Planner II, 1.0 Regular (External Posting)

External Posting - applications from approved ESP casual and term employees and external candidates. (Regular (permanent) ESP employees must apply to the Internal posting)

About the OCDSB: The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional to join our team:

PLANNER II

Location: OCDSB Administration Building; 133 Greenbank Road Nepean

Position Status: Regular, Full-time (12 month work year)

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation: Educational Support Professionals (ESP)

Salary range: $79,589 to $100,584 (Level 10)

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Manager of Planning, the Planner is responsible for specific and ongoing projects related to educational facilities planning; develops and coordinates various studies and reports for the Board and Committees on all aspects of the planning function as it relates to existing and future schools; makes presentations at Board meetings and is involved in community consultation processes; initiates and coordinates a broad range of administrative and technical activities including assisting in the implementation of Board decisions.

Main Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Develops projected enrolments by school, grade and program by elementary and secondary panels and collection and analyzing historical data, grade retention rates, residential growth and projected pupil yield;
• Develops, coordinates and implements annual portable allocation process;
• Develops, coordinates, implements and presents work plans associated with pupil accommodation reviews, attendance boundary/grade structure/program offering studies;
• Compiles and researches information; prepares reports and makes recommendations on demographic and enrolment/facility capacity analysis;
• Participates in the planning of new communities in conjunction with City officials and residential developers throughout the planning stages of new communities to establish future school requirements.

Qualifications

• Completion of a university degree in Planning or a related discipline; and minimum 4 years experience in an education or community facilities planning-related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
• Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, or Member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute is considered an asset.
• Experience with GIS tools, Baragar Systems products (GeoSchool and Demographic Dynamics), Google Workspace and Microsoft Office would be an asset.
• Understanding of strategic planning and techniques;
• Interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills to provide, clarify and exchange information to community groups and Board personnel and prepare correspondence and reports.
• Ability to use tact, diplomacy and discretion when communicating information to Board personnel, community organizations/groups, parents and the public.
• Organization and time management skills to prioritize work, manage multiple priorities, and concurrent demands and meet established timelines.
• Project management skills required to lead project studies.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills when speaking to community groups and formulating recommendations and alternatives.
• Strong presentation skills required to present reports to the District, community and/or school council groups.
• Research and analytical skills required to conduct studies, compile and retrieve information, to analyze data and synthesize statistics.
• Initiative and judgment required to coordinate activities and studies, and recommend solutions and/or alternatives.
• Must be able to work independently, with minimal direction and supervision; and works well within a team environment.
• Access to reliable transportation required for travel to external meetings.

Application Process

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Apply to Education (ATE) to manage applications for job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account. Please ensure your resume is in the Board approved format before submitting your application.

If you are not a Board employee and do not have an existing ATE account, you will be asked to create one at . Choose Job Category 'ECE, EA and Support Staff'.

Applications will be considered in accordance with the ESP Collective Agreement, in the following order:

• Applications from Regular full-time and part-time employees within the ESP bargaining unit are given first consideration. (Internal Posting)
• Applications from term and casual employees within the ESP bargaining unit are given 2nd consideration. (External Posting)
• Applications from External candidates (including Board employees that do not belong to this bargaining unit) will be considered only if applications from 1 & 2 have been exhausted.

If you are a Regular part-time ESP member and also on the ESP Casual List, you will see both postings. However, you must apply to the "Internal" Job posting in order to be given 1st consideration.

In accordance with the collective agreement, a newly hired regular employee is not eligible to accept another position for a period of six (6) months.

OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.

If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to View email address on apply.j-vers.com at any time.