Assistant Planner

🔍Land, Buildings and Real Estate, Stanford, California, United States📁Facilities📅Feb 24, 2026 Post Date📅108313 Requisition #

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Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Job Code: 4331

Job Grade: G

The Stanford Land Use & Environmental Planning (LUEP) staff have professional expertise in the areas of land use and community planning, environmental regulation and permitting, mapping and spatial analysis, conservation biology, archeology, and historic preservation. We work with partners in LBRE and other university offices to secure land use approvals from public agencies, to monitor compliance with permit requirements, and to partner on long-term planning policies and efforts for Stanford lands.

We perform studies and analysis to determine the suitability and capacity of Stanford’s lands to support university activities. LUEP is also the lead LBRE office for entitlement submittal, approval, and implementation of the Santa Clara County General Use Permit, which defines how Stanford’s main campus can evolve over long term planning horizons.

Perform technical responsibilities that may involve environmental planning for the development, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of campus lands, land‑based resources, and facilities. Project assignments at this level focus on problem definition, data gathering, concept development, reporting, and graphic presentation.

• Collect and analyze land use data and synthesize materials for planning projects. This includes policy documents, guidelines, illustrative plans, and university standards.
• Support planners with site analysis and recommendations on proposed building and construction sites.
• Assist with land use and environmental reviews and preparation of technical reports including:
  • Manage land use data and collection from within the University for preparation of the annual report and other reporting.
  • Review environmental documents for projects that impact Stanford lands and draft comment letters to applicable jurisdictions.
  • Monitor and coordinate easement and rights of way for trail and bike/pedestrian planning and prepare correspondence with adjacent communities and internal Stanford stakeholders.
  • Assist with permitting associated with utility easements and encroachments on Stanford lands.
• Assist with environmental and land use permitting activities (e.g., agency coordination, permit applications, etc.) including:
  • Stanford Next team support which includes coordination of application tech reports, LBRE stakeholder responses on draft environmental analysis (DRAFT EIRs) and technical reports, and other administrative coordination.
  • Large capital plan project support which includes attendance of meetings, notes, summaries, research and other project management support.
  • Assist with reviewing and preparing GUP Checklists under supervision by LUEP staff, attend Engineering meetings and help coordinate entitlements and permitting.
• Assist the Director and other LUEP team members with general project management and administrative tasks, including:
  • Management of contracts for technical support contracts.
  • Budget form completion/assistance for LUEP team members.
  • Digital file organization and other related tasks.

Bachelor's degree in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, or other appropriate specialty and three years of directly related experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to cultivate strong and collaborative relationships inside and outside the organization.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, Word, and other applications as applicable.
• Ability to follow direction and…