Long Range Planning Intern

Job Summary

The City of Bellevue, Washington is a tech‑centric, vibrant, and diverse metropolitan city within the Puget Sound Region. The city’s planning team is looking for creative graduate students to apply and develop their skills in long‑range planning and urban design to fill our Long Range Planning Intern position. This position requires a candidate to have a curious mind, an open, mature, and an inclusive view of prevailing social issues and a foundation in long‑range planning and technical skills.

The ideal candidate will have skills in community outreach, writing for public policy, and GIS mapping or other visualization skills. Experience in urban design is also desired.

• Outreach, public meetings and communicating with community members.
• Processing and analyzing data from engagement events.
• Preparing drafts of memos, presentations or other written or visual materials.
• Revising and developing new policies for the update to the plan.
• Revising the narrative portions of the plans.
• Analyzing and describing community conditions in an existing conditions report.
• Draft and editing reports or other planning documents.
• Creating maps, diagrams, illustrations or other visual materials.
• Attend team, division and department meetings consistent with the intern’s schedule.
• Actively participate in meetings including taking notes, presenting and contributing to discussions.
• Provide support for other planning projects and initiatives, as time permits.

Technical Skills and Professional Experience

• Understanding of long‑range urban planning principles.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co‑workers, community groups, and the public.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Communicate effectively with peers, community members and other stakeholders.
• Experience using ArcGIS preferred.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, and other graphic software skills is preferred.
• Familiarity with urban design concepts and modeling software is preferred.
• Fluency in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Hindi or other languages is a plus.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Graduate student currently enrolled in a degree‑granting graduate program studying Urban Planning, Public Policy, Landscape Architecture, Architecture or related field.
• Interest in long‑range planning, urban design and local area planning.
• Prior experience in an urban planning‑related position a plus.

• Work involves walking, talking, hearing, using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry objects up to 40 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet.

A hybrid work schedule is available for this position. Remote work for this position is subject to the department's operational needs and class schedule and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process. Full‑time remote work is not an available option. Once hired, employees must reside in the State of Washington and within reasonable commuting distance to Bellevue City Hall.

• All candidates will be required to establish employment authorization and identity at the time of hire. The City is not able to sponsor work visas.
• All positions require the completion of references checks, including at least one prior supervisor.
• Some positions may require completion of a criminal background check prior to start employment.
• Some positions may require obtaining a commercial driver's license (CDL), licensures, or additional certifications.

The City of Bellevue supports workplace diversity. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. Persons needing assistance with the application process may call the Human Resources Office, at 425‑452‑6838 or recruiting.

If you are invited to participate in the selection process and need ADA accommodations, please notify HR before you are scheduled for an interview or testing.

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