Community Planner

Community Planner

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The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is looking for a full‑time Community Planner, GS‑0020‑12 located at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

You will serve as a community planning professional at an Air Force (AF) installation responsible for managing activities related to human as well as physical aspects of community, regional, urban, comprehensive, and land use planning in support of an installation. Projects and problems are of such size that the incumbent must divide the projects so that others can carry portions to completion.

Assignments typically require interpretation or extension of policy guides, substantial modification of techniques and procedures, or the development of innovative approaches to solve specific problems in a civil engineering base community planning.

• Salary: $101,401 - $131,826
• Travel authorized up to 25%
• Permanent position
• AFCS Benefits:
• Paid Time Off:
• 11 Federal Holidays each year
• 13 sick leave days earned per year (accumulative)
• Paid Vacation Time:
• 13-26 days per year based on length of employment
• Life Insurance:
• Health Insurance:
  No waiting period to qualify for you and your family
• Retirement:
• Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
• Basic Benefits Plan
• Social Security
• Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401(k) (Automatically receive 1% agency contributions and up to 5% matching)

• US citizenship is required
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret Security Clearance
• A significant background of practical experience as well as a thorough grasp of theory to identify and define the nature and scope of obscure problems is required.
• Extensive experience in a specific area of planning (e.g., Planning Law, Spatial Planning, Transportation Planning, Land Use Planning, and Environmental Planning) is typically required.
• A degree in community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance, urban planning, community or regional planning, architecture, economics or a related field is highly desirable.
• Professional knowledge of community planning concepts, principles, theories, regulations, and methods necessary to identify and inform investment strategies for the repair, maintenance, sustainment, and development of installation facilities and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of automated tools, systems, and programs such as SMS Builder, CPP, CADD, GIS, project tracking, and other software programs.
• Certificate from the American Institute of Certified Planners is preferred.
• Urban Planner, City Planner, City/Town Manager, Zoning Manager, Airport Planning and Transportation Planning.

Apply by clicking the apply button and upload resume (PDF or Word Doc) and/or additional documents (Transcripts, certifications, Vet Docs (DD214), SF-45).

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