Description
The Campus Planning within the Facilities Development is currently seeking a Full-time Regular Space and Utilization Planner.
The Space and Utilization Planner is a member of Campus Planning, a team dedicated to ensuring that the University of Calgary optimizes the use, development, and renewal of its physical space resources to support world-class learning and research. Reporting to the Specialist, Facilities Planning, the planner plays a key role in collecting, maintaining, analyzing, and disseminating the spatial data used to support the planning and delivery of accommodation strategies and space solutions across the University of Calgary. The planner also assists in developing planning solutions to the University of Calgary's growing and changing academic and research facilities needs.
Working closely with the Director and the Specialist, the planner is responsible for maintaining the accuracy and completeness of university spatial data, identifying process improvements in the collection, maintenance, and analysis of data, and working closely with various units within Facilities and across the university and provincial ministries to ensure efficient, effective, and appropriate dissemination of spatial data. Based on an accurate and complete inventory of spatial data, the planner is also responsible for completing a variety of analyses that are synthesized and disseminated verbally, as well as through briefing notes and reports to support strategic space decisions. In collaboration with the Specialist, the planners analysis informs the planning process for short, medium, and long-term campus growth requirements, as well as supports the Specialist with architectural space / functional programming work for minor and major capital proposals.
One key role of the planner is to maintain familiarity with space allocations and space functions across the entirety of the university (Main Campus, Foothills Campus, Spyhill Campus, Priddis, etc). This knowledge is developed over time, through walking tours, renovation project site visits, investigation of space data errors, and day-to-day interactions with faculties and units. This spatial data knowledge plays a vital role in developing and maintaining systems and data to support the planning of accommodation strategies and space solutions in support of the universities growing and ever-changing space requirements and needs of the university community.
During periods of peak activity, the planner will be expected to manage competing interests and meet multiple and simultaneous deadlines while maintaining high standards of accuracy and completeness. A professional and tactful approach to all interaction is required, the incumbent is a frequent representative of the senior offices of the university.
This position works Monday to Friday, regular business hours. Currently the work is hybrid with the expectation of in office work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays with the option to work remotely Monday, and Fridays. Work outside of regular business hours may be required during periods of peak activity. The position is based out of the Physical Plant (a busy, collaborative, open-office environment) located at the west edge of main campus. Travel to main campus and to other university campuses (e.g. Foothills, Spyhill, etc.) is required and access to a pool car is available.
Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):
Qualifications / Requirements:
Application Deadline: May 24, 2024.
We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.
This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Specialist / Advisor Jo b Family, Phase 3.
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About the University of Calgary
UCalgary is Canada's entrepreneurial university, located in Canada's most enterprising city. It is a top research university and one of the highest-ranked universities of its age. Founded in 1966, its 36,000 students experience an innovative learning environment, made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. It is Canada's leader in the creation of start-ups. Start something today at the University of Calgary. For more information, visit ucalgary.ca.
The University of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Strategy committing to creating a rich, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and supports Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous community partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in all that we do.
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