Senior Planner, Monitoring and Analysis Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 48937)

Description

The Urban Growth Unit is a multidisciplinary team of planners, engineers, and analysts providing expertise in city growth to support evidence-based decision-making for planning and implementation of The City Plan. 

As the Senior Planner reporting to the General Supervisor of this unit, you will lead the Monitoring and Analysis team, composed of planning and technical experts, in providing geospatial research and analytics related to population, land use, and employment. You will be responsible for delivering growth monitoring reporting, geospatial projections and analytic products to support evidence-based decisions that advance the goals of The City Plan such as realizing a development growth pattern that has climate, financial and social benefits compared to historic growth patterns. Capitalizing on your technical proficiency and strong communication skills,you will provide critical liaison services and expertise to City of Edmonton clients and city-building partners who require projections and growth monitoring and spatial analytics for specialized project needs.

Duties and responsibilities include: 

• Lead a multidisciplinary team that implements the City's growth monitoring program and develops, maintains, implements and communicates predictable, up-to-date city-wide geographically refined spatial population, housing and employment projections
• Provide leadership in defining and communicating growth monitoring and projections to Council, Committees, senior management, other departments, staff, external stakeholders and residents as it relates to the city's growth planning priorities and policies
• Provide analytics and visualization services to clients to support the needs of program areas and initiatives
• Coordinate with other business areas and external stakeholders to understand their needs regarding growth monitoring in the context of The City Plan, growth management and associated urban planning topics
• Develop geospatial models and tools to automate data processing and reporting as per the corporate needs
• Provide leadership in defining and communicating Edmonton's city growth monitoring and projections to Council, Committees, senior management, other departments, staff, stakeholders and citizens as it relates to the city's growth planning priorities and policies
• Develop effective communications products to convey methodology, assumptions, and recommendations
• Anticipate and adjust for factors that may/will impact the direction, efficiency and effectiveness of program deliverables program in meeting its goals and objectives
• Promote, pursue and encourage teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement in the delivery programs and products to clients and stakeholders
• Represent the City, Department and Branch on key internal and external committees and engagement opportunities related to geodemographic projection, growth monitoring and analytics
• Supervise and manage professional, technical and support staff. Provide mentorship and strategic direction in the management of human and operating resources to ensure that priorities are clear and supported effectively