Senior Community Planner & Engagement Lead

Rincon Consultants; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage options

Employer-sponsored insurance

Retirement benefits

Generous time off

Learning programs

Job summary

Rincon Consultants is seeking a Senior Community Planner / Community Engagement Project Manager in California to lead outreach for planning initiatives addressing growth, housing, and land use. You will mentor staff, build client relationships, and shape the Community Planning practice.

Role offers hybrid work with in-person collaboration, travel as needed, and opportunities to advance planning strategies and stakeholder engagement capabilities within Rincon’s Community Planning team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in California with increasing responsibility for technical work, project management, and client support.
• Experience leading community engagement programs, workshops, stakeholder meetings, and outreach efforts.
• Established knowledge of California land use planning principles, housing policy, and local government planning processes.
• Experience developing engagement strategies, outreach plans, and stakeholder engagement approaches for planning or related projects.
• Ability to travel occasionally as project and client needs require.

Responsibilities

• Lead outreach and engagement for and facilitation for community planning projects from project initiation through adoption and implementation.
• Prepare and oversee complex community outreach and engagement programs for General Plans, Housing Elements, Community Plans, Specific Plans, zoning code updates, and other planning and policy documents.
• Manage integrating qualitative analyses from outreach and engagement data into land use, housing, demographic, and policy analyses that support long-range planning decisions, community goals, and implementation strategies.
• Manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, staffing, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated planning solutions that align with client goals and community priorities, integrating engagement strategies and community input into planning processes and project outcomes.
• Provide QA/QC review to support technical quality and consistency across project deliverables
• Coordinate engagement activities with multidisciplinary teams to ensure public input is effectively integrated into planning processes and project outcomes

Skills

Community engagement

Project management

Public speaking

Client coordination

QA/QC

Mentoring

Written & verbal communication

Education

B.A./B.S. in Urban/Regional Planning

Job description

Rincon Consultants is seeking a Senior Community Planner / Community Engagement Project Manager in California to lead outreach for planning initiatives addressing growth, housing, and land use. You will mentor staff, build client relationships, and shape the Community Planning practice.

Role offers hybrid work with in-person collaboration, travel as needed, and opportunities to advance planning strategies and stakeholder engagement capabilities within Rincon’s Community Planning team.