District Planner

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Do you have expertise in land use and resource management planning? If so, please consider this opportunity to lead and work with a diverse team to provide land use, natural resources, municipal planning, environmental assessment and Environmental Bill of Rights advice and input.

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About the job

You will:

• manage relationships with stakeholders, interest groups and agencies
• provide leadership and expertise to both internal and external clients

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

• You must possess a valid Class G driver's licence or equivalent as recognized by the Province of Ontario.

Coordination and project management skills:

• You have coordinating skills to organize and implement district planning processes, prepare terms of reference and organize and conduct meetings.
• You have highly developed project management skills to lead various projects and coordinate meetings and assign work/tasks of project team members and participating stakeholders.

Analytical and problem solving skills:

• You have proven problem solving and analytical skills to review plans, applications and projects to determine conformity to provincial objectives.
• You can identify potential impacts, make recommendations and facilitate resolutions.
• You can gather, consolidate, and assess data and expert reports to develop and recommend options or provide advice to the district leadership team and/or region on proposals.

Communication and interpersonal skills:

• You have experience to provide expert advice, discuss technical and background information on ministry planning legislation, policy and procedures to a diverse client group.
• You have well developed writing skills to prepare a variety of planning documents, evaluations, and reports.
• You have good consultation skills to negotiate varying points of view and to reach consensus on complicated/sensitive issues.

Technical knowledge and skills:

• You have well developed knowledge of public and municipal land use planning, and resource management planning policies and practices, environmental assessments.
• You have demonstrated experience in interpreting, applying and communicating relevant legislation, policies and processes (e.g. Public Lands Act, Planning Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Environmental Bill of Rights).
• You have knowledge of ministry programs (e.g. aggregates, fish, wildlife, water and Species at Risk) to assess impacts and determine appropriate action.

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Additional information:

Note:

• N-NR-107055/17(2)

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.