Senior Planner, Affordable Housing
Senior Planner, Affordable Housing (12-month contract)
Development Services
About Milton
Join one of Ontario’s fastest growing and most dynamic municipalities. The Town of Milton is proud to deliver high-quality, sustainable municipal services that support a vibrant, inclusive, and forward-looking community where residents thrive, businesses succeed, and nature is respected and protected.
Our vision is to foster a safe, diverse, and welcoming environment—one that honours its natural landscapes and rich heritage, supports thriving and inclusive neighbourhoods, nurtures a strong and balanced economy, and offers exceptional opportunities to live, learn, work, and play.
What We Offer?
This contract position is eligible for the following:
•Annual Salary Range: $109,358 – $136,697
•Payment in Lieu of Benefits (for contracts over 12 months)
•Employee Assistance Program
•Eligibility to participate in the OMERS pension plan
•Paid time off, including vacation and incidental days (for contracts over 6 months)
•Employee perks/discounts: Discount on Active Living Pass and Perkopolis
•Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options and participation in the Town’s compressed work-week program (for eligible positions)
Position Summary
Reporting to the Director of Planning Policy and Urban Design, the Senior Planner, Affordable Housing, would be responsible for liaising with housing delivery partners and other levels of government, to ensure the timely development, monitoring and implementation of affordable housing initiatives.
Key Responsibilities Include:
•Co-ordinates the implementation of the Town’s affordable housing related initiatives.
•Ensures that Town policies, processes, and regulations work together to support and enable cost effective and timely delivery of affordable housing initiatives.
•Assists in the co-ordination of available resources and financial tools to support affordable housing initiatives, while building corporate and community capacity and awareness of affordable housing needs.
•Monitors and reports on affordable housing initiatives under the Town’s Housing Accelerator Fund and the Municipal Housing Pledge, including data gathering and progress tracking of initiatives.
•Undertakes background research and analysis on affordable housing and related issues; provides projections based on this analysis
•Supports the delivery of affordable housing initiatives by the private sector, not-for-profit organizations, co-operatives and the Region of Halton by establishing regular networking opportunities for sharing information about housing needs, identifying and discussing challenges and opportunities to the creation of affordable housing and ensuring alignment with council priorities and objectives.
•Supports the creation and retention of affordable housing by ensuring that planning policies, regulations and incentive programs are aligned with affordable housing targets and objectives.
•Works with Staff to advance affordable housing initiatives through the Town’s Official Plan, Secondary Plans and Comprehensive Zoning By-law as required.
•Provides technical input expertise, and coordination support for various policy projects to staff, Council, external agencies, the general public and the development industry.
•Provides guidance and advice to Staff on affordable housing policy proposals and development applications.
•Prepares Staff reports and recommendations on affordable housing initiative and associated policy matters based upon the application of established Provincial, Regional and Town policies, sound planning principles and professional judgment.
•Prepares terms of reference and the administration of consultant studies
•Project manage consultants and coordinate inter-departmental working groups on the consultation, development, and implementation of affordable housing supportive policies directed by Council.
Minimum Qualifications
•University degree in Community, Urban or Regional Planning or a discipline related to Housing and Public Policy, Public Administration or proven equivalent combination of education and experience.
•Minimum of three (3) years progressively responsible and directly related experience
•Full membership in the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (RPP) and the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP) or other related professional designation
•Experience in, program and policy development leading to implementation and delivery.
•Knowledge and experience in developing and/or implementing affordable housing programs, including planning, costing, team building, implementation strategies, and building in feedback and evaluation techniques.
•Knowledge and experience working with affordable and/or non-profit housing providers, partnerships and incentives.
•Demonstrated understanding of housing and land use planning policy frameworks, the municipal planning system, the development approval process and the housing market.
•Comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and grant funding or financing opportunities,
•Ability to write clear, precise, well organized and inclusive reports and recommendations for approval.
•Highly developed presentation skills and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate ideas, methods and recommendations to all levels of the organization, other technical experts, community partners and the general public using verbal, written and graphical techniques.
•Strong negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution and public relations skills.
•Proven project management, research, analytical and problem solving skills
•Experience with progress reporting, monitoring and data tracking.
•Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement, sound decisions and strategic thinking skills in order to advance projects, come up with solutions and implement results and deliverables.
•Good knowledge of computer applications such as MS Office Suite, database management, project management and online consultation tools.
Preferred Qualifications
•Project Management certification or Public Administration certificate or license
•Previous experience working in a public agency or municipal work setting
•Project Management certification or Public Administration certificate or license
Note to Applicants
This posting is for an existing job vacancy.
The Town is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, accessible, and respectful workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and are dedicated to fair and transparent hiring practice.
We thank all who apply, however only those selected to move forward in the process will be contacted.
Accommodations
Should you be selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. We will work with you to ensure your full participation in the process.
How to Apply
Interested applicants are invited to apply online at www.milton.ca under the Employment Opportunities section. Please ensure your application is submitted by 11:59 pm on Feburary 25, 2026.
If you are currently employed with the Town of Milton, please apply internally through the Jobs Hub app of your Workday account in order for your application to be processed as an internal applicant.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy legislation, applicant information is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act and will be used strictly for candidate selection.
