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Urban Regional Planner III/IV
County of Riverside / Riverside, CA
Posted on: November 10, 2021
Application Deadline: 11/29/2021
Job Description
The County of Riverside’s Transportation and Land Management Agency has an opportunity for an Urban/Regional Planner III/IV who will be assigned to the Advance Planning Division in Riverside. The incumbent will be responsible for performing the most difficult and complex planning work in developing long-range land use plans, evaluate current land use requests, conduct various planning studies, project case management, technical analysis, public presentations, and will provide planning information to the public. The Agency desires candidates with: experience in land use planning, the ability to work in a team environment, proficiency with MS Office programs, strong writing skills, and the ability to plan, organize and carry out work independently.
This is the advanced working and lead level in the Urban/Regional Planner series. Incumbents in this class coordinate or perform the most difficult and complex land use planning or transportation planning assignments with a minimum of supervision and guidance; incumbents may serve as project or study leaders where the work of assigned staff is not directly supervised by a Principal Planner; or may serve as a project or program technical expert in one or more disciplines; and incumbents may report directly to a management level position in the performance of their duties. The Urban/Regional Planner IV classification differs from that of Principal Planner in that the latter is the full supervisory level in the Planner series.
Incumbent’s may underfill and advance from Urban/Regional Planner I, to Urban/Regional Planner II, to Urban/Regional Planner III, and then to the fully allocated level of Urban/Regional Planner IV upon meeting minimum requirements and subject to successful job performance.
The level at which the position will be filled is at the Department’s discretion and is contingent upon the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and educational attainment.
Meet the Team!
The County of Riverside Transportation & Land Management Agency (TLMA) is the umbrella agency for six county departments. They are the Planning Department, Building & Safety Department, Transportation Department, Code Enforcement Department, Environmental Programs Department and the Administrative Services Department.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
URBAN/REGIONAL PLANNER IV
$36.2864 – $52.6871 Hourly
$75,475.71 – $109,589.17 Annually
OPTION I
One year of experience at the level of Urban/Regional Planner III with Riverside County. (Certification of qualifications by the Department Head may be substituted for up to six months of the required experience.)
OPTION II
Required Education: Graduation from an accredited college with a bachelor’s degree preferably with a major in Urban/Regional Planning, Transportation Planning, Public Administration, Geography (with related course concentration), Architecture, Environmental Sciences, Landscape Architecture, or a closely related field.
Experience: Four years of professional environmental planning, land use planning, and/or transportation planning experience performing one of the following kinds of planning activities associated with a planning agency or consulting firm, comprehensive, regional, area, or community planning; plan/proposal review; general plan amendments; zoning, land division; information services; urban renewal; planning administration or transportation planning. (A master’s degree in Planning or Transportation Planning may be substituted for one year of the required experience. A master’s degree in Public Administration, Geography with related course concentration, Architecture, Environmental Sciences, Landscape Architecture, or a closely related field may be substituted for six months of the required experience. No more than one Master’s degree may be used to substitute for the required experience.)
URBAN/REGIONAL PLANNER III
$32.6998 – $47.46640 Hourly
$68,015.58 – $98,730.11 Annually
OPTION I
One year of experience at the level of Urban/Regional Planner II with Riverside County. (Certification of qualifications by the Department Head may be substituted for up to six months of the required experience.)
OPTION II
Required Education: Graduation from an accredited college with a bachelor’s degree, preferably with a major in Urban/Regional Planning, Transportation Planning, Public Administration, Architecture, Environmental Science, Geography (with related course concentration), Landscape Architecture, or a closely related field.
Experience: Three years of professional environmental planning, land use planning, and/or transportation planning experience which must have included performing one of the following kinds of planning activities associated with a planning agency: comprehensive, regional, area, or community planning; plan/proposal review; general plan amendments; zoning; land division; information services; urban renewal; planning administration or transportation planning. (A master’s degree in planning may be substituted for one year of the required experience. A master’s degree in Public Administration, Architecture, Environmental Science, Geography (with related course concentration), Landscape Architecture, or a closely related field may be substituted for six months of the required experience. No more than one master’s degree may be used to substitute for the required experience.)
OPTION III
Certification by and full membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
Application Instructions
This recruitment is open to all candidates.
Applicants who are currently County of Riverside employees and/or current employees of the Transportation & Land Management Agency may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of the applications received.
Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.
Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late applications will be permitted.
Include relevant work experience details on resume and/or application.
Applicants who fail to provide information demonstrating they possess the position requirements may not be considered further in the application process. A description of job duties directly copied from the job classification or job posting will not be considered.
Upload a copy of any license(s), official/unofficial transcript(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).
For specific questions regarding this position, contact Silvia Trammell at strammell@rivco.org.
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.