Senior Principal Planner

• Providing professional advice and strategic input to senior management, Committees and Council;
• Provide project management oversight on complex, multidisciplinary projects and studies;
• Preparing terms of reference for retention of peer review consultant services, including evaluating proposals, reviewing and negotiating work plans and budgets and recommending award of services.
• Supervising Principal Planners and other planning staff.
• Directing and advising on work assignments.
• Providing training, coaching and mentoring.
• Development of planning recommendations and departmental consideration.
• Presentations and discussions with other corporate staff, agencies, developers and politicians.
• Providing input to annual operating and capital budgets.
• Finalizing, overseeing and guiding the implementation of the City's new urban design guidelines and development manual.
• Provide ongoing review, coordination and processing or oversight of the planning application components of developments from pre-consultation and determination of complete applications through zoning amendment, subdivision and condominium, site plan approval, and other Planning Act processes, including consents and minor variances when required.
• Implementation of planning decisions.
• Act as the Manager, as required.

• Undergraduate Degree or higher in Planning, Geography or a related discipline.
• Full membership or eligibility for membership in Canadian Institute of Planners and Ontario Professional Planners Institute with a Registered Professional Planner designation (MCIP, RPP).
• A thorough understanding of the Planning Act, and other relevant legislation.
• Expert knowledge of Official Plans, Provincial Policy Statements, and Provincial Plans.
• Supervisory experience in a unionized environment.
• Demonstrated time-management skills with the ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

• A minimum of two (2) years’ supervisory experience.
• Experience at Ontario Land Tribunal/Local Planning Appeal Tribunal/Ontario Municipal Board.
• Proven ability to synthesize, evaluate and interpret highly complex
• Planning issues, towards developing clear and concise planning recommendations.
• Strong organizational, analytical, policy and data analysis skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management experience.
• Ability to effectively train, direct, mentor and supervise staff.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to respond to public concerns in a professional manner and maintain effective working relationships within the corporation and the broader community.
• Negotiation/conflict resolution skills, problem identification and resolution in
• Response to a wide variety of policy and development initiatives within a dynamic, fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency with a variety of software applications.
• The ability to work independently and as a member of a team; and,
• Ability to facilitate discussion and exercise judgment in a rational and informed manner appropriate to the situation with awareness of consequences.

• Five (5) years of progressive experience in planning, preferably in a municipal environment.

• An emphasis on development planning, along with processing and supervision of related applications.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

• Competitive market salary
• Competitive employer-paid extended health benefits
• OMERS Pension Plan
• Opportunity to enter a hybrid work arrangement subject to applicable policies and approvals, following the successful completion of the probationary period
• Live, work, and play in the beautiful city of Belleville and experience all that it has to offer.