Senior Advisor, Development (Fixed Term 12 Months)

Description

• Enhance and manage partnerships with municipalities and interface with Provincial agencies, crown corporations, intergovernmental partnerships, and the public.
• Work closely with a Director and a Vice President of TOC Subways/GO LRT to influence, coordinate, and manage the delivery of complex commercial real estate and development projects on behalf of the government.
• Distill complex processes, analysis, and findings into clear, concise, and coherent reports, business cases, briefing notes, and presentations.
• Collaborate with teams of internal and external consultants.
• Assist in obtaining formal government approvals, including Treasury Board submissions and Ministry briefings.
• Communicate and present analysis and recommendations to your director, senior leadership, government officials, and other key partners.
• Build and manage positive relations with Ministry clients and municipal officials, including regular communications, meetings, briefings, and day-to-day interaction.
• Provide strategic and technical support throughout the planning phase of IO’s development projects and manage master planning, secure entitlements, and coordinate site due diligence and preparation works.
• Conduct feasibility assessments on sites across the province, including strategy development, key partner engagement, site analysis, financial analysis, concept design and testing, issues identification, evaluation, and assessment.
• Oversee planning and development approvals for various projects and support the delivery of new innovative provincial planning frameworks and provide advisory services throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Project manage high-profile, politically sensitive files, including set-up and management activities (e.g., work/resource planning, budgeting, reporting), client relations, advisor management, and internal IO staff management.

Requirements

• If you currently hold, have held, or are working toward a professional planning designation it is considered an asset.
• Experience in business development, real estate transaction structuring, real estate negotiations, development management, construction management, and public sector processes is considered an asset.
• Willingness to take initiative and work on your own.
• Knowledge of provincial planning and development legislation (e.g., Planning Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Ontario Heritage Act, PPS, etc.) and awareness of emerging changes to the legislative context in Ontario.
• Experience in urban planning, real estate development, urban revitalization or infrastructure project delivery.
• Knowledge and understanding of land use planning, master planning, land development, and precinct planning with experience in municipal development approval processes [similar to the Official Plan Amendment (OPA), Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA), Site Plan Approval (SPA), etc.] and other permitting/authorities’ processes [similar to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), Metrolinx, etc.].
• Exposure to financial analysis, modeling, and feasibility analysis to support business case development and/or real estate development projects.
• Expertise in large-scale urban developments, multi-phased mixed-use projects, land use planning initiatives, and extensive experience in real-estate deal environments, transactions, feasibility assessments and project management.
• Project management experience of complex, multi-faceted development projects and demonstrated ability to manage, coordinate, and track diverse project-based teams (scope development, project budget, schedule, issues tracking, reporting, consultant oversight, etc.).
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a larger multi-disciplinary, inter-departmental team, and in coordinating external advisory services.
• Experience with public consultation and key partner engagement activities. Experience working and communicating with municipal authorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with strong PowerPoint skills. MS Project experience is an asset.
• Ability to balance conflicting project demands to prioritize outcomes.

Benefits

• Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and license fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role.
• Access to our $1000 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.
• A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.
• Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs.
• A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future.
• A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
• A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance