How you'll make a difference:
- Explore innovative policy and design solutions as part of the creative process within a collaborative and multi-disciplinary team dynamic.
- Deliver projects efficiently and effectively through inspirational leadership of the urban planning and design team members.
- Support the continued development of in-house expertise and methodologies
- Ongoing development of expertise in policy and design communication.
- Contribute to both broad and deep engagement on several plans, urban designs, policies, and strategies for both public and private sector clients.
- Contribute to all aspects of our planning and urban design practice, from early analysis and visioning, to the creation of conceptual and policy directions, and recommendations to implement and realize a diversity of great, complex, urban environments.
- Work collaboratively with a cross-disciplinary team of people.
- Lead compelling presentations at municipal and public meetings.
Who you are:
- A believer in the power of human-centered design and interested in exploring practices to improve DIALOG’s user research and engagement methods.
- Have a strong interest in planning theory.
- A degree in Urban Planning or a related discipline. A Master’s degree is an asset.
- Registered Professional Planner (RPP) and Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP) designations are preferred. Eligible candidates will be considered.
- 4 to 7 years of experience in community, municipal, or regional planning, ideally in a consulting environment.
- Able to lead large projects and teams with minimal supervision, including proposal preparation, team management, consultant coordination and client management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a focus on effective collaboration and integration.
- Inclusive, curious, and patient – you welcome all perspectives. You can connect with people on a deep level.
- Able to harness your compelling written and spoken skills to communicate design and policy.
- Highly organized – you enjoy bringing order to complexity and have acute attention to detail.
- Interested in collaborating and working with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Adaptable and comfortable with change. Nimble and able to respond to varying project needs.
- A motivated, quick learner with an entrepreneurial spirit that takes initiative and is proactive.
- Someone who values collaboration, diversity, aspiration, and optimism.
While not required, you’ll stand out with:
- IAP2 Certificate
- Project management experience
- Experience with programs such as Adobe Suite, GIS, and 3D modeling software
- Experience in participating in or facilitating creative, innovative, and accessible stakeholder and/or public engagement
- Strong abilities in visual and graphic communication
- GBA+ and other certifications
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What We Do
Hello. Glad you stopped by. In fact, we were hoping you’d stop by because we’re unabashedly passionate about design and love to connect with those who feel the same.
We’re a team of architects, urban planners, interior designers, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers, and landscape architects who truly believe design can, and should, meaningfully improve the wellbeing of our communities and the environment we all share.
And we don’t just say that. We mean it!
We’ve come together because we see the important challenges facing communities becoming increasingly complex. We believe the diverse perspectives and expertise of our multidisciplinary team uniquely position us to tackle these challenges in ways our competitors can't. We even have clients who would tell you we’ve made the impossible possible!
Our work includes designing for urban vibrancy, health and wellness, transportation, education, arts and culture, residential, retail, and commercial, as well as mixed-use solutions which incorporate an increasing number of these.
As a group of creatives, we’re known as people who think outside the box. But the truth is we’re usually pushing, pulling, cutting, carving, sketching and modelling our clients' needs that eventually become places for communities to enjoy.
If you’re interested in thinking outside the box with us, we want to hear from you
