Assistant Planner

City of Glendora; Glendora (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Glendora’s Community Development Department, Planning Division, seeks an Assistant Planner to join the team and assist with front-counter customer service, development applications, and planning projects shaping the community.

Under supervision, the position performs current and long-range planning tasks, conducts research, and communicates with applicants, owners, and agencies; applies planning regulations and reviews proposals, reports, and staff recommendations; may supervise

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with major work in planning, architecture, environmental design, landscape architecture, or related field.
• Two years of related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Handles current and long-range planning projects and assignments.
• Confers with applicants and agencies to identify problems and propose solutions.
• Reviews plans for zoning, architectural, and general plan requirements; discusses recommendations with stakeholders.
• Contributes to ordinance reviews and staff reports for planning bodies.
• Assists planning staff and clients, preparing reports and presentations.

Skills

Strong communicator

Problem solver

Public engagement

Team collaboration

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor’s degree in planning or related field

Job description

The City of Glendora is seeking a motivated, collaborative professional to join the Community Development Department’s Planning Division. As part of the Glendora Team, you’ll work on a variety of projects and initiatives that help shape the community and support thoughtful, sustainable development.

The Assistant Planner will have an opportunity to work across a broad range of municipal planning activities. The position combines front-counter and customer-service responsibilities with assigned development applications and other planning projects, providing direct involvement in current planning and development review.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator and problem solver who enjoys working with the public and collaborating with colleagues. You should be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team and applying planning regulations to a variety of development projects and assignments.

Under general supervision, the Assistant Planner performs professional current or long range planning work. Routine tasks and duties are assigned to this position in the fields of current or advanced planning which requires the application of fundamental planning principles. This is the entry level class in the professional planning series. This class is distinguished from the Associate Planner by the performance of the more routine tasks and duties assigned to this position in the fields of current or advanced planning which requires the application of fundamental planning principles. Assignments are generally moderately difficult in scope and work is usually supervised while in progress; however as experience is acquired, the incumbent is assigned more difficult and complex duties.

Some of the typical duties of the Assistant Planner include but are not limited to, the following:

• Conducts assignments involving current and long range planning projects; confers with applicants and agency representatives to identify problems; evaluates data and proposes methods to resolve conflicting issues of plan implementation, zoning requirements, and environmental impact.


• Evaluates current development projects by detailed review of plans for architectural, zoning and general plan requirements; performs field surveys to identify problems and upon completion of projects to ensure conformance with applicable requirements, discusses recommendations with builders, developers, architects, and real estate professionals.


• Contributes to the review and revision of local ordinances; conducts research; prepares planning reports including staff reports, EIR’S, negative declarations and special studies.


• Confers and advises architects, engineers, attorneys, developers, and the general public regarding City development procedures and processes.


• Responds to inquiries, both orally and in writing; applies planning policies, state laws and local ordinances, or explains procedures; provides assistance to the Planning Commission, City Council, and other committees and commissions; attends Planning Commission meetings; prepares staff reports including graphic presentations; make presentations to the Planning Commission, City Council and other committees.


• Coordinates planning activities, special studies, and reports with consultants, other departments, state, county, and federal agencies; schedules project review committee meetings to solicit preliminary review comments from affected departments.


• Reviews business licenses for compliance with zoning; negotiates contracts and prepares agreements; monitors contract provisions; coordinates financing provisions with the Finance Department; ensures compliance with applicable laws.


• May have lead supervision over interns, professionals, and technicians.

Education and/or Experience

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with major work in planning, architecture, environmental design, landscape architecture, or a related field and two years of related work experience.

Knowledge and Skill Levels

Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of planning; related state and federal laws, ordinances, rules and regulations; the California Environmental Quality Act; Subdivision Map Act; site planning and architectural review; building and engineering principals; ability to read plans and maps including grading plans.

Special Requirements

Possession of or ability to obtain a Class C California driver's license and a satisfactory driving record during the course of employment.