Regional Planner

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Are you looking for an opportunity to demonstrate your strong communication and relationship building skills? If so, consider this opportunity to further enhance your career within the planning discipline. This challenging and rewarding opportunity requires knowledge of Crown and municipal land use planning processes, environmental assessment and landscape level project management.

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About the job

You will:

• lead the input and review of land use and resource management policy documents, broad scale or landscape level projects, proposals and environmental assessment documents
• provide a planning and coordinating role to integrated regional resource management planning teams
• deliver land use planning, resource management planning advice and training to project teams, region wide staff and external agencies and clients
• provide interpretation, explanation and advice to clients and stakeholders regarding Crown, municipal and resource management planning legislation, policy and procedures
• consult with external agencies, groups and individuals on broad scale or landscape level land use and resource management plans, projects, issues to develop strategies and achieve program results
• prepare briefing notes, Minister's letters for senior management

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirement:

• You must possess a valid class 'G' driver's licence to travel within the prescribed region as required as some locations do not have access to local/city transportation means.

Technical expertise:

• You have demonstrated knowledge of Crown and municipal land use planning, resource management planning, and related resource management theories and practices.
• You have the ability to interpret, and apply relevant Crown and municipal land use and environmental assessment legislation, policies and directives.

Analytical, reasoning, problem-solving, and consensus building skills:

• You have analytical and problem solving skills to interpret provincial and municipal policies, review and assess proposals, resource management plans and broad scale projects/proposals.
• Using your reasoning and problem-solving skills you are able to identify and facilitate resolution of impacts on ministry programs and provide recommendations and options on proposals.
• You possess conflict resolution and facilitation skills and can consider varied interests to develop mutually acceptable solutions when working with planning teams and stakeholders.

Oral and written communication skills:

• You have well developed communication skills to provide explanations, advice, guidance, discuss technical information and provide training.
• You can prepare submissions, briefing material, plan review documents and corporate correspondence.

Interpersonal:

• You can persuade, influence and reconcile diverse interests of agencies, non-government organizations, proponents and the public to gain support for ministry positions or planning issues.
• You have group leadership skills to support and provide guidance to planning teams.

Planning, coordination, project management and organizational and skills:

• You can plan and coordinate large scale and/or land development and regional resource use planning processes or projects.
• You have solid project management skills to organize and lead regional planning projects and processes.

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Additional information:

Note:

• N-NR-80985/15(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.