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Job Description

PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR

JOB CODE 18270

Effective Date:	07/07N

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The fundamental reason this classification exists is to manage a planning division and administer current and long range planning, and/or special projects of the Planning Department. The incumbent must have skill as an administrator as well as technical and planning competence. General guidance is provided to planning teams, and direct supervision is exercised over Principal Planners. Planning Administrators consult and coordinate with other City officials or those from other jurisdictions, and assist major developers and the public on matters pertaining to planning and zoning matters. Work is performed under the general direction of the Planning Director or Assistant Planning Director and is reviewed primarily on results obtained.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Directs a division in current or long-range planning, zoning administration, or special projects and gives general guidance to the division;
• Supervises and coordinates professional planners resolving any planning disputes or interpretation disputes that may arise;
• Acts as technical advisor to employees in clarifying difficult assignments and reviewing the objectives, feasibility, techniques of execution, and findings of their work;
• Consults and coordinates with other City officials or those from other jurisdictions;
• Assists major developers and the public on matters pertaining to planning and zoning;
• Represents the department at City Council, Planning Commission, and other public meetings;
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Municipal administrative problems and their solutions.
• Economics, municipal finance, law, and sociology as applied to city planning.
• Principles and practices of public administration and City planning.
• The practices, procedures, and techniques of conducting public hearings.
• Land use relationships.
• Current urban planning principles, practices, and techniques.
• Short-term and long-range urban planning principles and practices.
  

Ability to:

• Plan, assign, and supervise the work of Planners in technical research on economic, sociological, public relations, and planning problems.
• Perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others.
• Coordinate the activities of multiple City departments in development services activities.
• Negotiate with citizens and department heads orally to enable and facilitate development activities in a face-to-face, one-on-one setting;
• Work cooperatively with citizen groups, governmental committees and City departments.
• Comprehend and make inferences from written material in the English language.
• Produce written documents with clearly organized thoughts using proper English sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar.
• Review or check the work products of others to ensure conformance to standards.
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
  

Additional Requirements:

• Some positions will require the performance of other essential and marginal functions depending upon work location, assignment, or shift.

ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
Five years of progressively responsible experience in public sector planning including two years of supervisory experience at the Principal Planner level and a bachelor's degree in planning or a closely related field. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.