Planner I Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 50845)

Description

Be part of a team working on transformational, long term city-building projects. The Zoning Bylaw Team is looking for a Planner I who can help to translate that big-picture thinking into regulation through collaboration, engagement, and in alignment with the principles underpinning Edmonton's new Zoning Bylaw. The Zoning Bylaw Team has a varied work program that ranges from residential, commercial, industrial development to protecting natural areas and building climate resilience into our regulations.

What will you do?

• Lead and manage zoning bylaw amendment projects
• Address a broad range of planning issues through the review, research, preparation, and implementation of zoning bylaw amendments
• Prepare reports, research, supporting documentation and apply best planning practice to form recommendations for zoning bylaw amendment projects
• Write Council reports and create presentations for City Council and its committees
• Ensure the Zoning Bylaw can be implemented in accordance with the Municipal Government Act and City policy, procedures, regulations and guidelines
• Participate in the design, delivery and facilitation of effective stakeholder engagement
• Engage and collaborate with internal stakeholders to create zoning solutions which support City goals, processes and service excellence
• Ensure that recommendations are informed by input from a range of stakeholders including the public, development industry, applicants and community organizations
• Manage multiple priorities and use project management approaches to complete reports and other deliverables on time, meet project milestones and deliver bylaw amendments for public hearing
• Where appropriate delegate tasks according to project needs to conduct research and develop materials
• Respond to inquiries from the public and City Council regarding zoning bylaw issues
• Make presentations to the public, stakeholders, other organizations and external decision-making bodies
• Provide planning advice and critical comments on land development and bylaw amendment applications
• Perform other related duties as required