PROJECT MANAGER WATERFRONT

City of Toronto; Union (NJ); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Manager to lead transformative waterfront renewal initiatives. This role involves collaborating with various city officials and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution, from planning to implementation. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, a commitment to city building, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and inclusivity while contributing to impactful urban development. If you are passionate about making a difference in community planning, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in relevant fields with project management experience.
• Extensive experience in delivering complex planning projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate waterfront renewal projects for the City.
• Manage interagency agreements and develop strategic policies.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Conflict Resolution

Financial Planning

Research Methodologies

Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Education

Post-secondary education in planning, engineering, business, finance, or economics

Job description

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• Division & Section: City Planning, CP Waterfront Secretariat
• Work Location:City Hall, 100 Queen Street West
• Job Type & Duration:Full-time, Temporary (24 months)
• Shift Information:Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
• Affiliation: Non-Union
• Number of Positions Open: 1
• Posting Period:09-May-2025 to 26-May-2025

Job Description

Reporting to the Waterfront Project Director, the Project Manager will lead and facilitate key City of Toronto waterfront renewal projects, both within and outside the designated waterfront area, to ensure Council's public objectives are achieved. Primary responsibilities will include:

Major Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Director, Chief Planner, Deputy City Manager and senior officials in City Planning and other City Divisions and Agencies to manage complex multi-agency initiatives related to waterfront revitalization, including governance, planning, infrastructure development, finance, environmental management and project implementation
• Negotiates and manages interagency agreements, memoranda of understanding, legal agreements and legislation, in coordination with City Legal and other divisions
• Develops and implements detailed plans, master plans, environmental assessments, risk management plans and audits, and recommends the creation of strategic policy, practices and protocols in accordance with the Official Plan, Central Waterfront Secondary Plan and other policies
• Anticipates and analyzes organizational impacts of emerging waterfront programs and activities; recommends and coordinates innovative corporate solutions using conflict resolution and negotiation skills, to successfully manage sensitive and controversial matters
• Retains and manages external consultants on project-specific assignments and studies, developing and overseeing the preparation of purchasing documents (RFQs, RFPs), valuation of proposals and coordination of consultant work, ensuring timely delivery of services and value for money
• Project manages information and action requests from Council, including preparing Council reports and briefing materials on funding, business and infrastructure planning, financial and contract management, land valuation, governance, legislative compliance, legal agreements and other related matters
• Represents the City of Toronto in a professional manner and advocates the corporation's values, principles and objectives in a variety of forums, including community and stakeholder meetings, and resolves jurisdictional matters with Waterfront Toronto, City Divisions, Agencies, Boards and Commissions, provincial and federal governments, task forces and steering committees
• Creates and manages interdisciplinary and interagency teams and consultation processes to expedite the delivery of waterfront projects while addressing political, community, business and other stakeholder interests
• Assists in managing, hiring, motivating and training unit staff, ensuring effective team work, high standards of organizational performance, continuous learning and innovation
• Ensures compliance of Waterfront Toronto programs with City budget, policies, plans, joint agreements and protocols, including Contribution Agreements with other orders of government Develops, recommends and administers the annual capital and operating budgets as well as project budgets, ensuring expenditure control
• Leads the analysis and verification of program costs on behalf of all government partners in compliance with Memoranda of Understanding, the TWRC Act and the City of Toronto Act; reviews and monitors funding transfers and identifies quantitative and qualitative factors in
• Waterfront Toronto service levels, including progress on achieving deliverables
• Leads the development of strategic and innovative approaches to sound financial planning, including financial reporting and land management protocols, and negotiation of tri-government project funding
• Coordinates the City’s issues management, communications and public consultation processes with waterfront partners in accordance with established communications and reporting protocols Represents and supports the Director at conferences, and interagency, intergovernmental, senior staff and steering committee meetings
• Conducts research into assigned areas ensuring that such research takes into account developments within the field, corporate policies and practices, legislation and initiatives by other levels of government

Key Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in a professional discipline pertinent to the job function, including areas such as planning, engineering, business, finance, economics, accounting, combined with relevant project management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Extensive experience delivering complex planning projects, from inception to implementation with minimal direction
• Extensive experience with research methodologies and long-range broad-based policy formulation
• Extensive experience working with internal and external stakeholders, while balancing political and community interests
• Ability to use critical thinking and analysis to develop creative solutions to complex problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, senior management and political representatives
• Demonstrated proficiency in conflict resolution in complex, multi-stakeholder situations.
• A strong commitment to city building, including the ability to lead change, be flexible, responsive, critical and innovative
• Ability to lead issues related to brownfield management and redevelopment, and environmental assessment processes
• Knowledge of legislative and contractual obligations and related corporate policies, including expertise in City operating and capital budgets, purchasing, financial planning, and contract management policies and procedures
• Familiarity with key Ontario statutes, such as the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Hybrid Work Program

The City of Toronto's Workplace Modernization Program is re-imagining how we work in our workplace. Its vision is to provide flexibility to our employees around how we work and where we work. It will also support a better work-life balance, improved job satisfaction and employee engagement. Improving the work experience is at the core of this program and everyone plays a significant role in its realization. We have introduced the Hybrid Work Program which supports amore modern and flexible way of working. The hybrid approach will allow us to keep the best of remote work while integrating the important aspects of in-person collaboration and team-work.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The City is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness that reflects the diverse residents that we serve. Learn more about the City’s commitment to employment equity .