Employment

The Planning Department of the Municipality of Chester, 30 minutes drive from Halifax, on the beautiful South Shore of Nova Scotia, has an opening for a Senior Planner. The Planning Department provides planning and development control services to the District of Chester and the Town of Mahone Bay. As a member of our team, the successful candidate will be a self-starter who can perform a variety of tasks related to the provision of long and short-term policy and regulatory advice to both Councils.

 

Under the supervision of the Planning Director, the Senior Planner will immediately be responsible for initiating a community planning process to implement the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan adopted by Council in 2009. This is expected to involve a complete review of the Municipal Planning Strategy for the District of Chester, with its attendant research, mapping, public consultation, policy development and by-law drafting. The Senior Planner will also assist and advise other planning department staff in day to day operations. A working knowledge of the Nova Scotia land planning and regulatory processes, the Municipal Government Act, and the software associated with a planning office is essential for this position. Training or experience in Geographic Information Systems is an asset.

 

The successful candidate will have a combination of planning experience and education which will have prepared him or her for the challenges of working in a municipal planning office with minimal supervision, and will be eligible for membership in the Canadian Institute of Planners.