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Our team is highly skilled, passionate about our community, and we care. Let’s grow together.

Urban Design Landscape Architect

Who We Are

In Whitby, we are dedicated to our work, our community, and each other. We work hard, we have fun, and we celebrate our successes.

The Town of Whitby is a community in transformation that is located in the heart of Durham Region in the eastern Greater Toronto Area. Whitby is the second-largest municipality in the region and one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada. Located on Lake Ontario and only an hour east of Toronto, the population of Whitby is expected to grow from 140,000 to more than 200,000 by 2031. Whitby’s Official Plan has been updated to establish new directions for Whitby’s planned growth and development; the protection of our natural and built environments; urban design intensification; sustainability; community improvement; and, new employment within this time frame.

The Town of Whitby combines a small town atmosphere with the sophistication and amenities of a larger urban centre. Whitby boasts two beautiful heritage downtowns, one of the finest recreational harbours with an award-winning marina, year round sports and recreation activities, parks, trails, and a robust arts and culture scene, all of which are part of the extraordinary amenities that Whitby residents enjoy every day.

Whitby has an exciting and aspiring future, with a community that is welcoming, growing and transforming. On our team, you can expect to make a difference through your work and have a direct impact on shaping our growing community. Creating an inclusive environment where employees experience job satisfaction and have rewarding careers is important to us. We live our values and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement where people enjoy coming to work.

The Town of Whitby is a hybrid organization. This means staff are empowered to do their best work from various locations, as appropriate for the position.

We want to be the preferred employer for the most talented people who care about the Town of Whitby, and are excited and proud to serve our vibrant community.

Let’s grow together.

What You Will Get To Do

The successful candidate will have a positive impact on our corporate culture by demonstrating the Town’s CARE core values (Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Engaged) through daily interactions with individuals at all levels of the organization, external contacts and elected officials.

By effectively building positive rapport and relationships both internally and externally, the successful candidate will help us achieve our mission that together we deliver services that make a difference in our community.

Reporting to the Manager of Development and Principal Planner, the Urban Design Landscape Architect is responsible for the development and maintenance of landscape/urban design guidelines, for plans of subdivision and site plans.

• Review, evaluate and assess landscape plan submission materials for compliance with legislative and policy requirements.

• Review landscape plan submissions for capital works, which may include detailed grading and drainage plans, erosion control plans, construction drawings, servicing/lighting/utilities, etc

• Administration of any associated financial securities for required landscape works, including the receipt and processing of cash-in-lieu values, compensation contributions, etc.

• Provide comments for pre-consultations and development applications

• Manage the Planning and Development Department’s future specified (FS) accounts for trees

  • Processing of tree removal/permit application

  • Coordinate with internal and external staff including consultants to manage multiple deadlines and provide responses

Who You Are

Our Planning & Development team is looking for an enthusiastic, solutions-oriented team player. You are self-motivated, self-starting and utilize a proactive approach to work. You value partnerships. Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with your experience enables you to skilfully build, establish and maintain positive working relationships. You demonstrate tact, diplomacy and sound discretion when working with a broad range of partners.

Your excellent prioritization and time management skills enable you to work under pressure to meet deadlines. You bring to the team your strong reasoning, analytical, numerical, research and presentation skills. You solve problems by identifying, gathering and processing relevant information. You demonstrate adeptness in negotiation and approach situations with the goal to improve communication, diffuse tension and resolve problems.

To you, being at work is a mindset and not a location. You can switch seamlessly across modes of work and cultural norms of working in different environments. You know you best, including the tasks you do better when working virtually versus on-site. You believe that the cornerstone of successful working relationships is trust and understand how this positively impacts productivity and performance. You have a high degree of accountability, readily adapt to disruption, like to learn new skills, and explore new ways to connect and collaborate in the digital world.

What You Bring To Our Team

As the successful applicant, you possess

• A four (4) year post secondary school diploma in Urban Planning, Urban Design or Landscape Architecture;

• Possess a minimum of four (4) years of progressive work experience in landscape architecture;

• Possess knowledge of construction and field inspections;

• A demonstrated working knowledge of computer design skills;

• ISA arborist certification preferred;

• Have knowledge of the CPTED, Planning Act, and Landscape design;

• Familiarity with woody plant material and botanical nomenclature; and,

• Eligible or accredited member of Ontario Association of Landscape Architects

What We Offer You

• Salary: $66,703 - $83,465 per annum (Band B)

• Benefits and retirement plan offered in accordance to Corporate programs and/or the applicable Collective Agreement

• A hybrid work environment and flexible work arrangements where employees are empowered to do their best work in the way that works for them. This is designated as a designated as a Remote Hybrid role. Remote Hybrid recognizes that up to 60% of job functions associated with the role can be done virtually, from a remote office. Further details on these programs will be discussed through the selection process.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

At the Town of Whitby, our values guide everything that we do. We celebrate our differences, which is why we are committed to building an inclusive and barrier-free environment for our team. If you need a specific accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to provide. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

Acknowledgement will only be forwarded to those applicants who are invited for an interview.

Personal information provided is collected under the authority of The Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

For your safety and the safety of others, you will be required to demonstrate in writing, from an Ontario Ministry of Health authorized site, that you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as of your hire date.

Vaccination requirements are subject to bona fide medical and/or human rights exemptions. Any request for an exemption will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, as per our COVID-19 Vaccine Policy, and would be subject to the Town’s accommodation process.

Union Affiliation: CUPE Full-Time

Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (35 hours per week)

Work Location: Whitby, ON