City Planner
City of Cincinnati Planning Department
Experience:
1-3 years
Location:
Cincinnati, OH
The City of Cincinnati’s Planning Department is now accepting applications for a City Planner (Unclassified) to join our high-performance team and fast-paced environment.
We are searching for an enthusiastic planning professional who is highly skilled in planning principles, written and verbal communication, customer service, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), community engagement, urban design, and other planning skills.
The position of City Planner (Unclassified) has the following duties: Development and administration of the Zoning Code, Subdivision Rules and Regulations, and other land use regulatory processes; Staffing the City Planning Commission; Providing demographic, mapping, and analysis services; Developing special plans, including the Comprehensive Plan, Consolidated Plan, Urban Renewal Plans, Community Plans, and Tax Increment Financing plans; Managing federally funded program reviews, including environmental reviews of projects; Processing zone change applications; Managing Planned Developments and Interim Development Control Overlay Districts; Assisting other City Departments with special projects; and, Other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Each applicant must have successfully completed a bachelor’s degree at an accredited college or university in the following course areas; city/urban planning, geography, architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation or public administration.
AICP preferred. If an applicant is not yet eligible for AICP upon hire, it would be expected that the AICP exam would be taken upon eligibility.
The Department of City Planning is a high-performance team that guides land use and zoning. Through sound planning practices, and our nationally award-winning comprehensive plan, Plan Cincinnati, City Planning ensures that our great city is enriched with vitality, thrives as an urban center, and is a model to other cities nationwide.