Urban Planning / Landscape Architecture

Position: Project Manager (Urban Planner or Landscape Architect)
Organization: Evergreen
Location: Evergreen Brick Works, Don Valley, Toronto ON

Evergreen is seeking a Project Manager with a focus on public realm infrastructure projects, and expertise in urban planning or landscape architecture to join our team.

We are a national non-profit transforming public spaces in our cities for the health of people and our planet. With over 30 years of championing urban sustainability, we see the potential of our cities to solve some of the biggest issues facing our time and believe that our public spaces are the key to unlocking it. We see beyond the spaces that exist today and imagine them transformed into places where people and nature thrive.

Why Evergreen?

Evergreen employees consistently report that their colleagues are one of the best things about working here, so you will be joining a great team. What else is in it for you?

• Reduced work week (4.5 days) for all full-time staff.
• Flexible workday that aligns with your life needs and role responsibilities.
• Paid vacation, 3 paid personal days (Evergreen Days), and a paid day off on your birthday.
• Employer-paid extended health care and dental benefits, including a Health Care Spending Account, and access to mental health resources for all staff.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that support staff identifying as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, allies, and caregivers.
• Active workplace committees, including Health & Safety, IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility), and Employee Engagement.
• Professional development opportunities.
• A beautiful head office location surrounded by nature at Evergreen Brick Works, with a free shuttle bus from Broadview Station.

Key Accountabilities

This role requires a client-centered project leader with a strong track record in managing the delivery of urban infrastructure projects. They will be responsible for the following accountabilities and outcomes:

• Leading a portfolio of successful multi-partner, climate-ready landscape projects from initiation through engagement and design, aligning client needs with community priorities and site capabilities.
• Managing and monitoring project budgets and workplans.
• Building trust-based relationships with internal team members and external partners, including project proponents and other interest-holders across sectors and geographies.
• Ensuring a responsive, solution-based approach to client relationships and co-design processes.
• Managing a diverse range of work scopes, schedules, and project team skillsets with clarity and accountability.

What You’ll Bring

Success in this role will be supported by the following target qualifications and core competencies.

• A degree in Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in landscape planning/development.
• Demonstrated experience leading meaningful public engagement where differences of opinion are expected, and developing plans that reflect community needs from concept through schematic or detailed design.
• Experience working in a design consulting or similar environment.
• Familiarity with design implementation and construction coordination, even if not directly responsible for delivery.
• Familiarity with procurement processes, including issuing and responding to RFPs for consultants and services.
• A proven independent project leader who can see the big picture and manage the details, while building relationships with clients and partners.
• Ability to recognize and leverage internal team skillsets to build high performing, innovative project teams, offering clear direction to both internal staff and external consultants.
• An innovation mindset, with confidence to build new opportunities and act resourcefully in the face of challenges, delivering projects with maximum social and climate impact.

Not sure if you check every requirement on this list? That’s ok! We are still interested in hearing from you. We’d love to learn more about how your unique experience might make you a great addition to Evergreen.

Still Interested? Here are some other things you should know.

• This is a full-time, salaried role.
• The target hire rate for this role is $75,000 to $80,000. To ensure equity and transparency, our target hire rates are real and are not flexible. If this posted rate does not meet your needs, we ask that you save your application for a time when there is a role and salary that is a fit for you.
• The paid vacation allocation for this role is 15 days.
• This role is supervised by the Director, Planning and Development and may have direct reports.
• Regular presence on site at Brick Works is required, though there is flexibility within this role for some remote work. Occasional evening and/or weekend work, as needed, as well as occasional need to travel within Canada.
• Work environment is a collaborative office space focused on social impact and design excellence, based at Evergreen Brick Works in the Don Valley.

Our Recruitment Process

Interested applicants should submit their candidacy by Monday, August 4, 2025. Please limit your resume to three pages. Please also include a cover letter to introduce yourself and to give us further context on your job history and skills you’d like to highlight.

Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly by a member of our People & Culture team. Details regarding the recruitment process will be communicated to all interview candidates in advance. We are committed to ensuring that all applicants are notified when the role has been filled so that you aren’t left wondering about the position.

Evergreen is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Evergreen will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment cycle to applicants who request them. Please let us know if you require accommodation at any stage of the application process.

To apply, submit your application through our career portal.

Please mention you saw this at GoodWork.ca.