Open Space Planner Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51759)

Description

Are you passionate about parks and natural areas? Do you wish to contribute to the future of Edmonton's open space system?As an Open Space Planner within the Open Space Strategy unit of the Planning and Environmental Services branch, you will act as a subject matter expert and leader in land use, environmental, and open space planning. You will contribute to the protection and enhancement of the City's open space network by playing a lead role in the development of open space plans, policies, strategies, and regulations. You will provide subject matter expertise in the areas of parks planning, recreation planning, and urban ecology.

What Will You Do?

With a focus on the City of Edmonton's Cultural Commitments to Safe, Helpful, Accountable, Integrated and Excellent, you will:

• Apply knowledge of land use, environmental, ecological, and open space planning principles to develop implementation plans, standards, and guidelines supporting the delivery of the City's open space strategies and plans
• Apply expertise in current best practises and municipal service delivery for parks and recreation services, active transportation, and environmental and open space planning
• Support the development of municipal policy and strategies for the delivery of parks and open space services
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to improve implementation of the City's open space policies, plans, strategies, and procedures, and promote best practices in open space and environmental planning
• Complete spatial analysis as it relates to open space planning and ecological network protection
• Support the maintenance of the City's ecological datasets and provide data driven analysis to inform landscape-level natural asset monitoring and management
• Support the review of land development applications, including proposed statutory plan amendments, rezoning, and subdivision applications
• Support the technical review of municipal environmental impact and strategic assessments for park development
• Complete formal written and verbal presentations as required
• Participate in interdisciplinary studies and reports in support of plan and strategy implementation
• Undertake a variety of projects or work assignments requiring analysis and the generation of alternatives, recommendations, and decisions related to the City's open space network
• Support internal engagement across relevant City Departments and public engagement planning and delivery
• Perform other related duties as required