Senior Policy Planner

at  The City of Waterloo

Employment Status: Regular Full-Time
✓ Pension ✓ Dental Insurance ✓ Disability Insurance ✓ Health Insurance ✓ Life Insurance
✓ Weekdays

Reporting to the Manager of Community Planning, your primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Undertake regional- and local- level land use / policy / planning studies and initiatives
• Assist the City in integrating and undertaking regional policy planning responsibilities at the local level, including harmonizing the Regional Official Plan with the City of Waterloo Official Plan
• Assist the City in the Bill 23 transition of upper-tier planning responsibilities to the City of Waterloo
• Implement components of the City’s Housing Accelerator Fund Grant and other grant initiatives
• Undertake research, information analysis, forecasting, policy formulation, and report writing
• Coordinate and lead internal and external working groups/workshops, including agency and public meetings
• Undertake public consultation and stakeholder engagement, respond to inquiries, and incorporate feedback into reports and recommendations as appropriate
• Prepare and present information to internal and external participants and decision-makers, including Council, Committees of Council and management as required
• Provide professional planning advice and information to Council, Committees of Council and management as required
• Prepare staff reports, briefing notes, correspondence, forecasts, projections, and custom data reports
• Review and analyze new policies, plans and legislation for the Planning Division and the City
• Review and analyze development applications for compliance with Official Plan and other applicable policies
• Respond to or participate in initiatives led by the Provincial, Regional, and local governments that affect land use planning
• Attend meetings, represent the City’s interests, and make recommendations to Council, Committees of Council and management as appropriate
• Participate and prepare materials and evidence for Ontario Land Tribunal hearings, and the resolution of appeals as directed
• Provide policy planning information to stakeholders as requested via phone, email, or in person
• Support and advise on City / Corporative initiatives
• Other projects as assigned by the City’s Manager of Community Planning or Director of Planning