Senior City Planner for Development Projects

City and County of Denver; United States; Hybrid; USD 80.000 - 132.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Pension Plan for Life

457 (b) Retirement Plan

PTO & Holidays

EcoPass

Zusammenfassung

City and County of Denver is seeking a Senior Development Project Administrator who will lead multi‑agency review processes for complex development projects. You will coordinate design reviews, zoning and permitting tasks and serve as a primary liaison across internal teams and external agencies to ensure timely approvals.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least five years of experience in development review or zoning.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Construction Management, Public Administration, Business, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of professional experience reviewing development projects, rezoning, or amendment requests.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with Associate City Planner and multi-agency review team to ensure review and approvals are completed accurately.
• Maintain exceptional customer service to efficiently assist development projects through the review and approval process.
• Manage large-scale and multi-phased developments through infrastructure, site planning, and subdivision phases.
• Coordinate with City Agencies to implement city plans, regulations and policies through the review process.
• Provide urban design guidance for projects within Design Review Districts.
• Balance multiple projects and coordinate across departments and external agencies to manage expectations.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Customer service

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in City/Regional Planning or related field

Jobbeschreibung

About Our Job

About Our Job With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver (CCD) means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance (effective within 1 month of start date, City pays majority of premiums)
• Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)
• 457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)
• PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays
• Merit Increases
• STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance CARE Bank
• Family Leave Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Volunteer Program
• Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources
• EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)

Location

Location This position is located at the Wellington Webb Building, located at 201 W Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202. The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees’ physical work location is based upon the position’s job duties and requirements, customer service and responsiveness, team and individual performance, and business needs and requirements. Our current practice requires in-office work for all employees for a minimum of three days per week. Business needs and initial onboarding may require additional days in the office. Please note: Downtown parking expenses are the responsibility of the employee. We offer a flexible spending account option specifically for parking; if you elect this option, you can use pre tax dollars for parking. We also offer an RTD ‘eco pass’ to all City employees– allowing the use of public transportation for free as a City Employee.

What You’ll Do

BUILDING COMMUNITY: Denver Community Planning and Development is responsible for visionary city planning and ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building. CPD regulates planning, zoning, development and maintenance of private property in Denver. We're working hard to make Denver a great place to live, work and play! Visit DenverGov.org/CPD. The Development Services Division of the Community Planning and Development Department coordinates and administers Denver’s building, fire, and zoning codes through review, permitting, and inspection of all new development projects in Denver. Through each of these critical roles, Development Services helps to implement the city’s vision for an outstanding Denver. The successful candidate for the Senior City Planner for Development Projects position will direct and manage the coordinated review process for new development projects, including the complex coordination of large and multi‑phased projects. This position provides a single point of contact (from project inception to completion) that ensures that the entire review and approval process is timely, well‑coordinated, efficient, and predictable with the focus on successful project outcomes. Senior City Planner’s for Development Projects (Project Champions) meet with customers early in the conceptual stages of the development process to provide critical information about milestones and critical paths for the developer. They are responsible for managing the project, providing project updates, resolving conflicts between policies, codes and regulations across internal city departments and agencies and external entities, such as, Denver Water and Xcel Energy, and to track and document the history of a project through the review and approval process. You are not expected to be advocates, but rather project management liaisons leading and managing the review process with an emphasis on achieving successful outcomes as efficiently as possible.

Key responsibilities will include

• Working collaboratively with the Associate City Planner for Development Projects and the multi‑agency review team to ensure review and approvals are completed accurately and effectively.
• Maintaining a focus on exceptional customer service focused on efficiently assisting development projects through the development review and approval process.
• Managing large scale and multi‑phased developments through various infrastructure, site planning, and subdivision phases.
• Coordinating with City Agencies and Departments to ensure implementation of city plans, regulations and policies through the review process, including assisting with development of zoning code amendments, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, open space and parks plans, infrastructure design, Development Agreements, and capital improvement review.
• Providing urban design review and guidance for projects within Design Review Districts.
• Managing the review responsibilities across a wide variety of assigned projects within the Site Design and Neighborhood Development team.
• Facilitating the coordinated review process across agencies resulting in conflict resolution and final project approvals.
• Be involved with applying relevant codes, focused on successful place‑making to create well‑designed outcomes through review of development plan proposals.
• Reviewing development permit applications for completeness, accuracy, conformance to applicable regulations and coordination/distribution of applications for review by appropriate section/agencies within established timeframes.
• Balancing multiple projects of different scopes and scales, ability to work closely with other city departments/agencies and external agencies to manage customer expectations.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience managing and coordinating complex, large‑scale and/or multi‑phased development projects, including balancing multiple active projects and competing priorities.
• Experience with development review, plan review, permitting, or entitlement processes, including reviewing development proposals for compliance with applicable zoning, land use, building, development codes, design standards, or guidelines.
• Knowledge and understanding of zoning, land use, architectural, site planning/engineering, development review, and development principles, practices, and processes.
• Experience serving as a primary point of contact for development projects and coordinating across multiple stakeholders, including developers, property owners, architects, engineers, consultants, government agencies, and internal review teams.
• Strong analytical, project management, organizational, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex information, manage competing priorities, and develop solutions to challenging development and regulatory issues.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills, including the ability to explain complex regulatory requirements, navigate difficult conversations, manage expectations, and communicate effectively with a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and disciplines, resolve competing or conflicting priorities, and build productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with professional planning, architecture, engineering, development, or a related field in a municipal development review environment or from the applicant/development side of the process.
• Ability to work as part of a team to support both internal and external customers; Self‑motivated and motivated to help others.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Construction Management, Public Administration, Business, or a related field.
• Experience Requirement: Five (5) years of professional experience reviewing development projects, rezoning, or amendment requests.
• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post‑high school education.

Application Deadline

no later than Sunday, November 8th, at 11:59pm.

About Everything Else

Job Profile CE2161 Development Project Administrator Senior. To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period. Position Type Unlimited Position Salary Range $80,217.00 - $132,358.00 Target Pay $90,000-100,000/year, based on education and experience Agency Community Planning & Development Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies City and County of Denver employees may be re‑deployed to work in other capacities in their own agencies or in other city agencies to support core functions of the city during a citywide emergency declared by the Mayor. The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real‑time captioning via CART, or disability‑related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact [e-mail] with three business days’ notice. Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S. For information about right to work. Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.