Position Information
Hiring Department: Urban Planning + Design
Posting End Date: Open until filled.
FLSA status: Exempt
Salary: $70,510.00 - $110,510.00 Annually
Educational Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration or urban regional planning or design or related field, and four years professional experience in urban or regional planning, including two (2) years of supervisory or lead experience.
General Purpose: Under general direction, monitor, supervise and coordinate the development of the City's comprehensive plan.
Typical Duties:
Perform advanced, professional level planning work and serve as project manager. Involves: Oversee and supervise the development of the City's capital plan by managing various planning and transportation studies. Provide local expertise to link public and private investment as well as identifying projects through various studies which implement the City’s comprehensive plan. Establish scope, schedule, and expectations of project objectives. Monitor work in progress. Lead the development of a capital project list, policy recommendations including land use, transportation and economic development policies. Coordinate projects and components of planning studies with staff in other departments to include, but not limited to, traffic engineering, engineering and quality of life departments. Assist with the development of future capital plans.
Serve as project manager on City's various planning studies. Involves: Coordinate with other city departments, government agencies, engineers, developers and consultants. Assist the department in providing information, technical assistance and professional guidance to boards and commissions, City Council, city management, developers and the general public.
Represent the department at public meetings related to the planning studies. Involves: Prepare plans, ordinances, resolutions and other documents for presentation, review and discussion. Attend public meetings, commission and committee meetings, city council, neighborhood meetings and others as requested. Present technical reports, studies, grants and other information.
Supervise assigned personnel. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates. Provide for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.