City of North Vancouver

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER
Manager, Transportation Planning
Regular Full Time

The City of North Vancouver is the urban core of the beautiful North Shore and has a long-term vision to be “The Healthiest Small City in the World”, with five key priorities to be a City for People, a Liveable City, a Vibrant City, a Connected City and a Prosperous City.

We are looking for a strategic, collaborative and results oriented Manager, Transportation Planning to join our Planning and Development Department; focused on long-range transportation planning and transportation policy.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Planning and Development, the Manager, Transportation Planning will lead a team of professionals to assist in setting new directions on a wide variety of municipal, regional, and provincial transportation issues. These include: leading the development of new and revised plans for roadways, transit and active transportation; securing and preparing for significant investments in transit infrastructure in the City; advancing the City’s efforts to deliver great, multi-modal streets; providing technical support to analyze the impacts of developments; and delivering creative transportation demand management programs.

The Manager, Transportation Planning will have a thorough understanding of how transportation services are planned and provided by all levels of government in the Lower Mainland. The Manager will lead, manage and monitor the section’s performance including operating and capital budgets and will draw upon knowledge and experience of transportation planning principles to produce memos, reports, and studies and present this information to internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant discipline with significant related experience as well as progressively responsible leadership and management experience.  The ideal candidate will also have excellent communications, planning, project management and leadership attributes and will be able to work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative and creative manner to assist the City in setting and achieving transportation objectives.  

To be successful in this position, candidates must have the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with elected officials, stakeholders, and the general public; proven interpersonal and management skills including the ability to guide and direct a team of professionals and build a cohesive and collaborative work environment as well as manage change and conflict.  The ability to make quality, timely decisions, sometimes with incomplete information, based upon experience and sound judgment is also required.

During the recruitment process, applicants will be requested to provide a current Police Information Check (PIC).

We offer an attractive remuneration and benefits package for this exempt position, including a compressed work schedule.

If you’re passionate about making the City of North Vancouver an even greater place to live, apply online through the Career Portal at www.cnv.org by Sunday, June 12, 2022.

Thank you for your interest in the City of North Vancouver.

2022-0104                                                                         

May 27, 2022