Borough Certification Manager​/Senior Planner

• Full-time
• Agency: DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING
• Job Category:
  Engineering, Architecture, & Planning
• Salary Band: $90,000 to $100,000
• Compensation: USD 85,175 - USD 97,951

DISCLAIMER:
Only candidates with permanent Civil Service status in the City Planner title, those reachable on the City Planner active list (exam #5045), or New York City employees serving in a comparable civil service title can be considered for this position.

THE AGENCY

The Department of City Planning (DCP) plans for the future of New York City, working to create thriving and dynamic neighborhoods with access to housing and jobs, resilient infrastructure, and a vibrant public realm. The Department engages communities to develop inclusive plans, expands housing access and economic opportunity, and plans for long-term sustainability.

DCP supports the City Planning Commission in its annual review of hundreds of land use applications. The Department also advises on citywide strategic and capital planning, analyzes data, conducts policy analysis, and creates open data and civic engagement tools.

The Department of City Planning offers staff meaningful opportunities to help shape the future of New York City and address some of its most pressing challenges. The Department values public service, collaboration, and creativity, and supports professional development. Learn more about DCP and view current job openings .gov/planning.

THE DIVISION

The Bronx has again reached its all-time population level, and by 2040, the borough is projected to grow by more than 200,000 residents. The Bronx Office has a diverse and dynamic work program focused on ensuring the borough has great neighborhoods, affordable housing, vibrant commercial and institutional centers, rich transit opportunities, and high-quality open space and waterfronts.

The Office is made up of a team of planners and urban designers who work on a wide variety of studies, rezonings, and developments, across a large and diverse borough. The Bronx Office coordinates the review of numerous private and publicly sponsored requests for land use and zoning changes and manages the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), including presentations to the City Planning Commission and coordination with Community Boards.

Bronx Office staff also work on a wide range of land use, zoning, urban design, and transportation issues in communities across the borough, and staff are the local experts on their communities, providing essential knowledge to policy makers and elected officials. The Office works in close consultation with the central divisions on borough-specific and city-wide issues.

THE ROLE

The Bronx Borough Office is seeking a Borough Certification Manager (BCM)/Senior Planner. The selected candidate will be responsible for oversight of the division’s application pipeline, including internal process management in coordination with staff, coordination with interdivisional pipeline team to ensure that division projects are appropriately prioritized and advanced, reinforcing and refining agency standard operating procedures, management of data quality across the Office and internal divisions, and development and implementation of tools and practices to assist borough staff and division management in awareness and oversight of project pipeline.

The responsibilities of the BCM role may utilize up to 50 percent of the selected individual’s time, while the remainder of their time will be spent on duties and responsibilities related to their core position as Senior Planner.

• Work closely with central divisions including Land Use Review, Technical Review Division, Environmental Assessment & Review Division to ensure BXO’s…