Landscape Architect
Requisition ID: 21093
Department: Public Works Dept.
Service: Parks Maintenance & Forestry Services
Branch: Forest Management Branch
Employment Type: 2 Full-time Temporary - Up to 2 years & Up to 18 months
Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CIPP
Salary Information: $85,947.68 - $104,577.20 annually (2025 rates of pay)
Location: 100 Constellation, Nepean
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Planning and Infrastructure
Application Close: 12/03/2026
JOB SUMMARY
The Forest Management unit is responsible for the City’s urban and rural forest programs and services including the Urban Forest Management Plan to manage the preservation, maintenance, and enhancement of the city’s urban and rural forest cover.
You are responsible for the implementation of tree planting programs and community outreach related to urban forestry in the City of Ottawa. Through the City’s tree planting programs, you plan and implement tree planting along streets, in parks and at City facilities, administer tree planting grant programs and implement planting strategies according to established guidelines.
You review and comment on site plans and provide effective recommendations for appropriate species and locations to minimize operational impacts and ensure sustainability of projects. You also supervise consulting and contracted services, lead teams on a project basis, and contribute to ongoing service delivery and service improvement initiatives in the branch.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Completion of 4 year degree in Landscape Architecture.
Minimum of 4 years of experience in landscape architecture including 2 years in the field involved in the management of landscape installation in an urban environment.
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- City, Department, and Branch policies and procedures pertaining to municipal landscape management
- Landscape design principles, tree and landscape installation, and maintenance best practices
- Provincial and municipal government legislation as it applies to landscape operations, such as Forestry Act, Weed Control Act, Pesticide Control Act., Municipal by-laws
- Horticulture, arboriculture and landscape maintenance life cycle principles and procedures
- Arboriculture and horticultural issues in landscape design, construction and maintenance
- Site development and government approval processes
- Plant Health Care (PHC) principles
- Project management principles and techniques
- Research methods
- Computer applications, including but not limited to MS Office, SAP, and AutoCAD and GIS
- Corporate financial and procurement procedures and policies
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers.
COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Work independently, with minimal direction, and collaboratively with staff
- Able to lead project teams, coordinate work scheduling/completion, and ensure work quality
- Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work and to deal effectively with multiple demands, conflicting priorities, pressures and deadlines
- Possess a strong interest in design and nature and ability to balance landscape function and aesthetics
- Able to prepare contractual documents, manage contracted work, and foster good working relationships with external contractors in order to achieve branch objectives
- Able to work collaboratively and to bring conflicting points of view to consensus
- Possess ability to perform data analysis and create and maintain statistical reports
- Possess effective interpersonal and oral/written communication skills
- Possess strong documentation, report writing and presentation skills
- Demonstrate leadership and initiative
- Able to think analytically, and be attentive to accuracy and detail
- Able to demonstrate sound judgement
- Resourceful, innovative
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to display tact, empathy and sensitivity and to exercise discretion
- Willing to work outside in all types of weather conditions
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing
- Driver’s License Requirement: A valid Ontario unrestricted G class driver’s license (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulated; This position requires the successful candidate to use their own transportation.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and non-binary persons, persons of all ethnic origins, religions, sexual orientations, classes, gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the Employee Service Centre at 613-580-2424 extension 12211 or via email at esc-cse@ottawa.ca.