Senior Planner, #JR-00110

City of Virginia Beach; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Holidays and leave

Job summary

The City of Virginia Beach's Department of Planning & Community Development is seeking a Senior Planner to join the Current Planning team. You will facilitate discretionary applications and coordinate multi-party development reviews through Planning Commission and City Council actions.

Ideal candidates will interpret city ordinances, research land-use requirements, and communicate objectives clearly to developers, investors, attorneys, and city staff, while supporting policy development across

Qualifications

• Experience in public and/or private municipal/government setting.
• Experience working directly with appointed Boards & Commissions on development applications.
• Experience interpreting and researching Codes & Ordinances.
• Site development plan review and project management experience.
• Experience with meeting facilitation and public presentations.
• Work/Coordination experience with multidisciplinary design teams, to include developers, engineers, architects, etc.
• Supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide recommendations and comments to Planning bodies, boards, commissions, and the public on planning topics.
• Review and facilitate complex discretionary applications (rezonings, variances, CUPs, and street closures) and present to Planning Commission.
• Prepare City Council agenda forms transmitting Planning Commission recommendations.
• Coordinate and supervise staff reviewing discretionary applications and site plans for compliance with ordinances and adopted plans.
• Coordinate compilation of comments from reviewing City agencies on land use applications.
• Research information for Boards, Commissions and City Council agendas.
• Provide information and support regarding the development review process to the public and staff.
• Prepare reports and studies on development review topics.
• Meet with developers, investors, attorneys, and executives to advise on development within city policies.
• Serve on City committees as a department representative.
• Coordinate policy development and problem solving among City departments.
• Assist the Planning Evaluation Coordinator as requested in Current Planning coordination.

Skills

Project management

Meeting facilitation

Public presentations

Supervisory experience

Customer service

Job description

The City of Virginia Beach Department of Planning & Community Development is recruiting a Senior Planner with the Department’s Current Planning team responsible for facilitating the discretionary application processes requiring Planning Commission and City Council action. Suitable candidates will be required to coordinate and manage multiple complex development applications through the discretionary process. Applicant must have the ability to explain and implement the City of Virginia Beach’s Ordinances, land use development requirements, and the City Council’s vision contained in adopted long-range plans in a customer friendly, professional, and logical manner.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Provide recommendations and comments to the Planning Evaluation Coordinator, Planning Administrator, other city agencies, City boards and commissions, and the public on a variety of planning related subjects as appropriate.
• Review and facilitate complex discretionary applications, including re-zonings, conditional re-zonings, conditional use permits, subdivision variances, and street closures to include drafting staff reports and presenting development projects to the Planning Commission and other City Council appointed boards, commissions, and committees as needed.
• Prepare City Council Agenda Request Forms transmitting Planning Commission recommendations for City Council consideration and action.
• Coordinate and supervise professional and technical staff responsible for the review of discretionary applications and site plans for compliance with various City ordinances, policies, and adopted plans.
• Coordinate the compilation of comments received from reviewing City agencies related to land use applications.
• Research information for Boards and Commissions and City Council agenda as required.
• Provide information and support regarding development review process to the public and other City staff as required.
• Prepare reports and studies on development review related topics as needed.
• Meet with developers, investors, attorneys, and corporate executives and advise each on how to reach their development objectives within the bounds of City ordinances and policies.
• Serve on various City committees as a representative of the Department.
• Coordinate policy development and problem solving among various City departments and agencies.
• Assist the Planning Evaluation Coordinator as requested in the coordination of all aspects of the Current Planning Division.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience in public and/or private municipal/government setting
• Experience working directly with appointed Boards & Commissions on development applications
• Experience interpreting and researching Codes & Ordinances
• Site development plan review and project management experience
• Experience with meeting facilitation and public presentations
• Work/Coordination experience with multidisciplinary design teams, to include developers, engineers, architects, etc.
• Supervisory experience

The City offers a generous benefits package, which includes health, dental and life insurance, retirement and savings plans, maternity/paternity and parental leave, holidays and leave.

The City of Virginia Beach is an Equal Opportunity Employer.