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About the Role

The Senior Planner oversees complex land use planning applications and initiatives within TRCA’s jurisdiction, ensuring policy, regulations, and technical recommendations are met according to legislated roles and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Leads a professional team of planners in daily duties, ensuring staff understand priorities and expectations.
• Provides effective management and service delivery of technically complex and politically sensitive files submitted for review through the Planning Act and the Conservation Authorities Act and its regulations.
• Provides professional planning recommendations, and legislative/regulatory guidance, to staff, clients and applicants.
• Undertakes negotiations utilizing a solutions-oriented approach with stakeholders.
• Prepares and presents staff reports to the TRCA’s Board of Directors and defends recommendations before the Ontario Lands Tribunal.
• Mentors and supports the professional development of team members.
• Supports a culture of workplace equity and inclusion that celebrates diversity.
• Supports onboarding, provides on-the-job training and performance evaluations of staff.
• Supports a professional environment of improvement by identifying opportunities for training resources, and/or procedural improvements.

Requirements

• University degree in Planning, Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, Geography, or a related field.
• Registered Professional Planner designation with the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and membership with the Canadian Institute of Planners (or equivalent).
• Valid Ontario Class G driver's license.
• 5+ years of municipal, environmental, or related planning experience.
• 2+ years of progressive managerial, supervisory or project management experience.

Skills

• Extensive knowledge of the Provincial Planning Statement, the Planning Act, and the Conservation Authorities Act, as it relates to TRCA and more generally to conservation authorities and their regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and solve problems in a timely manner.
• General understanding of contributing technical disciplines (e.g., ecology, water resource engineering, hydrogeology, geotechnical engineering, etc.).
• Extensive experience in the review of plans/drawings and recognizing pertinent policy documents, legislation, and policy instruments.
• Comprehension of technical and scientific documents.
• Experience in the application of best management practices, and up-to-date knowledge of environmental impacts and mitigation, as well as safe workplace procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team member to coach staff.
• Ability to work tactfully and courteously with internal and external stakeholders, development interests and public officials.
• Persuasive communicator able to facilitate discussions between parties with different perspectives of competing interests and resolve conflicts.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite, Adobe Acrobat, MS Teams and SharePoint.
• Familiarity with Arc GIS and online collaboration software such as Zoom, and WebEx is an asset.

Location

• Head Office, 5 Shoreham Drive

Work Type

• Permanent
• full-time
• 35 hrs/week
• Travel: 5%

Experience Level

• 5+ years of municipal, environmental, or related planning experience
• 2+ years of progressive managerial, supervisory or project management experience

Education Level

• University degree in Planning, Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, Geography, or a related field
• Registered Professional Planner designation with the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and membership with the Canadian Institute of Planners (or equivalent)

Salary/Compensations

• Min = $64.32/hr, Max = $74.56/hr

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits program (including Defined Benefit Pension Plan – OMERS/OTPP)
• Pregnancy & Parental Leave Top-Up Program
• Unique TRCA Perks
• Potential for career growth and advancement

About the Company

• With more than 60 years of experience, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is one of 36 Conservation Authorities in Ontario, created to safeguard and enhance the health and well-being of watershed communities through the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the ecological services the environment provides.
• TRCA is considered the provincial leader in conserving, restoring, and managing natural resources to advance safe and sustainable development.
• TRCA was recently recognized as a Greater Toronto’s Top Employer for 2026 and a Canada’s Greenest Employer for 2026.

Equal Opportunity

• TRCA is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives.
• In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodation will be provided at any point throughout the hiring process, provided the candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA.
• We welcome applications from all qualified persons.