Zoning Analyst I

Cretelligent; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401K with company match

Job summary

CREtelligent in Akron, OH is seeking a Zoning Analyst to research, analyze, and interpret zoning and land use regulations nationwide as part of CRE due diligence. You will collaborate with a team of zoning researchers and analysts to prepare comprehensive zoning reports for clients.

The role emphasizes strong writing and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, environmental, real estate, geography, public administration, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 1–3 years of experience in commercial real estate, zoning, land use, permitting, planning, or related research preferred.
• Understanding of, or interest in developing, knowledge of zoning ordinances, land use regulations, and the client–consultant relationship.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Data Acquisition: Collaborate with the Zoning Research team to gather necessary municipal documents and records to support the report writing process.
• Quality Assurance: Review and analyze regulatory documents to extract key data points, ensuring the information obtained is accurate, complete, and relevant to the reporting requirements.
• Reporting: Prepare clear, accurate, and timely reports by applying your knowledge of zoning, land use regulations, and commercial real estate (CRE) due diligence.
• Problem-Solving: Proactively identify and resolve issues that may arise during the research and reporting process, ensuring project timelines and client needs are met.
• Confidentiality: Handle all sensitive documents and information with the highest level of professionalism and discretion.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, environmental, real estate, geography, public administration, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

What happens when you combine comprehensive commercial property data sources, predictive analytics, expert in-house Commercial Real Estate (CRE) experts, cutting edge due diligence technology and a talented, motivated, humble team eager to disrupt a multi-trillion-dollar industry? Put simply, you get CREtelligent - Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence. Simplified.

We are innovators.

With a wide range of innovative end-to-end CRE due diligence solutions, we are revolutionizing the underwriting and due diligence process for the Financial and Corporate real estate industries. Our CRE PropTech solutions and services enable our clients to improve pull-through rates, collapse transaction cycle time, mitigate risk, and improve their customers’ experience throughout the commercial loan process.

Who We’re Looking For

The Zoning Analyst will research, analyze, and interpret zoning and land use regulations for properties across the country. This role is ideal for someone with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a passion for problem-solving in the commercial real estate sector. In this role you will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with a team of Zoning Research Specialists and Zoning Analysts to research, document, and prepare zoning reports as part of the commercial real estate due diligence process. You will use your communication skills to ensure that the project management and sales teams are aware of report progress so the client can be kept informed.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Data Acquisition:
  • Collaborate with the Zoning Research team to gather necessary municipal documents and records to support the report writing process.
• Quality Assurance:
  • Review and analyze regulatory documents to extract key data points, ensuring the information obtained is accurate, complete, and relevant to the reporting requirements.
• Reporting:
  • Prepare clear, accurate, and timely reports by applying your knowledge of zoning, land use regulations, and commercial real estate (CRE) due diligence. Strong writing skills will be essential in delivering high-quality deliverables.
• Problem-Solving:
  • Proactively identify and resolve issues that may arise during the research and reporting process, ensuring project timelines and client needs are met.
• Confidentiality:
  • Handle all sensitive documents and information with the highest level of professionalism and discretion.

Health and Wellness

What's important to you and your family is important to us.

Competitive Pay and Benefits package

• A comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees. This package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, medical transportation plan, critical illness insurance, pet insurance, legal insurance and more
• We offer a 401K with employer profit match contribution, when we profit, you do too!
• Base Pay Range:$20 to $25 per hour
  • The total compensation package includes base pay plus a quarterly bonus plan.
• Wellness, wellness, wellness is a major mantra at CREtellligent. We believe in the importance of supporting you to be the best version of YOU. You are OUR priority.

Paid Time Off

You will be part of our paid time off (PTO) program giving you up to 12 paid days off during your first full year of employment. You will also enjoy additional time off during our 12 recognized paid company holidays. We work hard, and play hard so enjoy time off!

Fun

Off-site adventures, unique traditions, monthly birthday celebrations, Lunch and Learns, and a relaxed office environment. Show up and be your wonderful self.

Flexibility

Having the ability to adjust your work schedule to meet both the needs of your team and those of your personal life is just as important to us as it is to you. This means most days you'll work a 9-to-5 schedule in the office with your team; however, we get you have a family and life where you’ll need some flexibility, and you’ll have that with us. We hire you as a professional and we’ll treat you like one.

Family

We believe in supporting strong family units from day one this starts with supporting parents with paid maternity and paternity leave. As the primary caregiver to a newborn, we provide 12 weeks paid leave + another 4 weeks of part-time paid transition time to support your return. As the supporting caregiver, we provide 6 weeks of paid leave. As part of the CREtelligent team, your health and happiness are directly connected to that of your families we get this and make it a priority.

Community Outreach Volunteer Time Off

We provide all full-time employees with a half day of paid volunteer time off. Volunteering and supporting our local communities is an important part of our culture, we put our money where our mouth is to support you in making a difference in your local community.

Office Fuel

We’re an environment that cares about your well-being. We provide healthy (and fun) snacks, drinks, coffee, and the doughnut or two to sweeten things up.

Opportunities for Professional Growth and Development

Communication and Professional Development

• To stay connected we hold monthly all team huddles and quarterly all hands meetings to celebrate milestones, share updates, and welcome new hires.
• Our managers hold regular employee one on one sessions to support your goal achievement and personal development. Frequent opportunities for professional development are provided, be it lunch and learns, webinars or out of the office events.
• We are a growing firm with a national footprint ready to support your career advancement. Your professional development and career progression is important to us – when you learn and grow, so do we.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, environmental, real estate, geography, public administration, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 1–3 years of experience in commercial real estate, zoning, land use, permitting, planning, or related research preferred.
• Understanding of, or interest in developing, knowledge of zoning ordinances, land use regulations, and the client-consultant relationship.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

CREtelligent supports service members. Veterans encouraged to apply.