The Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) protects, maintains, and enhances Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment through administration of the Niagara Escarpment Plan: Canada’s longest-serving land use plan.
NEC employs 24 staff members who work in tandem with the 17-member Commission appointed by Order-in-Council. Nine members (including the Chair) represent the public-at-large, and eight municipally-elected members represent counties, cities and regions within the Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP) area.
Between two offices (in Owen Sound, Ont. and Georgetown, Ont.), NEC staff and Commissioners are situated across the 700-kilometre-long Escarpment area – from the Bruce Peninsula to the Niagara Region.
A supporting agency of the Ontario Government, staff members at the NEC are Ontario Public Service employees. Specifically, NEC staff are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Natural Resources. We offer challenging work and competitive pay and benefits in a hybrid environment.
Member
Position/Title: Member
Position type: Part-Time
Advertisement Date: 20-May-2025
Closing Date: 02-Jun-2025
The successful candidate must:
- be generally knowledgeable about policies in the NEPDA and the Niagara Escarpment Plan, with land use planning, natural resources, parks and protected systems management skills, experience, and knowledge an asset;
- be able to make objective and impartial recommendations;
- have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience in conducting or chairing meetings;
- have experience in negotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution.
Roles and Responsibilities
The Government of Ontario is seeking a local citizen to fill a vacancy for a public at large member (part time) on the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC).
The NEC is a “regulatory, non-board governed” provincial agency that operates in accordance with the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act (NEPDA) and the Agencies and Appointments Directive (AAD) of the Management Board of Cabinet (MBC).
The purpose of the NEPDA is to provide for the maintenance of the Niagara Escarpment and land in its vicinity substantially as a continuous natural environment, and to ensure only such development occurs as is compatible with that natural environment.
The NEC was established in 1973, under the NEPDA. The NEC makes decisions on development permit applications and provides advice to the Minister on Niagara Escarpment Plan policy items and proposed Niagara Escarpment Plan amendments.
Some of the responsibilities of a Public at Large Commissioner include:
- administration and implementation of the Niagara Escarpment Plan;
- attending regularly scheduled Commission meetings; and,
- reviewing materials in advance of regularly scheduled Commission meetings.
All appointees will be required to follow the provincial ethical framework set out for government public appointees in the AAD https://www.ontario.ca/page/agencies-and-appointments-directive and undertake any required training as directed by the Public Appointment Secretariat. If appointed, you will be subject to the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 and Conflict of Interest rules. Information is available on the Office of the Integrity Commissioner’s website: http://www.oico.on.ca/home. You may also be subject to other statutes, regulations, rules or directives that currently exist or may be established which are applicable to agencies, boards or commissions.
Student – Enforcement Assistant
City: Georgetown
Language of Position(s): English
Job Term: 5 Temporary positions of varying contract length over the summer
Job Code: Student 1 – Student Level 1, Student 2 – Student Level 2
Salary: $17.20 – $18.05 Per Hour*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
As an Enforcement Assistant, you may have the opportunity to work on some or all of the following activities:
- Assist officers and inspectors with the planning and organization of field activities, including routine field inspections of compliance, enforcement, promotion, inspection, and monitoring.
- Aid with resource management through data collection, data entry, compliance reporting, mapping, and inspection.
- Perform research, conduct analysis, and evaluate environmental information and data to produce reports.