Planner

City of Durham; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 68,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Durham is seeking a professional urban planner to deliver land use planning services for the City and regional partners. You will review development proposals, prepare maps and reports, and coordinate with federal/state agencies and stakeholders.

Under a Planning Manager, you’ll attend forums, assist applicants with compliance, and provide technical assistance while ensuring adherence to ordinances and policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, engineering, or a directly related field or equivalent experience.
• Two years of professional planning or related experience.
• Master’s degree in planning, engineering, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides planning expertise by reviewing development projects, evaluating risks and opportunities, and ensuring compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Reviews and approves graphics, reports, development proposals, plans, permits, maps, and other documents; maintains records and databases; conducts analyses.
• Coordinates with customers, regional planning organizations, and federal/state agencies; attends community forums; represents City policies to developers.
• Assists applicants with the land development compliance process.
• Conducts advanced professional analyses and coordinates land development compliance case reviews.

Skills

Planning expertise

Customer service

Education

Bachelor’s degree in planning, engineering, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $68,038.00 - $81,645.60

Work Day/Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm

The City-County Planning Department helps plan and direct Durham’s vision for growth that supports a high quality of life, a robust economy and a sustainable, inclusive, equitable and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast-paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today’s land-use and community planning challenges. If you’re talented, creative and focused on customer service, join our team!

This position is devoted to professional urban planning services for the City and/or regional organizations including land use planning, development review, parks and open space planning, and historic preservation.

Responsible for providing technical assistance and information to customers; attending meetings and serving as a representative of the City; facilitating meetings of citizen groups and stakeholders and/or providing staff support; researching and compiling information and producing maps, graphic and narrative reports; reviewing development proposals for compliance; and coordinating with regional planning organizations and federal/state agencies.

• Under the direction of a Planning Manager, provides planning expertise by reviewing development projects, as assigned; evaluates project risks and opportunities; serves as a point of contact to applicable parties; and ensures compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Reviews and/or approves graphic, narrative, and other reports, development proposals, plans/plats, permits, maps, articles, applications, and other documents; maintains records, websites, and databases; researches, reviews and analyzes data; develops and makes recommendations; and ensures compliance with applicable ordinances, codes, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinates with customers, regional planning organizations, and federal or state agencies, or City departments; attends community forums; participates, conducts, or leads meetings; provides technical assistance; represents the City’s policies and procedures to developers and other interested parties; responds to inquiries; mentors staff; and participates in negotiations.
• Assisting applicants with the land development compliance process.
• Conducts advanced professional analyses; develops and makes recommendations on planning and development issues, including regulatory and policy-related recommendations; conducts research studies; and coordinates land development compliance case reviews.

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, engineering, or a directly related field OR equivalent experience.
• Two years of professional planning or related experience.

• Master’s degree in planning, engineering, or a directly related field is preferred.