Senior Planner

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* Under minimal supervision, performs supervisory, complex and professional level work with discretion in the fields of planning and development services for the City’s Planning Department. May exercise direct supervision over assigned staff.
** Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter.
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* ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

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* * Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
** Reviews, manages, and processes complex current planning requests/projects in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan, Unified Development Code, and other adopted plans, studies, and development standards.
* Researches, interprets and explains codes and ordinance applications to specific projects, properties, or situations.
* Reviews and manages project applications to ensure that proposals meet City development standards.
* Responsible for identifying plat, site plan, and cases of other related application types that may require immediate or distinct attention. Responsible for reviewing these cases and guiding them to a final decision. This may include cases with unique intersections with City Code, unique physical or regulatory characteristics, or cases that simply have struggled to achieve an end result.
* Provides case management for more complex development project applications, including zoning, subdivision, comprehensive plan amendments, site plans, and other applications that require a higher level of review and management.
* Coordinates communication between applicant, City, and County departments for review comments; provides recommendations on how to address review comments.
* Prepares written reports and makes presentations to boards, commissions, committees, and the City Council.
* Provides technical support to boards, commissions and committees, and other special call meetings.
* Responds to complex questions from citizens, management, City officials, and others, and provides assistance.
* Oversees the preparation and reproduction of publications and educational materials issued by the Department.
* Plans, organizes and conducts neighborhood meetings, training sessions, and other outreach efforts. Speaks as City representative before public groups.
* Assists with special projects related to code revisions, manual updates, process review, and research to discover patterns and/or discrepancies.
* Supervises, trains and evaluates assigned staff members.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
* Assists with long-range planning and historic preservation efforts, as needed.
* Provides direct professional support to the Assistant Director
* Performs other related duties as assigned.
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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

**** Education, training and Experience Guidelines
** Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Planning, Geography, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a planning-related field. Five (5) years of full-time professional work experience in municipal planning. Two (2) years of the required experience must have been in a lead or supervisory capacity.

A Master’s degree in a planning-related field may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.
** Knowledge of:
*** Advanced knowledge of planning principles and practices used in all phases of urban planning.
* Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances regarding planning and zoning.
* Government organization and administration
* Principles, objectives, and procedures of…