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Permitting Analyst

Full Time, Permanent – 35 hours per week

$65,806 - $83,723 annually (2024 Salary Grid)

Are you looking to work with exceptional people in the beautiful environment of the Kawartha Lakes doing important work? Are you inspired by purpose, a professional who enjoys a challenge with a workload that provides variety, creativity, and collaboration? Do you enjoy celebrating collective achievement? We are looking for ambitious people who share our values. If this sounds like a perfect fit, we want to talk to you!

The position

This position is integral to achieving customer satisfaction and is responsible for reviewing and processing permit applications, conducting permit inspections, and responding to inquiries from landowners, consultants, developers, municipalities, and other conservation authorities. The provision of excellent customer and client service is essential. You will work cross-functionally with all departments to ensure the issuance of development approvals is frictionless and assisting with all other inquiries regarding our permitting programs and services. Using continuous improvement as a model for service delivery, this position will assist in the development of policies and procedures to streamline the permitting process. This position requires a high level of organization and detail as you will be responsible for the electronic filing of records in our Information Management System (IMS).

Your attributes

You possess the knowledge and experience relevant to the responsibilities of the position and have a positive, professional, and credible reputation both internally and externally.

You are an ambassador of exceptional customer service to ensure our clients are welcomed, treated with respect, and receive an exceptional quality of service. You maintain strong relationships with municipal parties and general public by way of excellent service delivery.

You appreciate working in a team environment where supporting the success of others is just as important as your own success.

You appreciate the freedom to make independent technical decisions within the scope of your expertise and in keeping with provincial and Kawartha Conservation policies, guidelines, and procedures.

It is important to you to embrace and adopt the core values within our Strategic Plan to positively impact our organizational culture.  You are eager to embrace change, be adaptive and promote the policies of the organization to influence others.

Conditions of employment

Prior to the start date, the successful candidate is required to complete a satisfactory drivers abstract and Canadian Criminal Record Check, paid for by the employer.

All personal information is collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Kawartha Conservation is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available under the Ontario’s Human Rights Code.  

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