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Are you passionate about shaping the future of urban development and thriving in a collaborative environment? The City of Raleigh is on the lookout for two (2) dynamic Senior Planners to join our Zoning Team within the Planning and Development Department. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the community by ensuring the highest standards of land use and zoning compliance for residential and small-commercial projects.

What You'll Do:
As a Senior Planner, you'll play a pivotal role in reviewing and guiding plans for single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses, residential expansions, and small commercial projects. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring these projects align with the City's Unified Development Ordinance. You’ll collaborate closely with diverse teams across the department, including Customer Service and Building and Safety, to deliver exceptional service and innovative solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate projects to ensure compliance with the City’s Unified Development Ordinance
• Oversee and guide the progression of plans through the development review process, from initial submission to the issuance of entitlements.
• Identify and implement strategies to enhance the development review process, bringing innovative solutions and streamlining operations to better serve the community.
• Act as the main contact for developers, design professionals, and City staff, facilitating effective communication and collaboration
• Prepare and present technical information to various stakeholders
• Develop and maintain processes that promote clear and supportive communication with the public, ensuring transparency and responsiveness in all interactions
• Assist in the Department’s business planning, including budget development and administration, contributing to the overall success and efficiency of the Planning and Development Department

Typical Qualifications

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in planning or public administration or field directly related to assignment and three years of related professional planning experience

OR

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.

Licensing/Certifications
None Required

Additional Information

Knowledge Of

• Planning principles, practices, and techniques
• Techniques and methods for organizing and prioritizing work
• Principles and practices of planning administration
• Principles and practices of program administration and management
• Principles and practices of project management
• Principles and applications of critical thinking and analysis
• Best practices, trends, and emerging technologies
• Principles and techniques of effective writing
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations
• Customer service principles
• Specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment

 
Skill In:

• Decision making in complex tasks
• Coordinating deadlines, prioritizing work volume and assigning/monitoring work performed
• Providing project/program management, organization, and logistics coordination
• Overseeing the implementation and adherence to development standards
• Researching industry trends, solutions, and best practice
• Gathering data, analyzing findings and applying logic and reason
• Coordinating deadlines and prioritizing competing demands
• Authoring and preparing original reports, technical documents and presentations
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards
• Providing customer service
• Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction

 
ADA and Other Requirements: 
Positions in this class typically require: fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
 
Sedentary Work: 
Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
 
Working Conditions:
Work is routinely performed in an indoor, office environment.
 
Note:
This job classification description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an
exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) designation may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.