Job ID: 40855
Job Category: Policy, Planning & Research
Division & Section: City Planning, CP Strategic Initiatives Policy & Analysis
Work Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street W.
Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Temporary (16 months) vacancy
Hourly Rate and Wage Grade: $42.74 - $46.82, TFS274, Wage Grade 11
Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Affiliation: L79 Full-time
Number of Positions Open: 1
Posting Period: September 25, 2023 – October 9, 2023
Job Description
Assistant Planner (temporary one-year position): will join a team working on the City's Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) named "Our Plan Toronto", which is the provincially mandated review of the Official Plan. To learn more about the MCR visit: www.toronto.ca/ourplan.
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
- Evaluates the impact of a range of planning applications and initiatives
- 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
- Responds to requests for information from consultants, developers, staff from other agencies and governments, elected officials and the public
- Prepares maps, diagrams, charts, tables, and other presentation materials, using office productivity software and geospatial, statistical and other computer applications
Key Qualifications:
Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:
- 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:
- Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
- 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).
