Planning Director

Planning DirectorThe fundamental reason this position exists is to manage the City's Planning Department, which includes long-range land use planning, zoning, subdivision regulation, development review, permitting coordination, and transportation planning functions. The Director also serves as the lead administrator for the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Key responsibilities include developing and managing strategic plans; creating, developing, and maintaining the City's comprehensive plan; overseeing zoning ordinance and subdivision regulation updates; coordinating and supervising development and land use application reviews; and facilitating public engagement and intergovernmental collaboration. The Director plays a central leadership role in developing the capital improvements program in alignment with the comprehensive plan, managing studies and consultant-led planning projects, securing funding for planning initiatives, ensuring records and documentation are maintained, managing departmental and MPO budgets, supervising multidisciplinary staff, and serving as the City's representative to Envision 2050 and other regional planning bodies. Supervision is exercised over professional and technical staff responsible for Long Range Planning, Land Use and Zoning, and Transportation Planning, including the MPO. This classification reports to the Planning, Permitting, and Inspections Director.Compensation plans are based on a multi-step progression system. The pay range shown on the announcement reflects the starting salary range for the assigned pay grade. Progression beyond the posted range occurs in accordance with established compensation policies. A starting salary may be negotiated and will be commensurate with education, training, and experience in alignment with pay administration policies and Montgomery Personnel Board Rules & Regulations.Master's degree in Urban Planning, Public Administration, or a related field and six (6) years of experience supervising and managing a primary planning function or division responsible for long-range planning, transportation planning, or similar. Two years of qualifying experience can substitute for the master's degree. NOTE: Qualifying education, training, and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job will be considered.American Institute Certified Planners (AICP) certification is strongly preferred. Candidates without current certification must be eligible and willing to obtain it within two years of hire. Active membership in the American Planning Association (APA) is encouraged.Applications are being accepted to fill a vacancy and any other vacancies that may occur during the life of the register. Applicants will be screened and qualified based upon education and experience as shown on the application and supplemental questionnaire. For this reason, applicants are urged to fill in the application and supplemental questionnaire form completely, providing detailed information concerning the kinds of jobs they have held, the dates they held them, where and exactly what their duties were. If more than five qualified applications are received, a selection procedure will be administered to rank applicants on the register. Tied scores will not be broken. If there are five or less qualified applicants, they will be considered equally qualified and placed on the register in alphabetical order.Complete an online application by clicking 'Apply'. Completed applications will be accepted online until 11:59 p.m. on the closing date. If there is no closing date, the announcement may be closed at any time without prior notice.Employment may be conditional upon the potential employee passing a pre-employment drug test. (The drug test may require the submission of a sample of hair, fingernails, and/or urine that will verify illegal drug use). Employment may be conditional upon the potential employee passing a background check. (Candidates will be asked to provide consent prior to the administration of background checks.) Discrimination against any person in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, retention, discipline, or any other aspect of personnel administration because of political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of race, national origin, or any other non-merit factors is prohibited. Discrimination based on age, sex, or physical disability is prohibited except where specific age, sex, or physical requirements constitute a bona fide occupational qualification necessary to proper and efficient administration. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is the responsibility of the applicant with a disability to request accommodation which he/she requires in order to participate in the application or examination process. The Montgomery Personnel Board reserves the right to require documentation of the need for accommodation under the ADA. In order to request accommodation in the application or testing process, contact the Personnel Director at View phone number on click.appcast.io. Prior to your employment, you will be required to provide to your employer documentation of your identity and employment eligibility in order to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It is your responsibility to update your contact information (address, phone, email) so that we can contact you about jobs. Please visit the Update Contact Information page to log in and update your contact information at any time.The City of Montgomery provides a comprehensive benefits package consisting of Core benefits—Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Mental Health, Flexible Spending Accounts, Voluntary Life Insurance, and Deferred Compensation—as well as Voluntary benefits available through Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company. Employees also receive paid annual and sick leave, paid paternal leave, paid holidays, and participation in the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) retirement program. To learn more details, visit the benefits page.