PLANNER PARKS DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING

Job Summary: The Planner, Parks Development & Planning, reporting to the Senior Project Manager, Parkland Strategy, or reporting to the Senior Project Manager, Facilities Plan, will work with a team of professionals in the Parks & Recreation Division to expand and improve the City’s parkland, and recreation facilities and amenities. The primary function of the role is to support long-term planning through the review and implementation of the Parks & Recreation Division’s Strategic Plans, including the Parks & Recreation Facilities Plan, the Parkland Strategy, and local area studies from a parks planning perspective.

Major Responsibilities:

Identifies and develops plans and strategies related to the planning and development of new parkland and new recreation facilities for community and city-wide, area-based and facility specific initiatives.

Reviews, evaluates, provides comments and makes recommendations on new park and facility opportunities, for reporting t...