[Hiring] Planner @City of Durham

Role Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham. Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $68,038.00 - $81,645.60

Work Day/Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm

This position is devoted to professional urban planning services for the City and/or regional organizations including:

• Land use planning
• Development review
• Parks and open space planning
• Historic preservation

Responsibilities include:

• Providing technical assistance and information to customers
• Attending meetings and serving as a representative of the City
• Facilitating meetings of citizen groups and stakeholders and/or providing staff support
• Researching and compiling information and producing maps, graphic and narrative reports
• Reviewing development proposals for compliance
• Coordinating with regional planning organizations and federal/state agencies

Under the direction of a Planning Manager, the role includes:

• Providing planning expertise by reviewing development projects
• Evaluating project risks and opportunities
• Serving as a point of contact to applicable parties
• Ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures
• Reviewing and/or approving graphic, narrative, and other reports
• Maintaining records, websites, and databases
• Researching, reviewing, and analyzing data
• Developing and making recommendations
• Ensuring compliance with applicable ordinances, codes, policies, and procedures
• Coordinating with customers, regional planning organizations, and federal or state agencies
• Attending community forums
• Participating, conducting, or leading meetings
• Providing technical assistance
• Representing the City’s policies and procedures to developers and other interested parties
• Responding to inquiries
• Mentoring staff
• Participating in negotiations
• Assisting applicants with the land development compliance process
• Conducting advanced professional analyses
• Developing and making recommendations on planning and development issues
• Conducting research studies
• Coordinating land development compliance case reviews

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, engineering, or a directly related field OR equivalent experience
• Two years of professional planning or related experience

Requirements

• Master’s degree in planning, engineering, or a directly related field is preferred