The City of Palo Alto is seeking an Associate Planner to work in the Advance Planning division of the Planning and Community Environment Department. This is a fast-paced, dynamic, and innovative work environment focusing on exceptional customer service while processing long range planning projects.
Top candidates for the positions will demonstrate a strong work ethic, technical knowledge, and a desire to learn. Top candidates will also possess the interpersonal and communication skills needed to foster effective, cooperative working relationships with City staff, property owners, the development community, and citizens at large.
The Associate Planner assists in performing professional planning functions and preparing planning studies and tasks required by the Long Range Planning division. Those functions and tasks may include: land use policy research and analysis; preparing staff reports and ordinances, quarterly and annual reports; supporting the department's land use data management efforts, including GIS program; overseeing the regional development activity and other support to the division's housing, Community Development Block Grant program and other federal, state and local housing programs.
This is a Service Employees International Unit (SEIU) Local 521 position. To review the current Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Palo Alto and SEIU, please visit:http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/25109.
About the Long Range Planning Division:
Long Range Planning transforms shared community values into a blueprint for managed change in the future through land-use tools, professional staff guidance, and public input. Long Range Planning provides the City Council with the instruments needed to support thoughtful, principled decision-making that encourages improvement of the quality of life for all those who spend time in Palo Alto.
The primary tool for managing change is the Comprehensive Plan, considered the City's guiding document on the scope, scale and pattern of future land-use related change. Other tools used by Advance Planning include:
The Housing Element, which describes the appropriate placement of the various housing styles a municipality must zone for (this tool is part of the Comprehensive Plan).
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Below Market Rate (BMR) activities.
Studies on issues of note for the community, including reports on office space, rail issues and architectural design.
Planning documents on particular locations in the City, including site-specific plans.
Support for Planning and other departments on data collection and analysis using GIS systems.
For a complete review of the Associate Planner job description, please visit:http://agency.governmentjobs.com/paloaltoca/default.cfm?action=specbulletin&ClassSpecID=811307&headerfooter=0.
Closing Date: April 10, 2016 11:59 PM
$73,153.60 - $89,814.40 Annually