Neighborhood Planning Coordinator

cityofgainesville; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Gainesville seeks a Community Builder in the Neighborhood Planning program. This role oversees the Neighborhood and Historic Preservation Planning efforts, supervising staff and coordinating planning studies for land use and zoning, with presentations to neighborhood groups and the City Commission.

Qualifications include a four-year degree in urban planning with several years of related experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to work evenings or weekends.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college with major in urban planning or related field and four years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and oversees the Neighborhood and Historic Preservation Planning program.
• Supervises and conducts background research, surveys, and interviews on neighborhood issues, land use, and zoning, and prepares related reports.
• Supervises, plans, and coordinates the work of subordinates.
• Draft Neighborhood Action Plans in coordination with neighborhood groups.
• Presents findings and recommendations to neighborhood groups, advisory boards, and the City Commission, based on completed studies.
• Reviews and takes appropriate action on planning-related field reports. Interprets land development code and related regulations.
• Facilitate neighborhood group meetings and provide team leadership in an urban planning environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly, orally, in writing, and graphically, and to prepare succinct, coherent, and technically accurate reports and analyses.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within the neighborhoods, with other city department employees, as well as members of community-based groups.
• Attend after-hours and weekend meetings.
• Attends work on a continuous and regular basis.

Skills

Public planning

Urban design

Neighborhood planning

Comprehensive planning

Education

Urban planning degree

Job description

Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder-an employee with the City of Gainesville- you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it's a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

Department:

GG_Housing and Community Development: Neighborhood Planning

Salary Range Minimum:

$60,403.20

Salary Range Maximum:

$97,623.17

Closing Date:

09/17/2026

Job Details:

The single position allocated to this classification reports to a designated supervisor and works under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of managerial responsibility and from lower classes by its emphasis on supervisory duties and its focus on independent judgment and ingenuity in executing neighborhood planning work.

Professional and supervisory planning work in the administration of the City's neighborhood planning program.

Job Description:

SUMMARY

The single position allocated to this classification reports to a designated supervisor and works under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of managerial responsibility and from lower classes by its emphasis on supervisory duties and its focus on independent judgment and ingenuity in executing neighborhood planning work.

Professional and supervisory planning work in the administration of the City's neighborhood planning program.

EXAMPLES OF WORK*

*This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from performing additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job. Performance of lower-level duties may be required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Plans, organizes, and oversees the Neighborhood and Historic Preservation Planning program.
• Supervises and conducts background research, surveys, and interviews on neighborhood issues, land use, and zoning, and prepares related reports. Maintains appropriate records.
• Supervises, plans, and coordinates the work of subordinates.
• Draft Neighborhood Action Plans in coordination with neighborhood groups. Performs complex land use, zoning, and neighborhood planning studies.
• Present findings and recommendations to neighborhood groups, advisory boards, and the City Commission, based on completed studies and sound planning practices.
• Reviews and takes appropriate action on planning-related field reports. Interprets land development code and related regulations.
• Facilitate neighborhood group meetings and provide team leadership in an urban planning environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly, orally, in writing, and graphically, and to prepare succinct, coherent, and technically accurate reports and analyses.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within the neighborhoods, with other city department employees, as well as members of community-based groups.
• Administers the ConnectFree Program to ensure all related tasks are completed.
• May serve as liaison to the Advisory Housing Action Committee.
• May administer the Incentives and Recommendations Report (IRR Program).
• May review related grant agreements or financial reimbursement reports.
• Knowledge of and ability to initiate, review, and ensure completion of relevant contracts.
• Attend after-hours and weekend meetings.
• Attends work on a continuous and regular basis.

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Serve as the neighborhood information resource liaison.
• Confers with the public on zoning and planning matters.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential job function. Below are the required education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in urban planning or related field, and four years of experience in urban planning, neighborhood revitalization, or any equivalent combination of education and knowledge related to neighborhood redevelopment and preservation.

CERTIFICATIONS OR LICENSES

Licenses None

Certifications None .

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Thorough understanding of principles and practices of public planning.
• Thorough knowledge of planning principles and practices as applied to the collection of community planning data and to the preparation of planning reports and studies in both graphic and written form.
• Knowledge of urban design, neighborhood planning, and comprehensive planning as applied to public planning.
• Knowledge of laws an