Planner Planning and Policy

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This is an EXCITING time to Join the City of Richmond! We are committed to nurturing talent fostering growth opportunities and building strong connections within our workforce. As we continue to make strides to becoming the employer of choice we are thrilled about the below employee benefit enhancements:

• Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
• Language Incentive
• Referral Bonus
• Tuition Assistance Program

DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Contribute to the dynamic team of Planning and Policy that work to create implement long-range plans.
• Develop neighborhood district corridor and other small-area plans.
• Propose and adopt amendments to the zoning ordinance and associated codes that help implement these plans.
• Assist with the redevelopment of city-owned land via public-private partnerships.
• Participate in capital budget review to ensure alignment with master plan priorities.
• Prepare plans of work and assign tasks and projects.
• Prepare and administer scopes of work budgets contracts and programmatic agreements.
• Prepare reports and present findings to boards commissions and Council.
• Organize and facilitate meetings and public engagement activities including night and weekend meetings
• Compile and analyze data to create charts graphs maps and other visualizations.
• Create publications presentations and content for website.
• Prepare evaluate and award requests for proposals.

• Exercised: none
• Received: typically reports to a Planning Supervisor or Deputy Director
• Note: other reporting relationships may apply

Note:

• Class description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department. The employee may perform other duties of a similar nature or level subject to the needs of the department.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
KNOWLEDGE:

• General knowledge of principles methods and practices of land use planning and zoning and how they affect each other.
• General knowledge of Euclidian form-based and hybrid approaches to zoning.
• Basic knowledge of state and local land use laws and zoning codes.
• General knowledge of pedestrian bicycle and transit transportation planning.
• General knowledge of principles methods and practices of economic development affordable housing historic preservation urban design environmental planning and brownfields redevelopment.

• Creating and implementing of comprehensive long-range plans as well as neighborhood district corridor and other small-area plans.
• Proposing and adopting changes to zoning ordinances and associated codes.
• Participating in planning efforts led by other departments. Reviewing the capital budget.
• Preparing plans of work and assigning tasks and projects
• Preparing and administering scopes of work and contracts.
• Preparing reports and presenting findings to boards commissions and Council. Organizing and facilitating meetings and public engagement activities.
• Compiling and analyzing data to create charts graphs maps and other visualizations with ArcGIS SketchUp and Excel.
• Creating publications presentations and content for website with Adobe Acrobat InDesign Illustrator or Photoshop or Microsoft PowerPoint or Publisher.
• Preparing evaluating and awarding requests for proposals.

• Thrive in a fast-paced high-stakes large and diverse political environment and adapt and improvise as conditions 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 in order to resolve conflicts.
• Maintain composure in stressful situations.
• Provide superior customer service and manage unhappy clients.

• Bachelors degree in urban planning civil or environmental engineering landscape architecture or a related field
• Three years of experience or an equivalent amount of graduate level training.
• An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification

• A Masters degree in urban planning urban design or landscape architecture
• Direct experience in the preparation of Small Area Plans and writing zoning ordinances
• Demonstrated experience working in current planning zoning and with boards and commissions
• Experience working in an urban environment and engaging with diverse populations
• Excellent public presentation leadership time management and organizational skills
• Significant experience with code development new urbanism and both downtown and neighborhood revitalization techniques
• Demonstrated experience in Arc-GIS SketchUp InDesign Illustrator and graphics packages
• Certified planner with AICP credentials.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts electrical currents vibrations etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes odors dusts gases and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people imminent danger and a threatening environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly work with ones fingers grasp talk hear see and use repetitive motions; frequently walk and reach; and occasionally stand balance stoop kneel crouch reach lift push and terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties this classification is considered to be light work exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally up to 10 pounds of force frequently and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The City of Richmond provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

The City of Richmond is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment the City of Richmond will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to participate in the job application and/or the interview process please contact Veronica Kenner by email at

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruitment hiring placement promotion termination layoff transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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