Principal Planner

City of Roseville; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Roseville is seeking an experienced Principal Planner to lead an assigned section within the Planning Division. The role focuses on overseeing broad professional planning activities and coordinating cross‑department projects, while delivering high‑level technical support to the Planning Manager.

The position emphasizes leadership, policy analysis, and collaboration within a diverse city government, with emphasis on growth management and community planning.

Qualifications

• Four years of professional planning experience, including two years in a supervisory role.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in planning, environmental studies or related field.
• California driver’s license; AICP designation desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an assigned section within the Planning Division.
• Oversee a broad range of professional planning activities and coordinate projects across departments.
• Provide high‑level technical and professional support to the Planning Manager.

Job description

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Temporary employees are not eligible to apply. The Development Services Department is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Principal Planner to lead and manage an assigned section within the Planning Division. The position involves overseeing a broad range of professional planning activities, coordinating projects and programs across departments, and providing high-level technical and professional support to the Planning Manager.

Description

GROW YOUR CAREER!

Take the next step in the Development Services Department as a

Principal Planner

Promotional Only recruitment restricted to Qualified and Regular employees of the City of Roseville who have successfully completed their initial probationary period and meet qualifying minimum requirements.

Temporary employees are not eligible to apply.

The Development Services Department is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Principal Planner to lead and manage an assigned section within the Planning Division. The position involves overseeing a broad range of professional planning activities, coordinating projects and programs across departments, and providing high-level technical and professional support to the Planning Manager.

The City of Roseville is committed to a diverse workforce. We are engaged in understanding the needs and backgrounds of our colleagues and those we serve. Our organization is unified in this commitment, as we believe this produces the best results for our community.

Examples of Duties

Minimum Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

Experience

Four years of increasingly responsible experience in performing professional planning work, including two years of supervisory responsibility.

AND

Training

Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in planning, environmental studies or closely related field.

License or Certificate

Possession of, or ability to obtain, a California driver’s license. Possession of an American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) designation is desirable.

Supplemental Information

The City of Roseville defines “accredited college or university” as an institution of higher learning and must be listed on the United States Department of Education Database of Accredited Post-Secondary Institutions and Programs website http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation.

Credits earned from colleges, universities, and institutions listed as accredited institutions on this website will be considered as part of the educational component of the minimum qualifications for a classification.

The following options apply to the evaluation of college degrees from countries outside the United States:

• Educational background from a foreign country may be evaluated by an accredited United States college or university listed on the U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Post-Secondary Institutions and Programs website.
• Verification of degree equivalency may be obtained from organizations that provide foreign education credential evaluation services. The City of Roseville will accept verification from any of the listed member agencies found athttp://www.naces.orgorwww.aice-eval.org.
• A copy of the foreign credential evaluation verification can be attached to the employment application.
• If you are offered a position with the City of Roseville, as a part of the pre-employment steps, applicants must provide a foreign degree credential equivalency certificate from an approved member agency above. Applicants who do not provide verification will be eliminated from further consideration.

Selection Process

All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications will have their application scored in a Formula Rate Examination. The applicant’s experience and education will be evaluated using a pre-determined formula. Scores from this evaluation will determine applicant ranking and placement on the Employment List. Supplemental questions will be utilized by the department hiring authority to make interview and selection determinations.

Final appointment is contingent upon a check of past employment references, passing a City-paid fingerprint check, and depending on the position applied for, a pre-employment medical exam, drug and alcohol screening test, credit check, license and/or education verification, psychological examination, and/or an extensive Police Department background check process.

Some positions require the clearance of a comprehensive Police Department (PD) background check within 12 months of appointment. The City may appoint candidates to positions prior to clearing the extensive Police Department background check, and in those circumstances the candidate will be advised in advance that security access in the information technology systems will be limited to non-PD related systems until PD clearance is received, and if the candidate ultimately does not clear the PD background it will result in release from City service without appeal rights, in accordance with Personnel Rules 3.04.050.

THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. IF YOU REQUIRE ACCOMMODATION DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE CONTACT THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AT LEAST 5 WORKING DAYS BEFORE A SCHEDULED INTERVIEW/EXAMINATION PROCESS. MEDICAL DISABILITY VERIFICATION MAY BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO ACCOMMODATION.