Island Planner

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Job Description Islands Trust 1 
 
 
JOB PROFILE 
Position # 36544,00060074 (VIC)  
36553, 00119474, 122783 (SSI) 
00098592,00052410 (GAB) 
 
 
TITLE: 
Island Planner (Senior Planner) 
CLASSIFICATION: (Grid 27) 
MINISTRY:
 
Islands Trust; Ministry of Housing and Municipal 
Affairs 
WORK UNIT: 
Planning Services
 
 
 
SUPERVISOR TITLE: Regional Planning Manager   SUPERVISOR POSITION #:  00036550 (SSI) 
    00036532 (GAB) 
    00036529 (VIC) 
              
 
PROGRAM  
Located  in  Coast  Salish  territory,  the  Islands  Trust  is  a special  purpose  government  mandated  to  preserve  and 
protect over 450 islands in the Salish Sea. Created by the Province via the Islands Trust Act in 1974, the Islands 
Trust plans and regulates local land use, advocates on key environmental issues, and protects land through the 
Islands Trust Conservancy. The Islands Trust works closely with First Nations and other agencies to accomplish 
its preserve and protect mandate. 
Trust Council is the 26-member locally elected body that governs the Islands Trust, comprised of two local trustees 
from  each  of  12  local  trust  areas  and  two  municipal  trustees  from  Bowen  Island.  Along  with  a  chairperson 
appointed by Trust Council, two elected trustees form a Local Trust Committee (LTC) to make land use decisions 
for each local trust area. Trust Council meets quarterly to discuss and act on matters affecting the entire Islands 
Trust Area, including setting the annual budget, adopting the Policy Statement, and establishing policies that guide 
the delivery of planning services. 
 
JOB OVERVIEW 
 
The  Island  Planner  is responsible for  leadership, management and  implementation  of  all planning  activities  to 
support one or more Local Trust Committees (LTCs) and their community commissions and committees within 
an assigned team or regional area of the Islands Trust. Reporting to a Regional Planning Manager (RPM), the Island 
Planner draws upon their comprehensive knowledge of planning practices, planning legislation, and professional 
experience, and works with a high degree of independence, acting as project managers for assigned projects and 
ensuring their  timely  completion.  The  Island  Planner  is  also  responsible  for  other  planning  related  duties 
including: processing planning applications and referrals of varying complexity, preparing covenants and other 
legal  documentation  in  consultation  with  Islands  Trust  legal  advisors,  and  representing  Islands  Trust  Local 
Planning Services at LTC meetings, with agencies and First Nations, and in other public and professional forums. 
The role requires commitment to Trust Council’s best practices for service delivery, community engagement, and 
reconciliation with First Nations. 
 
ACCOUNTABILITIES 
 
• Provides professional planning advice, analysis, and recommendations to assigned LTCs in accordance 
with the Islands Trust Act, Local Government Act, Policy Statement, and Trust C

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