District of Saanich

DISTRICT OF SAANICH

PLANNING

CURRENT PLANNING

SENIOR PLANNER

Temporary Full Time Position

(Approximately 2 years)

The District of Saanich is the largest municipality on beautiful Vancouver Island, blending urban and rural environment and home to approximately 124,000 citizens. Saanich is known for its progressive initiatives in the areas of Current and Community Planning and has been a climate action leader for many years. We provide a welcoming environment and maintain a healthy, dynamic, and safe workplace that consistently attracts the best talent to provide excellent services to our community. The District offices are located next to beautiful Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary and are accessible by rapid transit and via the Galloping Goose and Lochside Regional trails. We are a fun group (if we do say so ourselves) and we enjoy eating cake to celebrate milestones, pickleball and dressing up for Halloween!

We provide a collaborative, dynamic and progressive work environment that consistently attracts top-quality people, enables them to perform at their best and grow their skills. Our competitive wages, excellent benefits package, municipal pension plan, various flexible work arrangements, supporting and inclusive work environment and progressive initiatives make the District of Saanich a highly desirable place to invest your talent.

As a result of recent budget approvals, Saanich is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our Current Planning team. The successful candidate will be a professional who is innovative and self-motivated, with a focus on customer service and a love of urban design. The Senior Planner will undertake a wide variety of municipal planning work including managing complex development applications, developing and implementing principles of good urban design, writing planning reports and correspondence, planning research, Zoning Bylaw interpretation and community consultation. You will also be involved in a comprehensive review of planning documents such as Centre, Corridor and Village plans. This newly created position provides staff support and supervision within the Current Planning section, making technical and administrative decisions, which may include personnel issues and budgets.

Requirements include a Master’s Degree in Planning or a related discipline (with appropriate experience) such as geography, architecture, urban design, civil engineering or landscape architecture; six years progressive experience in the field of public planning, preferably in a municipal Planning environment; and membership in the Canadian Institute of Planners. The candidate must have possession of a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s Licence. Candidates with an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. 

The successful candidate will work Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (35 hours per week) with flex days and a possibility of a modified work schedule. Occasional work from home is available depending on work assignments.

This is a C.U.P.E. Local 2011 position with a wage of $59.76 per hour with an excellent benefits package and a generous pension plan.

Job description and competition information can be found at www.saanich.ca.

Please apply by 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 quoting competition 23182 to: Human Resources, District of Saanich, 770 Vernon Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8X 2W7.  As a component of the selection process, testing will be conducted. Only those under consideration will be contacted.

As an equitable and inclusive employer, we value diversity of people to best represent the community we serve and provide excellent services to our citizens. We strive to attract and retain passionate and talented individuals of all backgrounds, demographics, and life experiences. If you require any adjustments to enable participation at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact in confidence accessibilityHR@saanich.ca.

We thank all applicants for applying.