Competition No: 2025-345

Duration: Regular Full Time

Salary: $8,647 – 9,014 – 9,394 – 9,811 – 10,225/month (2024 Rates)

Schedule: 70 hours bi-weekly; Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM – 4:45 PM

Special Notes: Subject to Note ‘C’ of Schedule ‘B’ of the CUPE 23 Inside Division Collective Agreement

Last Updated: 12/5/25

This is planning work at the professional level, within the City-Wide Policy group of the Community Planning Division. The successful candidate will apply specialized knowledge and social, economic and physical data to major planning projects involving complex problems and often politically sensitive issues. These projects may involve the development, coordination and implementation of a number of integrated projects requiring in depth research and involving recommendations on major policy changes. Supervises and participates in the collection and analysis of a wide variety of data required for the completion of major planning projects; makes independent studies to supplement existing sources of research data; coordinates findings and makes recommendations. Reviews and prepares complex policy recommendations related to employment, industrial, agriculture, institutional and other non-residential land uses; liaises with other departments, community groups and Council committees; leads community engagement processes; prepares final reports for submission to Council. Performs related work as required.

Qualifications include Master's Degree in Planning or related discipline with considerable professional experience in urban or regional planning; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices and objectives of urban and regional planning. Considerable knowledge of the theory and practices of a major discipline applicable to planning; of economics, municipal finances and sociology as applied to urban planning. Ability to express ideas effectively orally and in a written or graphic manner. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, professionals and the public, and to transmit clearly the principles and requirements of sound planning and development. Membership or eligibility for membership in the Planning Institute of British Columbia or the Canadian Institute of Planners is required.

Please apply online by December 15, 2025.

Copies of relevant professional certificates, degrees, or tickets will be required at the time of the interview. Please contact People and Culture at 604-294-7303 if you do not receive a confirmation email within one hour of submitting your application online at www.burnaby.ca/careers. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

We respectfully acknowledge that the City of Burnaby is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm Peoples (Kwikwetlem). Each Nation has distinct histories and distinct traditional territories that fully or partially encompass the city. We encourage you to learn more about the Host Nations whose ancestors have occupied and used these lands, including parts of present-day Burnaby, for thousands of years. We are grateful to be on this territory as we dedicate ourselves to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects our vibrant community and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, genders, ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences.