Senior Planner

Position Overview City of Anaheim Planning & Building Department seeks a dynamic and well qualified Senior Planner to provide expertise and leadership in the Planning Services Division. Senior Planners perform the most technical and complex tasks within their assigned areas of responsibility and must be technically proficient, collaborative, and effective working in a team-oriented environment. Anaheim is an exciting, complex, and dynamic city in which to work, with major planning efforts and transformative projects such as ocV!BE, a $4 billion entertainment and housing development, and Disneyland Forward reflecting the scale and significance of development activity occurring in the City. The successful candidate will serve as an integral member of the Planning and Building team and will support the Department’s work in providing high-quality planning services to the Anaheim community. Experience working in a municipal planning agency is highly desirable. Responsibilities Provide lead supervision and technical assistance to professional and technical planning staff; coordinate and assign work activities, projects and programs; monitor workflow; review and evaluate work products, methods and procedures; provide staff training. Coordinate the revisions of policies and procedures; research, analyze and prepare recommendations to adopt ordinances; perform research regarding implementation of policies established by the general plan, zoning ordinance or other land use and development ordinances. Review proposed legislation; evaluate the effects of outside policies, regulations, and legislation on the City’s planning goals. Review development proposals and agreements; prepare requests for proposals, scopes of work, and agreements for professional services; oversee and monitor the work of consultants. Coordinate and provide project management for large and complex planning projects. Attend and represent the Planning Services Division at public meetings and interdepartmental meetings and serve on related committees as needed; respond to requests for information at public meetings; make presentations related to current and advanced planning; and provide technical planning information to elected and appointed City officials. Coordinate and serve as liaison between the business community and City staff with regard to current or advanced planning special projects; advise City staff, developers and the general public on planning policies, issues and concerns. Research and analyze requests for code amendments and special studies; prepare reports to the City Council and Planning Commission; coordinate the preparation and submission of new ordinances. Confer with engineers, developers, architects, agency representatives, realtors, and appraisers, and the general public in researching and coordinating planning and zoning matters; provide information regarding City development requirements and policies. Interpret and apply codes, laws and regulations to ensure development applications, City projects and municipal code amendments are in compliance; assist in the negotiation of development agreements. Respond to questions and provide information to the public; investigate complaints and recommend corrective action as necessary to resolve complaints. Develop and monitor Planning Services Division program budgets; submit justifications for development projects; monitor and control expenditures. Assist in the development and implementation of goals and objectives, policies and procedures for assigned area; establish schedules and methods for current and advanced planning projects. Stay abreast of new trends and innovations in the fields of current and advanced municipal and regional planning and zoning. Perform related duties as required. Distinguishing Characteristics This is the advanced journey level class in the Planner series. Positions at this level are distinguished from other classes within the series by the level of responsibility assumed and the complexity of duties assigned. Employees perform the most difficult and responsible types of duties assigned to classes within this series. Employees at this level are required to be fully trained in all procedures related to the assigned Planning Department area. Experience and Education Three years of increasingly responsible professional urban planning experience supplemented by a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in planning, architecture, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education sufficient to perform the essential job functions and provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. Knowledge Complex principles and practices of urban planning, development, zoning and redevelopment; methods and procedures used in the planning and zoning processes; methods and techniques of effective technical report preparation and presentation; principles of project management; principles of contract administration; recent developments, current literature and sources of information related to municipal planning; research methods and sources of information related to urban growth and development; methods and procedures of computer database usage; basic budgeting and accounting principles; principles of supervision and training; pertinent federal, state, and local codes, laws, and regulations including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and state zoning and environmental laws. Abilities Lead, organize, and review the work of professional and technical staff; independently perform the most difficult planning projects; interpret, explain, and enforce department policies and procedures; analyze and compile complex technical and statistical information; manage and coordinate the work of consultants; assist in implementing goals, objectives and practices to provide effective and efficient program services; analyze site design, terrain constraints, circulation, land use compatibility, utilities and other urban services; participate in a variety of public and board meetings; make public presentations and recommendations on advanced and/or current planning issues and concerns; interpret and explain City and program policies and procedures; work independently; make sound and supportable recommendations; analyze and assess community needs; evaluate new service delivery methods, procedures, and techniques; develop creative approaches to and concepts for addressing planning problems; research, analyze and evaluate new zoning regulations and procedures; prepare clear, concise, thorough and accurate technical reports; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; and establish and maintain effective working relationships. License/Certification Required Possession of an appropriate, valid driver’s license. #J-18808-Ljbffr