Manager, Neighbourhood Planning and Development

Manager, Neighbourhood Planning and Development (Contract)

Manager, Neighbourhood Planning and Development (1‑Year Contract). Pay range: $75,000 – $85,000 per year.

United Way Greater Toronto is seeking a Manager, Neighbourhood Planning and Development to join our team in a 1‑year contract role.

Reporting to the Director, Strategic Initiatives, the Manager will help us map and understand how neighbourhoods across Toronto, York, and Peel are changing. This role will focus on analyzing development applications, planning initiatives, and creating integrated neighbourhood profiles that capture developments, community organizations, and local planning efforts. By turning data and mapping into strategy, the Manager will equip UWGT to make more informed investment decisions and ensure neighbourhood growth is inclusive and community driven.

• Analyze and map plans, proposals, and recommendations from developers and government divisions to inform UWGT’s position on planning‑related opportunities and strategize appropriate plan of action, including facilitating connections between multi‑stakeholder initiatives and neighbourhood planning processes.
• Facilitate assessing the impact of proposed planning projects and local investments on local stakeholders (neighbourhood residents, businesses and service agencies).
• In partnership with local stakeholders, identify and assess community priorities in selected neighbourhoods in relation to neighbourhood goals.

• Provide guidance to team and external partners on planning and development processes, including equitable approaches to resident engagement and participation, partnership development, and multi‑year neighbourhood planning to support the effective implementation of UWGT’s place‑based strategies.
• Facilitate engagement with local stakeholders and community partners in the development and execution of multi‑year plans and social charters (i.e. ILEO, Community Benefit Frameworks, Community Development Plans) aligned to short and long‑range neighbourhood planning and development strategies.

• Represent UWGT and participate in appropriate external tables around planning and liaise with key stakeholders, other funders, developers, landlords and governments, to keep partners informed, develop and coordinate joint initiatives, build partner capacity, and exchange information.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to ensure UWGT’s priorities and goals are achieved including but not limited to Corporate Donor Relations and Product Development (donor engagement), Research, Public Policy & Evaluation (evaluation and neighbourhood profiles), Communications & Public Affairs (media and stories), and across the portfolio of community impact initiatives.

• Oversee design of granting processes (applications and funding packages) and other associated tools (i.e. reporting templates) in line with funding opportunities in neighbourhoods.
• Establish partnership contracts and memoranda of understanding, oversee achievement of key project deliverables including ensuring accurate reporting and financial accountability.
• Plan and manage implementation of projects of varying size and complexity.

• Develop cross‑neighbourhood plans, tools and templates for learning and reflection on UWGT’s place‑based interventions and support development of compelling narratives of UWGT’s work through a neighbourhood lens.
• Identify social and community issues to be addressed in neighbourhood‑based policy development in coordination with the Communication and Public Affairs team.

• 3–5 years of experience in planning/community planning, development, engagement, or project management, ideally within neighbourhood‑based or place‑based initiatives.
• Post‑secondary education in urban planning, urban studies, geography or related fields and/or equivalent work‑related experience in neighbourhood planning, community revitalization, local economic development, or community development.
• Strong knowledge of land‑use planning tools,…