Senior Engagement Specialist/Planner

at  Dillon Consulting Limited

Overview:
Are you interested in leading community engagement, community development and/or community outreach? Are you interested in working on high-profile, major infrastructure projects? Do you want to help design conversations with the public, agencies and businesses about how planning, urban design and engineering projects can support communities? Do you enjoy building both internal and external relationships and have an entrepreneurial mindset? Are you committed to designing and facilitating better ways to engage people in real conversations about the future? If these questions describe the kind of work that you love doing, this job is for you!

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Dillon’s Community Planning (Central and Eastern Ontario) operating team is looking for a Senior Engagement Specialist/Planner to join our multidisciplinary team of planning and stakeholder engagement professionals. We are looking for someone who wants to help lead community-based consultation programs for high-profile, major transit and transportation infrastructure projects that will shape the future of our cities and neighbourhoods.
At Dillon, we operate as one team. The successful candidate can be based at any one of our following offices: Toronto (Downtown), Toronto (North York), Oakville, Guelph, or Hamilton.
We offer flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
The ideal candidate has the interest, technical background, and skills needed to be able to help design, facilitate and lead a wide range of meetings and consultation activities with organizations, agencies and the public. With a desire to take a leading role in project delivery, they enjoy team work and want to support junior staff in their technical growth. As someone with excellent communication skills, a genuine passion for community engagement and a solid sense of business acumen, the ideal candidate will thrive in our fast-paced business environment.
We work in a collaborative team environment where a diversity of opinions and thoughts are welcome. As a consulting firm, we are always looking for new opportunities to connect with clients and communities. We welcome applicants who also enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation in a flexible work environment.
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