Senior Engagement Specialist
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- Toronto, ON
- $89,800 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
This is your chance to make a meaningful impact on the future of communities across Ontario. In this role, you'll lead innovative consultation and engagement strategies that support municipal planning and environmental projects that define how people live, move, and thrive. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary experts and help guide major planning initiatives that influence real decisions and real outcomes.Your Impact
- Lead public consultation and engagement strategies that shape municipal planning studies and environmental planning projects, ensuring community voices are heard and reflected.
- Provide strategic advice to clients and project teams on stakeholder relations, engagement risks, communication tactics, and regulatory alignment.
- Plan, deliver, and report on engagement programs aligned with municipal planning requirements and IAP2 methodology.
- Organize, facilitate, and synthesize outputs from public meetings, open houses, virtual sessions, and multi-stakeholder workshops.
- Manage engagement schedules, budgets, deliverables, and business development opportunities across complex, multidisciplinary projects.
- Mentor and guide junior team members to build strong engagement capability across the business.
- Collaborate with planners, engineers, communications specialists, and environmental professionals to deliver high-quality client-ready materials and technical documentation.
- Champion health and safety, inclusion, and accessibility in all engagement activities.
- You hold a degree in Planning, Environmental Studies, Geography, or a related discipline and are eligible for (or hold) membership with OPPI, CIP, or IAP2.
- You have hands-on experience leading consultation and engagement programs in municipal or environmental planning environments.
- You have facilitated public meetings both in-person and virtually, using clear facilitation techniques to build trust and meaningful participation.
- You are comfortable navigating planning regulations, municipal application processes, and multi-stakeholder environments.
- You excel at synthesizing complex information into clear, compelling reports, memos, and engagement summaries.
- You thrive in dynamic settings - whether onsite, in the community, or collaborating with internal teams - and consistently uphold quality, organization, and responsiveness.
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.About Us:WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.At WSP:
- We value our people and our reputation
- We are locally dedicated with international scale
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo
- We foster collaboration in everything we do
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable