Senior Planner

Senior Planner

This Safety Sensitive (SS) position is responsible for assisting in administering planning and development activities for the City.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Processes applications for developments permitted under the zoning ordinance; coordinates review by other City departments. This duty is performed daily.
• Processes applications for conditional use projects including drafting staff reports for the Planning Commission. This duty is performed monthly.
• Reviews subdivision plats to determine compliance with City subdivision regulations. This duty is performed monthly.
• Inspects projects under construction to ensure compliance with regulations and Planning Commission conditions; issues zoning certificates. This duty is performed weekly.
• Coordinates with other City departments on projects under review by the Planning Commission, Planning Department or Board of Adjustment. This duty is performed daily.
• Reviews and processes applications for variances. This duty is performed monthly.
• Responds to citizens' questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner ensuring that citizens receive the information or advice they need. This duty is performed daily.
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate staff and officials. This duty is performed daily.
• Informs supervisor concerning work progress, potential work problems and provides suggestions for new or improved policies. This duty is performed weekly.
• Assists in the review of annexation requests, the submission of approved annexations to the US Department of Census Bureau and in the correction and update of maps and records. This duty is performed annually.
• Provides information and training for new personnel. This duty is performed as needed.
• Collects and organizes data; conducts analysis; performs research; interprets and presents findings in regards to City planning. This duty is performed as needed.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops and training sessions; stays current with developments in the principles and practices of City planning; maintains professional standing in the field of urban planning. This duty is performed as needed.
• Acts as administrative zoning official in the absence of the Planning Director. This duty is performed as needed.
• Operates a City vehicle in the performance of essential job functions. This duty is performed as needed.
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and Experience:

Broad knowledge of such fields as accounting, marketing, business administration, finance, etc. Equivalent to a four year college degree, plus 3 years related experience and/or training, and 12 to 18 months related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Communication

Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and understand the most complex documents; ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints; ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style; ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Mathematical

Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane, algebra, solid geometry and trigonometry.

Critical Thinking

Skills:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Required Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Valid driver's license

Preferred Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

AICP

Software

Skills Required:

Intermediate:
Presentation/PowerPoint, Word Processing/Typing

Basic:
Contact Management, Database, Spreadsheet

Initiative and Ingenuity:

Supervision Received:

Under direction where a definite objective is set up and the employee plans and arranges own work, referring only unusual cases to supervisor.

Planning:

Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work; may also occasionally assist in the…