Senior Advisor, Development (Landmark Projects)

The Landmark Projects group in Infrastructure Ontario’s Development division is tasked with finding innovative and commercially feasible solutions to some of Ontario’s most high-profile and complex real estate challenges. The team is charged with optimizing unique land and building assets within the province to create the opportunity for highly impactful development projects that can deliver both public policy priorities and commercial benefits. Although each project will demand a bespoke solution, foundational to the design and execution of these initiatives are the concepts of unlocking value through increased revenues, reducing costs to government, and improving social and economic outcomes as part of a city-building process.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with a Director and the Vice President of Landmark Projects to influence, coordinate, and manage the delivery of complex real estate and development projects on behalf of the government.
• Collaborate as part of a larger multi-disciplinary team to provide support to the Ontario Place Redevelopment and Ontario Science Centre Relocation projects as well as other new mandates.
• Identify and assess business development opportunities that will grow Landmark Projects’ mandate and maximize public impact and benefit.
• Conduct feasibility assessments on sites across the province, including strategy development, key partner engagement, site analysis, financial analysis, concept design and testing, issues identification, evaluation, and assessment.
• Oversee planning and development approvals for various projects and support the delivery of new innovative provincial planning frameworks.
• Distill complex processes, analysis, and findings into clear, concise, and coherent reports, briefing notes, and presentations. Communicate and present analysis and recommendations to your Director, government officials, and other key partners.
• Build and manage positive relations with Ministry clients and municipal officials, including regular communications, meetings, briefings, and day-to-day interaction.
• Project manage high-profile, politically sensitive files, including set-up and management activities (e.g., work/resource planning, budgeting, reporting), client relations, advisor management, and internal IO staff management.

Who We Are Looking For

• Experience in urban planning, real estate development, or urban revitalization.
  Knowledge and understanding of land use planning, master planning, land development, and precinct planning with experience in municipal development approval processes [similar to the Official Plan Amendment (OPA), Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA), Site Plan Approval (SPA), etc.] and other permitting/authorities processes [similar to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), etc.].
• Experience with large-scale, multi-phased revitalization projects is an asset.
• Knowledge of provincial planning and development legislation (e.g., Planning Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Ontario Heritage Act, PPS, etc.) and awareness of emerging changes to the legislative context in Ontario.
• Exposure to financial analysis, modeling, and feasibility analysis to support business case development and/or real estate development projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a larger multi-disciplinary, inter-departmental team.
• Project management experience of complex, multi-faceted development projects and demonstrated ability to manage, coordinate, and track diverse project-based teams (scope development, project budget, schedule, issues tracking, reporting, consultant oversight, etc.).
• Experience with public consultation and key partner engagement activities.
  Experience working and communicating with municipal authorities.
• Willingness to take initiative and work on your own. Ability to balance conflicting project demands to prioritize outcomes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with strong PowerPoint skills. MS Project experience is an asset.
• Relevant professional learnings in urban planning, real estate development, or related fields.
• Experience in business development, real estate transaction structuring, real estate negotiations, development management, construction management, and public sector processes is considered an asset
• If you currently hold, have held, or are working toward a professional planning designation it is considered an asset

What Is In It For You

• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purpose-driven in-person collaboration opportunities.
• A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future.
• A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
• A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.
• Access to our $1000 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.
• Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and licence fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role.
• Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs
• A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.