Planner, Principal (Planning and Policy)

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This classification provides the most senior-level professional planning services with a high degree of responsibility independence judgement and discretion. The incumbent serves as a subject matter expert responsible for completing and leading highly-complex tasks and large-scale projects regarding the development application and administration of land use zoning architectural and urban design strategies and regulations that develop a more accessible productive resilient and exceptionally built environment. This position is with the Planning and Policy Team which is responsible for implementing the recommendations of Citys Master Plan - Richmond 300: A Guide for Growth and developing and amending citywide district and community land use plans as well as the zoning ordinance and policies necessary to implement such plans.

These duties are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.

• Prepares adopts and amends citywide district and community land use plans as well as the zoning
• ordinance and policies necessary to implement such plans
• Reviews capital budgets to ensure alignment with master plan priorities
• Prepares plans of work and assign tasks and projects
• Prepares evaluates and awards requests for proposals
• Researches directs and manages initiatives regulations programs and related agency and
• interdepartmental policies
• Prepares and administers budgets contracts and programmatic agreements
• Makes interpretive decisions on behalf of the organization regarding the means for executing the goals
• established by City policy
• Provides technical assistance to residents and business owners and serves as a primary point of contact for
• applicants
• Formulates and recommends strategies for solving complex issues
• Prepares for organizes and facilitates various meetings and public engagement activities with diverse
• groups of internal and external stakeholders especially those from historically underrepresented
• communities
• Networks communicates and meets with attorneys consultants executives municipal representatives
• community boards and professional associations
• Compiles and analyzes data to create charts maps and other visualizations for presentations and
• publications; presents findings to boards commissions and Council and publishes information on City
• websites
• Drafts reviews and responds to various documents ordinances and emails

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES: These are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.

Knowledge (some combination of the following):

• Principles methods and practices of planning land use zoning and urban design and how they affect each other
• Euclidian form-based and hybrid approaches to zoning
• Local land use laws zoning codes board and commission functions and parliamentary processes
• Rezoning special use permit variance special exception site plan plan of development subdivision and certificate of appropriateness regulations and review processes
• Current issues and initiatives that involve engaging diverse groups on a neighborhood community and citywide basis
• Principles methods and practices of transportation planning economic development affordable housing public history and culture environmental planning and brownfields redevelopment
• Architectural styles techniques and typologies
• Federal state and local historic preservation laws and practices including Section 106 review and how to coordinate with the State Historic Preservation Office National Park Service and Advisory Council for Historic Preservation

• Preparing and administering budgets contracts and programmatic agreements
• Preparing plans of work and assigning tasks and projects
• Making interpretive decisions on behalf of the organization regarding the means for executing the goals established by City policy
• Researching directing and managing initiatives regulations programs and related agency and interdepartmental policies
• Establishing sequences and timelines for complex development projects
• Preparing evaluating and awarding requests for proposals
• Preparing adopting and amending citywide district and community land use plans as well as ordinances and policies necessary to implement such plans
• Coordinating and conducting timely interdepartmental reviews for land use zoning historic preservation and urban design applications plans and permits for compliance with applicable codes ordinances and regulations including field inspections and investigations
• Providing technical assistance to residents and business owners and serving as a primary point of contact for applicants
• Formulating and recommending strategies for solving complex issues
• Preparing for organizing and facilitating various meetings and public engagement activities with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders especially those from historically underrepresented communities
• Networking communicating and meeting with attorneys consultants executives municipal representatives community boards and professional associations
• Compiling and analyzing data to create charts maps and other visualizations for presentations and publications with ArcGIS; SketchUp; Adobe Acrobat InDesign Illustrator and Photoshop; and Microsoft PowerPoint Access and Excel
• Presenting findings to boards commissions and Council and publishing information on City websites
• Drafting reviewing and responding to various documents ordinances and emails

• Thrive in a fast-paced high-stakes large and diverse political environment and adapt and improvise as
  conditions deliverables and deadlines change
• Think critically using logic and reason to identify solutions
• Communicate clearly and concisely both in writing and speech
• Facilitate discussion and debate and exhibit excellent interpersonal communication to resolve conflicts
• Maintain composure in stressful situations
• Provide superior customer service and manage unhappy clients

• Bachelors degree in comprehensive regional transportation or urban planning; urban design environmental design or landscape architecture; law public administration management; real estate; economic development; environmental or public policy; architecture architectural history or historic preservation; sustainability; geography urban ecology regional or urban studies; civil or environmental engineering; or a related field
• Eight (8) years of experience of which two (2) years may include internships apprenticeships volunteer work or graduate training
• An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification

• Masters degree in a field described above
• Ten (10) years of experience which may include internships apprenticeships volunteer work or graduate training especially working for local government in a historic urban environment and with diverse and underserved communities
• Certification credentials or accreditation by the American Planning Association (AICP or CUD) Congress for New Urbanism (CNUa) American Institute of Architects (AIA) International Economic Development Council (CEcD) International Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Association (ICCP) GIS Certification Institute (GISP) U.S. Green Building

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