Community Development Technician

The Community Development Department is composed of the Building & Life Safety Division, Planning & Engineering Division, and the Business Operations Division. The operational center of the Department is the Permit Center. The Permit Center is where Building and Land Use permits are issued for properties within the city limits of Stockton. This position functions under the Building & Life Safety Division but the incumbent will be expected to provide quality customer service and issue a variety of permit types across the Planning and Building Divisions of the Department.

This position also supports the Department's efforts to provide online services such as online permits and electronic plan review. There is currently one (1) vacancies in the Permit Center.

The incumbents will work a standard City 9/80 work week: 7:30 a.m.

- 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. Fridays, with alternate Fridays off.

Incumbents in this position are included in the Civil Service system, in a "for-cause" employment status,and are represented by Stockton City Employees' Association. (Classified/Represented)

This position is eligible to receive five (5) Veteran's Preference Points for entrance into the Civil Service. Veteran's Preference Points will not be granted on the promotional list. If you believe you may qualify for Veteran's Preference Points, a
DD-214 Member 4copy indicating at least 181 consecutive days of service with honorable discharge must be received in the Human Resources Department by the final filing date (see supplemental question #9 for details).

Under general supervision, performs a wide variety of technical, clerical, public information and customer service duties in support of the Community Development Department; provides information and answers questions at the public counter and/or by phone and digital media; conducts intake of applications and plans; conducts compliance review of ministerial and policy review of light discretionary cases; issues permits for planning, engineering, fire prevention, and building services;

conducts fee calculations; conducts remedial data collection and research analysis; assists with permit tracking; maintains and updates the City’s computerized land use inventory system; provides support for Geographical Information System (GIS) applications; and performs related work as assigned.

Incumbents may be assigned to either level in the series, provided that they possess the required education and experience, and successfully demonstrate proficiency which meets the minimum qualifications for the class to which they are to be assigned. The Community Development Technician is distinguished from the Senior Community Development Technician in that the latter has responsibility as a lead worker and a higher degree of knowledge, expertise, and ability to independently handle progressively more difficult and complex assignments with less supervision.

is the entry-journey level class in this technical/clerical/public information/customer service series. Initially, under close supervision, incumbents learn departmental and City technical and specialized rules, regulations, policies, procedures and activities related to planning, engineering and building functions. As experience is gained, under general supervision, incumbents perform the full range of assigned duties.

• Provides a high level of customer service to both external and internal customers; addresses inquiries from visitors at the Community Development Department, as well as from telephone calls, emails, website and other digital media inquiries; conducts intake processing and issuance of planning, engineering and building permit applications.
• Conducts digital scanning and data entry into the permit tracking system; conducts records management; researches assignments; and performs census track studies.
• Reviews plans and specifications for basic information; tracks plans through the permitting process; issues permits collects fees and prepares receipts as required.
• Researches and assembles information from a variety of sources for the preparation of reports or completion of forms; uses spreadsheets and makes arithmetic and statistical calculations.
• Proofreads materials for accuracy, completeness, compliance with departmental polices, formatting and correct English usage, including grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• Prepares correspondence, reports, forms, receipts, brochures and specialized documents from drafts, notes, brief instructions, corrected copy or prior materials using a personal computer.
• Prepares written reports and exhibits for use in a variety of public meetings and hearings.
• Assists in the processing of parcel and subdivision maps and agreements.
• Provides staff support to the Geographic Information System, land use inventory and permit tracking system and other technology programs.
• At the senior…