Community Development Director

Salary : $ - $ Annually

Location : Leavenworth, WA

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: 2026

CDD

Department: Community Development

Opening Date: 09/04/2026

Closing Date: Continuous

Max Number of Applicants: 200

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to positions in this classification. Sufficiently similar duties not specifically mentioned herein are not expressly excluded.

The Community Development Director plans, organizes, oversees, coordinates, and manages the staff and operations of the Community Development Department, including current and long‑range planning, zoning, development permitting, code compliance, and environmental review. Responsibilities include making recommendations to the City Council and Planning Commission on planning issues; managing the effective use of department resources to improve organizational productivity and customer service; and providing complex and responsible support to the Mayor and City Administrator in areas of expertise.

This position is the City's designated State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Official and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Official.

This is a management classification responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the staff, operations, and activities of the Community Development Department. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision‑making responsibilities, which include department budget administration, program evaluation, and recommendation and implementation of policies, procedures, goals, objectives, priorities, and standards related to planning, code compliance, and building functions.

Incumbents serve as a professional‑level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines.

Receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel.

Exercises direct or general supervision over professional, technical, and/or administrative staff.

• Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of the Community Development Department, including current and long‑range planning, zoning, development permitting, code compliance, and environmental review.
• Develops and implements goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the Community Development Department; recommends within department policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; recommends and administers policies and procedures.
• Develops, oversees, and administers the department budget; determines funding needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; ensures compliance with budgeted funding.
• Develops and standardizes procedures and methods to improve and continuously monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned programs, service delivery methods, and procedures; assesses and monitors workload, administrative, and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identifies opportunities and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Serves as project manager for complex planning projects, including analyzing and evaluating site and architectural plans, performing technical reviews for project plans and applications, and making recommendations.
• Creates and updates long‑range planning documents such as the City's Comprehensive Plan, Shoreline Master Plan, and other assigned plans; prepares modifications to the Municipal Code and other applicable ordinances and policies.
• Selects, trains, motivates, and evaluates assigned…