Planning Manager

City of Greeley; Greeley (CO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Greeley seeks a Planning Manager to lead the Planning Division, overseeing long-range planning, landscape architecture, and historic preservation within the Community Development Department. The role will guide staff, respond to inquiries, and present to the community, Planning Commission, and City Council.

This position emphasizes policy integration and timely, high-quality planning work. You will coordinate with internal and external partners, manage the development review process,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in landscape architecture, urban or park planning, civil engineering, construction management, natural resources, or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in community development / planning.
• AICP Certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and supervises Planning Division staff.
• Leads development review process with City’s Development Review Team.
• Manages Planning Division operations and coordinates with City departments.

Skills

Leadership experience

Project management

Communication skills

Strategic problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in landscape architecture, urban or park planning, civil engineering, construction management, natural resources, or related field

AICP Certification

Master's degree in landscape architecture, urban or park planning, civil engineering, construction management, natural resources, or related field

Tools

GIS

CAD

Project management software

Grant management

Design/graphic tools

Job description

Job Description

Anticipated Hiring Range: $107,711 - $138,299 annually

Full Salary Range: $$107,711 - $1156,181annually

Why do I see two salary ranges? The City of Greeley in compliance with Colorado state law, includes a salary range for all positions posted. This law is intended to improve wage transparency. The City of Greeley, in support of wage transparency posts both the full salary range for each position (what you might anticipate your earnings could be if you work for the City of Greeley for some time), as well as the anticipated hiring range (the range within which the City anticipates making an offer). The actual offer extended will be based on your years of relevant experience, education, certifications and potentially other factors.

City of Greeley's Total Rewards The City of Greeley is committed to providing a comprehensive total rewards program that supports employees in their work by encouraging excellence and investing in employee development and recognition. This philosophy is grounded in fiscal responsibility, organizational effectiveness, and employee safety and well-being, ensuring the responsible stewardship of public resources while offering meaningful and comparable rewards. This approach ensures that the city remains an attractive, inclusive, and rewarding work environment, while also effectively serving the community.

Benefits: This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guide here.

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Job Summary

The Planning Manager provides leadership in the day-to-day management of the Planning Division, which includes long-range planning, landscape architecture, and historic preservation for the Community Development Department. The role will provide direction and manage staff, respond to citizen and applicant inquiries, and make presentations to the community, Planning Commission, and City Council. The Planning Manager will clarify complex procedures, negotiate policy and land use related items, seek solutions to issues and concerns, and research and compile reports on requests and special projects. This role has a critical leadership position in coordinating and managing the review of all development applications, ensuring timely completion and quality for long-range planning projects, and interface regularly with internal and external partners in order to facilitate solutions to planning issues.

Minimum Requirements

Experience, Education, and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in landscape architecture, urban or park planning, civil engineering, construction management, natural resources, or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in community development / planning.
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification

OR

• Any combination of related education, experience, certifications and licenses that will result in a candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job,

AND

• Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Preferred

• Management experience of a high-performing team.
• Master's degree in landscape architecture, urban or park planning, civil engineering, construction management, natural resources, or related field.
• Experience with project management software, GIS and mapping, CAD, grant management, design or graphic communication tools and techniques, and knowledge of urban planning and development and local government policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of and ability to apply techniques and principles of urban planning, landscape architecture, enabling legislation, engineering, and construction project management.
• Highly effective in supervising and managing employees, contractors, and consultants to complete planning and development review projects in an effective, fiscally responsible, and timely fashion.
• Demonstrated skills and abilities to manage, schedule, budget, supervise, and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Strategic problem-solving skills with the ability to mitigate risks and provide innovative solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with staff, representatives of other agencies and organizations, contractors, consultants, stakeholders, and the public.

Essential Functions

• Provides training, leadership, and professional guidance to direct reports and other members of the planning team.
• Recruits, selects, supervises, coaches, and evaluates Planning Division staff.
• Leads the development review process to ensure that projects are adequately reviewed by all members of the City's Development Review Team.
• Manages the operation of the Planning Division, including assigning projects and scheduling agenda items for Planning Commission and the City Council, City departments, and outside agencies that participate in the development review process.
• Participates in Citywide initiatives, as determined by the Community Development Director.
• Provides customer service related to land use and application inquiries for the general public and private sector (realtors, investors, and other interested parties).
• Answers questions and provides information to the public, researches information, interprets data and explains regulations to the public, and assists with inquiries pertaining to current development activity.
• Works directly with the Engineering Development Review Manager to clarify and simplify the review process and enhance the development review process.
• Leads the development of revisions and updates to the Greeley Development Code to keep standards current with development trends and land use policy.
• Reviews and processes various land use applications from initial pre-application and conceptual plans through permit issuance for new, infill, and redevelopment land use proposals.
• Reviews development plans as they relate to the long-range goals of the City, City's Comprehensive Plan, Development Code, and other regulations and policies.
• Assures compliance with the various provisions of the City's Municipal Code, Development Code, applicable state and federal regulations, previous City approvals, and professional planning practices.
• Provides monthly development review reports and monitor current and future trends.
• Obtains information from the development community to prepare 5-10-year projections for development activity and report actual activity compared to projections.
• Provides the general public and the development community with assistance with general land use inquiries.
• Collaborates with the Forestry, Public Works, Water & Sewer, Housing Solutions, City's Attorney's Office, and other city departments pertaining to development proposals, meets and discusses impacts and mitigation techniques, proposes solutions to land development issues, and discusses and informs of development proposals that may impact public and/or quasi-public agencies.
• Problem-solves and makes decisions on broad policies and specific objectives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Organize and delegate assignments to team members; Hiring, training, motivating and coaching employees; Evaluate employee performance and goal setting; Hold employees accountable for assigned task and goals; Provide timely and constructive feedback and training opportunities; Provide training opportunities with a focus on employee development; Resolve conflicts and complaints; Analyzing information and processes and develop more effective or efficient processes; Establishing and achieving business and financial objectives; Ensure compliance with safety procedures

Work Environment And Physical Requirements

Work Environment

• Safe to minimal hazards that are typically found in general office environment where there is rarely, little, or no exposure to injury or accident.
• This job operates in office, outdoor, and construction environments.
• Ability to tolerate and be productive in a moderate to loud noise level in the workplace.
• Employee will have periodic exposure to hazards in the field such as driving, inclement weather, and potential hostile clientele.
• Exposure to a wide variety of indoor and outdoor construction environments, slippery or uneven walking surfaces, and equipment and machinery associated with construction, parks, trails, and open lands.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to sit and stand for long periods of time; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands or arms.
• Required to stand, walk, climb, balance, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Must be able to respond to the customers' needs and perform tasks requiring extensive hand and eye coordination.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and other devices and objects.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Physical ability and mobility to drive a motor vehicle to and from field and meetings.
• Able to navigate uneven terrain to physically visit and inspect parks, trails, and open lands facilities and new land acquisition opportunities; ability to physically visit construction sites and inspect work.
• Able to work outdoors in all types of weather.
• Able to work extended shifts and attend training and meetings outside of regularly scheduled hours and the ability to work in stressful deadline-driven situations.

EOE Statement

The City of Greeley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

ADA Statement

We are committed to an inclusive and barrier-free search process. We provide accommodations for applicants requesting accommodation through the search process such as alternative formats of this posting. Individuals with disabilities in need of accommodations throughout the search process should contact the ADA Coordinator at: [e-mail].

Conditions of Employment

Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test, a background and national sex offender search, a motor vehicle record search, and for some positions, a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process, including but not limited to EOE, Reasonable Accommodation, and pre-employment screenings, please visit our career page HERE.