Planning technician
City of Victoria’s Sustainable Planning and Community Development department is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Planning technician. City of Victoria’s Sustainable Planning and Community Development department focuses on sustainable urban growth. It provides services in urban planning, heritage conservation, and environmental sustainability. By collaborating with residents and stakeholders, it develops policies to promote resilient and inclusive community development. The candidates selected for the vacancy will be required to start the work as soon as possible.
Job Description:
Employer Name: City of Victoria
Department: Sustainable Planning and Community Development
Position: Planning technician
No of Vacancies: 2
Salary: $45.77 hourly
Employment Type: Regular/Full Time
Location: 1 Centennial Sq, Victoria, BC V8W 1N9, Canada
Shift: 35 hour work week
Work schedule: Monday to Friday
Competition Number: 24/127
Job Code: 4130
Requirements:
Languages: Candidates must have knowledge of the English Language
Education: Candidates should have completion of Planning Technical School Diploma including courses in computer graphics and mapping technology
Experience: Candidates should have 3 years experience in the relevant field
Physical Requirements:
- The candidates should have dexterity while performing manual and computer-aided drafting (frequent)
- The candidates should be able to meet multiple deadlines (frequent)
- The candidates should be able to apply complex regulatory and process requirements (frequent)
- The candidates should be able to maintain long periods of intense concentration while computer drafting (frequent)
- The candidates should be able to focus on detailed architectural and design drawings, maps, and computer for long periods (frequent)
- The candidates should primarily work in an office but should be available for occasional site visits or inspections
- The candidates should organize and prioritize work
Other Requirements:
- The candidates should understand, interpret, and apply planning regulations, procedures, provincial legislation, processes, techniques and calculations required for computer-aided drafting
- The candidates should understand and apply research and documentation techniques
- The candidates should have a working level operation of current City of Victoria drafting, mapping, database, and desktop publishing software
- The candidates should have the ability to use MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- The candidates should be able to read and interpret building and construction plans and drawings
- The candidates should maintain accurate records
- The candidates should have the ability to use software applications such as ESRI ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and Bluebeam
- The candidates should have strong verbal and written communication skills
- The candidates should have a current and valid Class 5 B.C. Driver’s License (2 years)
- The candidates should have an equivalent combination of education and experience
Responsibilities:
- The candidate should be able to review rezoning applications, development permit applications, temporary use permit applications, building permit applications, and business license applications for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with planning regulations, bylaws, and procedural requirements
- The candidate should be able to input and process applicable fees and development cost charges
- The candidate should be able to respond to inquiries from applicants, the development industry, the general public, internal city departments, and other outside agencies by providing information related to applicable zoning bylaws, planning regulations, land use, procedural and fee-related bylaws, and legal address information
- The candidate should be able to compose correspondence related to verification of zoning, compliance with the zoning regulation bylaw, and any other relevant procedural or fee bylaw, as well as assign property addresses in response to departmental and outside agency requests
- The candidate should be able to process applications submitted for the Board of Variance, represent the department at public meetings with prepared plans and materials, and report on application specifics
- The candidate should be able to design and produce detailed computerized property location maps, including address, land use, and zoning for reports, hearings, meetings, legal advertising, and land use studies
- The candidate should be able to liaise with the Engineering Department in the production of digital mapping and maintain various address and zoning maps
- The candidate should be able to produce presentation graphics for public hearings
- The candidate should be able to assist with the preparation of area plans, in-house publications, computer mapping and standardize property description and address data, maintaining records on land use history and new construction
- The candidate should be able to conduct research, site inspections and compile information related to planning issues and planning and zoning related projects as directed
How to apply:
If the position is fit for you and the basic requirements are fulfilled then you can now apply directly to the employer (along with your resume and competition number) through the below-mentioned details.
We thank all the applicants for showing their interest and trust in us, however, only the most eligible candidates will be selected and conducted for further procedure directly from employers, in between no charges/fees or original documents will be asked from any applicant. All the best!