encouraged. We seek individuals who enjoy making a difference and contributing meaningfully to a vibrant community. Our valued and diverse team of 500+ employees are provided with the same concern, respect, and caring attitude as the over 40,000 people who call Rocky View County home.
At Rocky View County we value employee work/life balance. Staff are provided with opportunities to grow professionally while being supported with paid training, a competitive salary, benefits after 30 days, 27 paid days off in their first year, plus general holidays, a pension plan, paid sick time, and a hybrid work environment for eligible positions.
Rocky View County’s Planning department continues to grow. Support has been given to add several new positions to deliver on enhancements to the planning service, and to ensure the completion of strategically important projects such as amendments to the County’s Municipal Development Plan and Land Use Bylaw.
We are proud of offering staff meaningful work on exciting projects that will shape the future development of communities in the County. We are centred around delivering excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment, and building genuine relationships with our 15 neighbouring jurisdictions in the region. Our Planning team enjoys a collaborative and positive environment, with support to focus on work that matches individual interests and strengths. At just under a million acres and with a diverse range of communities and developments, the County is an amazing place to develop your Planning career.

Position Summary
This is a mid-level professional Planning position that requires a high degree of professional responsibility in the development and implementation of planning strategies, statutory documents, and municipal policy. The position also requires a thorough knowledge of related Acts and Regulations and the planning process in Alberta. The Planner primarily works independently and prepares submissions to Council.
Core Accountabilities
- Interacts with the general public on a continuous basis through telephone and written enquiries and referrals as may be required to convey Planning information to citizens and other individuals and groups.
- Reviews, processes and manages redesignation, subdivision, and development permit files for compliance to policy, regulations, and technical requirements at a complexity level appropriate to a Planner 2.
- Prepares and presents reports to Council, County committees, and to appeal boards as required.
- Assists in the preparation of concept plans within approved policy plans or limited scope conceptual schemes.
- Interprets and implements relevant regional, intermunicipal, and County policies, standards and legislation and formulates Administrative recommendations for approving authority.
- Reviews and responds to referrals from internal departments and government agencies.
- Conducts research as required in response to department projects, enquiries or files.
- Assists in the monitoring and amendment of the County’s Land Use Bylaw and participates in process improvement projects to benefit the department’s functioning.
- Mentors junior staff and acts as a resource for other team members according to expertise within department.
- Assists in the preparation of municipal policy plans, including Intermunicipal Development Plans, Municipal Development Plans, and Area Structure Plans.
- Participates in the interpretation of relevant Municipal or Provincial Planning Policy and Regulations and formulation of employee positions.
- Monitors and reviews Municipal and Intermunicipal Planning Legislation, policy, processes, plans, and initiatives.
- Prepares and presents reports, materials, and opinions as a representative of Rocky View to other government and non-government agencies and committees as required.
- Work in accordance with the requirements established by the RVC Health and Safety Program and the Alberta OHS Act, Regulation and Code.
- Take reasonable care to protect their health and safety and other persons at or in the vicinity of the worksite while they are working.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Position Requirements
A Bachelor’s Degree in Planning or related field is required. A minimum 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in Planning or a related field is required; this is in combination with a demonstrated track record of working collaboratively in a team environment, and a record of successfully completed assignments. Scope of the experience should include a demonstrated awareness and knowledge of planning in a rural municipality, awareness of interrelationships between jurisdictions and their respective interests and a thorough understanding of the provincial planning and legislative framework.
- Understands and applies