Regional Project Coordinator - The Kitchen Community - Boulder, CO

Regional Project Coordinator

The Kitchen Community 

Boulder, CO

Company Description

The Kitchen Community (TKC), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, strengthens community through food by building Learning Gardens in schools and community centers. We’ve developed the Learning Garden to connect kids to real food through outdoor learning and experiential play. Learning Gardens are 21st century learning environments that support a diverse array of lesson-plans and activities in science, business, math, and art. Please refer to http://thekitchencommunity.org/ for more information about the organization.

Position Description

• The Kitchen Community is seeking a Project Coordinator to assist with site reviews, site design, construction activities, and maintenance tasks. Reporting to the Regional Project Manager, a primary responsibility is to serve as a liaison with the schools and their garden teams to ensure successful Learning Garden pre-build and Planting Day activities. The Project Coordinator visits sites and works with the schools and garden teams to develop and review effective garden team goals.
• Primary Responsibilities
•   Coordinate with TKC Operations Manager and Regional Project Manager in grading, targeting, and selecting recipient schools for Learning Garden grant applications.
•   Work with Regional Project Manager to assist with Learning Garden site analysis and site selection.
•   Proactively manage communications with schools regarding Learning Garden pre-build and build information.
•   Assist with scheduling meetings, updating contact information, and tracking school information.
•   Promptly respond to emails and inquiries.
•   Communicate with district facilities personnel, school principal, and school facilities manager regarding garden site, scope, requirements, project timelines, and deliverables as needed.
•   Meet school garden teams, review plans, and communicate as necessary. Determine team’s weaknesses and strengths. Relay this information to Regional Program Manager.
•   Assist in developing project tasks and resource requirements, including site design tasks.
•   Coordinate and execute project plan within scheduled project timelines.
•   Coordinate with TKC Program team regarding applicants and installed Learning Garden schools.
•   Coordinate the Installation Day with the Learning Garden Program Manager, school community, and garden team.
•   Provide on-site garden assistance to Learning Garden Educator(s) and school garden team on Installation Day.
•   Transition the school relationship to the Garden Educator.
•   Assist with proper product installation as required and review minor maintenance procedures with schools administration and facility management.
•   Assist in reviewing, executing, recording, and tracking required warranty repairs.

Required Qualifications

•   Minimum education of bachelor degree in related field such as landscape architecture, construction management, urban planning, urban agriculture, environmental science, or environmental design.
•   Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups of people.
•   Strong oral and written communication skills, including public speaking skills, and capacity to work with team, contractors, and clients.
•   Ability to work independently, multi-task and coordinate several major activities at once, in a flexible manner.
•   Proficient computer skills with AutoCAD, Excel, and Word. Adobe Suite knowledge a plus.
•   Valid driver’s license and reliable personal vehicle (mileage reimbursement provided).

Preferred Qualifications

•   Three years of construction management and site design experience.
•   Interested in local food systems, urban agriculture, and/or school gardens.
•   Knowledgeable about the garden growing season in the region.
•   Familiarity or previous experience with non-profit organization(s).
•   Ability to work some evenings and weekends as needed.

Salary commensurate with experience. Please send resume to Kalle Waterhouse at kalle@tkc.org

Planner/Designer - Lakota Group - Chicago, IL

Planner/ Designer
The Lakota Group
Chicago, IL

Job Description
Experience required: Open to entry level (approximately 1-3 years) or mid-level (approximately 5-8 years)

The Lakota Group is a progressive, award-winning Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, and Historic Preservation firm. We specialize in land use and master planning, downtown and main street planning, landscape/streetscape design, park/open space design and wayfinding/signage programs. Our projects include the full spectrum of land uses for public and private sector clients.

The Lakota Group is seeking a qualified Urban Planning/ Design candidate and we are open to evaluating individuals with a range of professional work experience. All candidates should be highly creative self-starters with a passion for the profession and the desire to learn and grow into the business at all levels. Must have superior design and graphic skills, be able to meet aggressive project deadlines, work well in a team setting, manage projects and junior staff, and be a strategic thinker. Applicants must possess the ability to articulate concepts both graphically and verbally. Candidates must be proficient in CAD software, GIS and Adobe Creative Suite. A great sense of humor is essential.

Lakota offers an enjoyable work environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Education Requirements: Prefer Masters in Urban Design or Urban Planning with a focus on physical or spatial planning. Minimum - Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field from an accredited program

The Lakota Group
116 W Illinois St, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.thelakotagroup.com/

Please send your resume and PDF portfolio to:
jobs.lakota@gmail.com
Attn: Human Resource Director

Senior Planner - Landscape Architect, Civic San Diego - San Diego, CA

Senior Planner - Landscape Architect 

Civic San Diego

Professional Area: 

Landscape Architecture

Parks and Recreation Planning

Urban Design

Experience: 

7-10 years

Contact person: 

Lisa Greeson

Phone: 

619-533-7165

Fax: 

619-236-9148

Email: 

careers@civicsd.com

Website: 

http://www.civicsd.com

Location: 

San Diego, CA

Civic San Diego (Civic SD) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation wholly owned by the City of San Diego with the mission of managing public improvement and public-private partnership projects. In addition, Civic San Diego has been granted land use authority to perform planning and permitting functions, administer the downtown San Diego parking district and implement its improvement projects, design and manage the construction of parks and fire stations through Development Impact Fees, and develop and execute economic development strategies. The Senior Planner, Landscape Architect performs complex professional urban planning, park planning, and landscape design functions; ensures new private and public development projects comply with applicable policies and regulations; prepares solicitations for and oversees consultant contracts and design projects for public parks and public rights-of-way; critiques proposed private development projects; identifies and analyzes various potential public and private funding sources including public/private partnerships, grant programs, and facilities financing programs; prepares staff reports and makes public presentations to decision-making bodies and to community groups. Qualified candidates should hold a bachelor's degree in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design or equivalent, from an accredited college or university with major work in urban design, architecture, landscape architecture or planning in dense urban settings. Qualified candidates should possess at least seven (7) years of increasingly responsible experience in professional planning, architecture and/or urban design, emphasizing landscape architecture. For full job description, qualifications and application instructions, please visit www.CivicSD.com under Employment.

Urban Designer, City Fabrick - Long Beach, CA

Urban Designer

CIty Fabrick

Professional Area: 

Urban Design

Experience: 

3-5 years

Location: 

Long Beach, CA

Nonprofit urban design studio looking for a passionate designer to become an active part in solving the challenges our clients and community stakeholders face.

ABOUT CITY FABRICK

City Fabrick is a nonprofit urban design studio dedicated to improving communities through public interest design, planning, policy development and civic engagement. Based in Southern California, City Fabrick operates with a global view, drawing upon precedents near and far while fostering innovation that is applicable to other communities. As a nonprofit design studio City Fabrick is an independent organization that works beyond the conventional client-consultant framework, having the capacity to collaborate with community partners on mission-related work as well as self-initiate positive change in the community.

Our design studio operates as a fertile environment for creative experimentation; constantly looking for ways to redefine the physical environment for people. As City Fabrick’s work includes a broad range of project types the work will require any applicant to be flexible, collaborative & resourceful. Current projects span building design, landscape design, environmental design, graphic design, urban design, planning and policy development.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Under direct supervision of the Principal, the Urban Designer/Job Captain [Designer] will work with a diverse team of designers on a wide variety of projects through all aspects of design, production, and construction administration. The work spans all scales and types of publicly beneficial projects, collaborating with other nonprofit organizations, government agencies and local partners to make positive change in communities. This positon will require strong design and technical abilities in addition to communication and organizational skills.

The Designer should be passionate, enthusiastic and constantly seeking new inspiration, have an interest in cities and the influence that civic engagement, design, planning and policy development has on building community. The Designer should have a solid understanding of the dynamics of communication, from printed collateral and construction documentation to physical installations to personal contact and social media, and how to effectively use these tools to share ideas and engage stakeholders and partners. City Fabrick expects the Designer to take an active part in the solving the challenges with our clients and partners. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engage a diverse array of project types and scale, spanning building design, landscape design, environmental design, graphic design, urban design and planning.
• Assist the Principal providing design and planning services with emphasis on creativity, technical proficiency and processing, quality control, and efficient use of resources.
• Enthusiastically serve community interests through authentic public engagement, educational programming, advocacy and empowerment.
• Coordinate work product with clients, community partners, consultants, contractors, fabricators, and regulatory agencies to meet project objectives and requirements.
• Maintain clear records and communications, produce and coordinate work through all phases of project design, development, documentation and administration
• Participate in the management of organization activity including communications, graphic standard development/maintenance, quality assurance, strategic planning and learning.
• Produce drawings and communication tools for project designs. Follow protocol on all office procedures as directed by the Principal

REQUIREMENTS

• Must have Bachelor or Master Degree from an accredited Architecture or Landscape Architecture Program. License is preferred, registration and road map for professional licensing is expected.
• Strong intuitive sense for design and the design process. Excellent graphic and visualization skills; must be capable of expressing design ideas quickly, with clarity and precision.
• High degree of personal motivation. Self-initiating with the ability to solve problems independently and as part of a team under the leadership of the Principal.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work concurrently on multiple, very different tasks and projects, in a variety of roles.
• Proficient with the latest versions of Autodesk AutoCAD, Sketch Up, Adobe Creative Suite [Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign] and Microsoft Office [Work and Excel].
• Strong verbal and writing skills to communicate with community partners, general public, clients, consultants, government agencies and colleagues. Fluency in a second language [specifically Spanish, Khmer or Tagalog] is preferred though not required.
• 4-6 years of experience working in an architecture, landscape architecture, urban design office performing duties similar to those described above.

CONTACT AND COMPENSATION

Candidates should send their resume, cover letter and portfolio of work to as PDF files toinfo@cityfabrick.org. Please do not call to inquire. Salaries are competitive and negotiable based on experience, skills and creative talent. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision insurance; life, short-term and long-term disability insurance; educational stipend and sabbatical; paid time off and open office culture. City Fabrick is an equal opportunity employer and equal benefits providers