Urban Planner
Urban Planner
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18-05-2025
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Position Description
If youre looking to be a part of a collaborative environment where your skills can make an impact explore our current opportunities in creating a better future for public health.
About Harris County Public Health:
Harris County Public Health (HCPH) includes a network of more than 1100 public health professionals working together to improve health outcomes for the third most populous county in the United States. HCPH provides a multitude of services such as medical and dental services community programming and health education for the approximately 2.3 million people in unincorporated Harris County. Through its core values of innovation engagement and health equity HCPH strives to bring meaningful solutions to public health issues while keeping Harris County healthy and vibrant.
Position Overview:
Harris County Public Health (HCPH) jointly with Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) is seeking to hire an Urban Planner and Public Health Specialist. Under the direction of the Built Environment Program Manager of the Environmental Public Health Division the Urban Planner will work under the Built Environment Unit to assess create and lead planning projects to achieve a Health in All Policies approach. The employee will work with project staff and/or contractors to provide project management budget management stakeholder and community engagement and communication support for these projects. Activities will support implementation strategies that increase the health and wellbeing of Harris County residents.
This positions major responsibility will be to serve as the HCPH representative on the Infrastructure Resilience Team. Harris County formed an Infrastructure Resilience Team (IRT) led by HCFCD and including the Office of the County Engineer the Harris County Toll Road Authority the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management the Harris County Housing and Community Services Department and Harris County Public Health. Tasked with developing the first Flood Resilience Plan the team serves the County by delivering accurate and quality information engaging the public in activities that promote fair fast equitable and smart solutions and encouraging sciencebased solutions to flooding and other flood and infrastructurerelated resilience issues with an overarching aim of increasing the regions overall resilience to disasters. The IRT relies on representatives from these six (6) agencies to support this innovative effort.
Duties & Responsibilities:- Synthesize complex and diverse information; collect and objectively weigh data; use experience intuition and critical thinking to complement data; and support health impact assessments rapid needs assessments or other programs and tools necessary to support the BEU and IRT objectives.
- Perform qualitative and geospatial analysis (ArcGIS) to support the development of project recommendations.
- Identify and track current issues related to the built environment and flood reslience and mitigation and formulate concepts for new or expanded areas of research.
- Project development that will include educating engaging and/or training multisectoral stakeholders and community members to envision and advocate for environmental improvements in Harris County neighborhoods.
- Analyzes and utilizes social economic demographic and physical data and makes recommendations for reports.
- Coordinate with internal colleagues external stakeholders and the general public.
- Responsibilities include other duties as assigned including special tasks involved in responding to an emergency event.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity EmployerRequirements
Education:
- Masters Degree in Urban Planning Public Health or related field.
- Must have a current and valid drivers license (TX upon hire).
- Minimum three (3) years experience in the field of Urban Planning Flood Resilience or Health Equity.
- Must be organized detail oriented a problem solver and meet deadlines in a multitasked and dynamic environment exceptional in customer service skills above average in accuracy and quality of work and able to demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must have excellent communication skillsthe ability to assemble summarize and interpret pertinent technical literature prepare and present oral and written presentations.
- Must have strong oral and written communication skills.
- Must have thorough understanding of effective community and stakeholder engagement processes and tools.
- Must be knowledgeable about effective communication and outreach strategies.
- Must have skills in establishing and maintaining effective and collaborative relationships with persons and groups across a variety of disciplines.
- Must have the ability to organize and work independently on timesensitive projects.
Organizational Leadership- Understands the organizational mission.
- Understands ethics and public good; is concerned with public trust.
- Demonstrates respect for the opinions and beliefs of others.
- Contributes to an inclusive workplace where equity diversity inclusion and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission.
- Demonstrates a sense of responsibility for the success of the group.
- Collaborates with others to improve quality and address needs.
- Ability to adapt to change.
- Treats others with courtesy sensitivity and respect.
- Behaves in an honest fair and ethical manner.
- Assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses.
- Uses sound judgment.
- Selfmotivated.
- Organizes and maintains work environment to allow for maximum productivity.
- Communicates clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
NOTE:Qualifying education experience knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentationbutONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. See Resumewill not be accepted for qualifications.Preferences
Experience: Minimum 1 (one) year experience with ArcGIS preferred.
General Information
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:
- This is a fulltime position Monday Friday 40 hours per week.
- This job operates in a professional office environment.
- This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands:- This is a largely sedentary role; however some duties would require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds and bending and standing for periods at a time.
- Harris County Public Health: Environmental Public Health 1111 Fannin St Houston TX 77002.
Employment is contingent upon passing a background check.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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