Project manager waterfront
City of Toronto’s City Planning Division is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Project manager waterfront. City of Toronto’s City Planning Division guides the city’s physical development to enhance residents’ quality of life. It provides urban design, community planning, policy development, and zoning enforcement services. The division collaborates with stakeholders to manage growth, ensure sustainable development, and preserve cultural heritage, aiming to create vibrant, livable neighborhoods and maintain Toronto’s world-class status. The candidates selected for the vacancy will be required to start the work as soon as possible.
Job Description:
Employer Name: City of Toronto
Division: City Planning
Section: CP Waterfront Secretariat
Position: Project manager waterfront
No of Vacancies: 1
Salary: $112280.00 – $149247.00 yearly
Employment Type: Full time/Permanent
Job Category: Project Management
Location: 1026 Finch Ave W, Toronto, ON M3J 2E2, Canada
Shift: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Job ID: 48693
Requirements:
Languages: Candidates must have knowledge of the English Language
Education: Candidates should have completion of Post-secondary education in a professional discipline pertinent to the job function
Experience: Candidates should have extensive experience delivering complex planning projects, from inception to implementation, with minimal direction
Other Requirements:
- The candidates should have education in areas such as planning, engineering, business, finance, economics, accounting, combined with relevant project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- The candidates should have extensive experience with research methodologies and long-range broad-based policy formulation
- The candidates should have extensive experience working with internal and external stakeholders, while balancing political and community interests and ability to use critical thinking and analysis to develop creative solutions to complex problems
- The candidates should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, senior management, and political representatives
- The candidates should demonstrate proficiency in conflict resolution in complex, multi-stakeholder situations
- The candidates should have a strong commitment to city building, including the ability to lead change, be flexible, responsive, critical, and innovative
- The candidates should have the ability to lead issues related to brownfield management and redevelopment, and environmental assessment processes and familiar with key Ontario statutes, such as the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- The candidates should have knowledge of legislative and contractual obligations and related corporate policies, including expertise in City operating and capital budgets, purchasing, financial planning, and contract management policies and procedures
Responsibilities:
- The candidates should be able to work closely with the Director, Chief Planner, Deputy City Manager, and senior officials in City Planning and other City Divisions and Agencies to manage complex multi-agency initiatives related to waterfront revitalization, including governance, planning, infrastructure development, finance, environmental management, and project implementation and manage interagency operating and service agreements, memoranda of understanding, legal agreements, and legislation, in coordination with City Legal and other divisions
- The candidates should be able to develop and implement detailed plans, master plans, environmental assessments, risk management plans and audits, and recommend the creation of strategic policy, practices, and protocols in accordance with the Official Plan, Central Waterfront Secondary Plan, and other policies
- The candidates should be able to anticipate and analyze organizational impacts of emerging waterfront programs and activities; recommend and coordinate innovative corporate solutions using conflict resolution and negotiation skills to successfully manage sensitive and controversial matters and manage external consultants on project-specific assignments and studies, developing and overseeing the preparation of purchasing documents (RFQs, RFPs), valuing proposals, and coordinating consultant work, ensuring timely delivery of services and value for money
- The candidates should be able to represent the City of Toronto professionally and advocate the corporation’s values, principles, and objectives in various forums, including community and stakeholder meetings, and resolve jurisdictional matters with Waterfront Toronto, City Divisions, Agencies, Boards and Commissions, provincial and federal governments, task forces, and steering committees
- The candidates should be able to create and manage interdisciplinary and interagency teams and consultation processes to expedite the delivery of waterfront projects while addressing political, community, business, and other stakeholder interests and action requests from Council, including preparing Council reports and briefing materials on funding, business and infrastructure planning, financial and contract management, land valuation, governance, legislative compliance, legal agreements, and other related matters
- The candidates should be able to ensure compliance of Waterfront Toronto programs with City budget, policies, plans, joint agreements, and protocols, including Contribution Agreements with other orders of government and assist in managing, hiring, motivating, and training unit staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of organizational performance, continuous learning, and innovation
- The candidates should be able to lead the analysis and verification of program costs on behalf of all government partners in compliance with Memoranda of Understanding, the TWRC Act, and the City of Toronto Act; review and monitor funding transfers and identify quantitative and qualitative factors in Waterfront Toronto service levels, including progress on achieving deliverables and develop, recommend, and administer the annual capital and operating budgets as well as project budgets, ensuring expenditure control
- The candidates should be able to coordinate the City’s issues management, communications, and public consultation processes with waterfront partners in accordance with established communications and reporting protocols and lead the development of strategic and innovative approaches to sound financial planning, including financial reporting and land management protocols, and negotiation of tri-government project funding
- The candidates should be able to represent and support the Director at conferences, and interagency, intergovernmental, senior staff, and steering committee meetings and conduct research into assigned areas ensuring that such research takes into account developments within the field, corporate policies and practices, legislation, and initiatives by other levels of government
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) 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!