Employer/Organization: City of Kelowna
Closing: February 26th 2025 11:30 PM PST
Details
Planner I (Up to 24-month term position)
Make an impact on Kelowna's future! Kelowna’s Long Range Planning Department excels in city planning by setting the direction for our city’s future growth. Play a critical role in shaping Kelowna by developing new plans that guide how and where we grow, working with staff, community partners, and residents.
Long Range Planning advises the Council on key plans like the Official Community Plan, neighbourhood plans, and other guiding documents, bringing together diverse opinions and values from across the city. You will join a forward-thinking team of experts to undertake various long-range projects and research studies, liaise with internal and external contacts, and respond to public inquiries.
Qualifications
Bring your Planning degree, related experience, and professional skills to help set new directions for our rapidly growing city. Experience with municipal land use planning in both urban and suburban settings is an asset.
Help create Kelowna as a City of the Future. Our diverse and dynamic team strives to innovate to make things better, work as one team, serve proudly, and lead responsibly. Live, work and play in one of Canada’s fastest growing cities. Kelowna boasts miles of lake access, public areas and outdoor recreation opportunities, a vibrant downtown and cultural scene, healthy and connected neighbourhoods, and a world-renowned College and University. You’re only a quick link to the world via the Kelowna International Airport.
Grow your career in an organization that supports employee work-life balance and career and professional development. This is a CUPE bargaining unit position with an hourly rate starting at $42.18 per hour plus 14% in lieu of benefits, vacation and statutory holidays.
The City of Kelowna is committed to being an organization that values and reflects its community’s diverse population, and to fostering an equitable, inclusive, and progressive work environment where everyone can be their authentic self and feels a sense of belonging.
For further information or to apply, please check our website at www.kelowna.ca/careers
Applications must be received by the end of day February 26th , 2025.
Applicants not contacted within three weeks of the closing date are thanked for their interest