AICPCertified Planner

The Diallo Group; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

The Diallo Group is seeking an experienced AICP-Certified Planner to support federal and DoD planning assignments from our Alexandria, VA office. The role focuses on installation planning, ADPs/IDPs, and facility programming for national and overseas clients.

Responsibilities include leading master planning efforts, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and developing planning documents while mentoring junior staff. This is a part-time, project-based in-office position located in Alexandria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Regional Planning, Architecture, Geography, or a related field.
• Current AICP certification required.
• 5+ years of professional planning experience; federal/DoD planning experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with military installation planning, master planning, or federal facility planning highly desirable.
• Familiarity with UFC planning criteria and DoD planning processes preferred.
• Experience with DD Form 1391s, BFRs, ADPs, IDPs, or similar federal planning products is a plus.
• Strong facilitation, writing, presentation, and client-facing skills.
• Ability to travel periodically for charrettes and site visits.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support federal installation and master planning assignments.
• Facilitate and participate in planning charrettes, stakeholder meetings, interviews, and site visits.
• Develop ADPs, IDPs, planning studies, facility requirements, alternatives analyses, and implementation strategies.
• Support development and validation of DD Form 1391 programming documents and BFRs.
• Analyze land use, facilities, infrastructure, mission requirements, development constraints, and future growth.
• Coordinate with GIS specialists, architects, engineers, landscape architects, cost estimators, and client stakeholders.
• Prepare planning reports, presentations, briefing materials, and technical documentation.
• Support federal proposal development, scopes of work, schedules, and technical approaches.
• Assist with quality control and mentoring of junior planning staff.

Skills

5+ years planning experience

Federal/DoD planning experience

Military installation planning

Master planning

Federal facility planning

DoD planning processes

Federal planning documents (DD 1391, B

Facilitation

Writing

Presentations

Client-facing

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Planning/Urban Planning/Regional Planning/Architecture/Geography

Job description

The Diallo Group (TDG) is seeking an experienced AICP-Certified Planner to join our federal planning practice in Alexandria, Virginia. This position will support planning and programming projects for federal and Department of Defense clients throughout the United States and overseas.

TDG’s planning practice includes installation planning, Area Development Plans (ADPs), Installation Development Plans (IDPs), facility programming, Basic Facility Requirements (BFRs), DD Form 1391 development, real property and infrastructure planning, transportation planning, and multidisciplinary planning studies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support federal installation and master planning assignments.
• Facilitate and participate in planning charrettes, stakeholder meetings, interviews, and site visits.
• Develop ADPs, IDPs, planning studies, facility requirements, alternatives analyses, and implementation strategies.
• Support development and validation of DD Form 1391 programming documents and BFRs.
• Analyze land use, facilities, infrastructure, mission requirements, development constraints, and future growth.
• Coordinate with GIS specialists, architects, engineers, landscape architects, cost estimators, and client stakeholders.
• Prepare planning reports, presentations, briefing materials, and technical documentation.
• Support federal proposal development, scopes of work, schedules, and technical approaches.
• Assist with quality control and mentoring of junior planning staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Regional Planning, Architecture, Geography, or a related field.
• Current AICP certification required.
• 5+ years of professional planning experience; federal/DoD planning experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with military installation planning, master planning, or federal facility planning highly desirable.
• Familiarity with UFC planning criteria and DoD planning processes preferred.
• Experience with DD Form 1391s, BFRs, ADPs, IDPs, or similar federal planning products is a plus.
• Strong facilitation, writing, presentation, and client-facing skills.
• Ability to travel periodically for charrettes and site visits.

Location: Alexandria, Virginia — In Office Employment: Part-Time / Project-Based, with potential for increased hours based on workload

The ideal candidate is someone who can step into federal planning assignments quickly, work independently, and effectively represent TDG with our clients and teaming partners.

Important Notices

This position is contingent upon our company being awarded the contract with DOW.

U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.