Senior City Planner Comprehensive Planning - Denver, CO

Senior City Planner Comprehensive Planning

Closing Date/Time: Mon. 08/30/10 11:59 PM Mountain Time
Salary: $52,031.00 - $83,022.00 Annually
Job Type: Unlimited Regular
Location: Wellington E Webb Building, 201 W Colfax Ave, Denver, Colorado


The City of Denver's Community Planning and Development Department is seeking two creative individuals with professional city planning experience to join our highly motivated planning services team. These positions will offer the opportunity to participate with interdisciplinary teams on a variety of exciting and complex land use, urban design, transportation and infrastructure initiatives with a focus on Citywide, Neighborhood, and Corridor Long-Range Planning. Plan preparation, strategic initiatives and implementation projects are at a regional, citywide, neighborhood, corridor and transit station area scale. As part of the team, this professional will develop and contribute to City projects, plans, policies and regulations with a long-range, comprehensive perspective.

Job Responsibilities:
Coordinates complex planning projects and/or multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional planning efforts, develops long and short term plans, programs, goals, and policies involving city/region wide planning initiatives, public transportation systems, economic development, environmental stewardship, housing, infrastructure development, and land use, and translates planning goals and policies into regulatory systems (zoning code, rules, regulations, permitting) and capital improvement systems.

Participates in the development and maintenance of the comprehensive plan and other specialized city plans and ensures planning programs/projects are consistent with city planning principles/criteria, applicable regulations, and other relevant factors.

Plans and coordinates planning studies/projects and develops scope of work and work plan including preparing a planning assessment, environmental research and assessment, historical preservation factors, zoning policy and regulations, the public involvement process, data analysis functions, timelines, and budget.

Serves as a technical consultant and advisor to official planning committees, citizen groups, City Council, and other stakeholders related to planning policies/standards, issues, processes, procedures, zoning/rezoning issues, ordinance changes, and environmental regulations and requirements.

Facilitates meetings and/or presentations to bring together interested stakeholders to discuss proposed planning initiatives, assess obstacles, evaluate opposing views and interests, and determine areas of support. Designs and conducts research to collect and assemble original data from land use maps, plans, reports, and surveys and uses data to define issues, assess trends, make recommendations, and identify relationships among disparate data, issues, and positions.

By position, coordinates the work of consultants/contractors and other employees who are assigned to specific projects.

By position, participates in the formation of capital improvement programs and in design reviews of projects to ensure program scope, planning criteria, and standards are met and coordinates with stakeholders and government agencies providing planning approvals.



Qualifications:

Education Requirement:
Master’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering, or a directly related degree.

Experience Requirement:
Three years of professional experience in city or regional planning involving preparation and implementation of regional, citywide and/or small area plans and initiatives.
The candidate should also possess specific experience in elements relevant to a large, growing urban city including but not limited to transit-oriented development, sustainability, form-based planning, form-based regulations, urban design, physical planning and transportation.

Experience must also include project management, diversity in types of public involvement (e.g. websites, public meetings, design charrettes), and project implementation (e.g. regulations, partnerships, infrastructure, grant writing). Experience working effectively with and managing multidisciplinary teams is essential. Excellent writing and broad communication skills are required including the understanding or ability to use urban design, graphics and other tools to visualize and convey ideas and recommendations.

GIS and data analysis (demographics, market/economic trends) skills are desired.
AICP desired but not required.


Education/Experience Equivalency:
Additional experience at the minimum qualification level will substitute for the education requirement on a year for year basis. Additional post graduate education in the required field may substitute for one year of the required experience on a year for year basis (only one year of experience may be substituted with education).

Licensure and/or Certification:
Possession of a valid driver’s license at the time of application.

Additional Information:

Information provided on the application / resume is used to determine if a candidate meets minimum qualifications. Only information provided at the time of the application being completed will be considered, and additional information that is not listed on either the application or an attached resume may not be considered when deciding if a candidate meets or does not meet the qualifications. Applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to include all information and details on their application and attached resumes.
Please apply online at http://www.denvergov.org/jobs

Job offers are contingent on the verification of credentials and other information required by law and City and County of Denver policies, including the completion of a background check, part of which is a criminal history.

Classification Title: Senior City Planner CE0429
Pay Grade: 810 E
Agency: Community Planning And Development
Testing: 100% Scored Supplemental
Probationary Period: The successful candidate will be required to complete at least a six-month probationary period prior to attaining career status with the City & County of Denver. Benefits are active during probation, but employees cannot use vacation leave during this period.
Recruiters: LCW

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