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Senior Planner
City of South Pasadena / South Pasadena, CA
Posted on: February 28, 2018
Application Deadline:
Job Description
Our featured open position at City of South Pasadena:
We are now recruiting for a highly-qualified Senior Planner in our Planning and Building Department. Staff within this department have a pivotal role in shaping the future of this community as it oversees three commissions – Planning, Cultural Heritage, and Design Review – and will soon be developing a Climate Action Plan through a recently awarded SCAG grant. A fulfilling experience awaits the right individual who, as part of a high-functioning team, will use various tools to address affordable housing and the implementation of upcoming development projects to be further detailed in the General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan update that is on schedule for delivery in October 2018.
Why candidates prefer City of South Pasadena as their public-sector employer of choice:
The City of South Pasadena (City) in Los Angeles County is 130 years-young, recently has embarked on continuous organizational and procedural transformation to further proclaim a well-deserved place on the list of the most highly-desired, efficiently-run, and forward-thinking cities in the State of California. The City is undergoing a transformation process and City leaders are setting trends in strategic economic development, culture and the arts, and environmental sustainability, as well as in solving regional transportation challenges. In addition, City leaders are steadfastly committed to important initiatives and are consistently devoted to process improvements and greater efficiencies.
Under direction of the Planning & Building Director, initiates, organizes, coordinates and manages major planning studies and complex planning, urban design or redevelopment projects; exercises independent judgment to develop recommendations on complex long range planning, urban design and redevelopment issues; performs related work as assigned.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
This is an advance-level class within the professional planning series. This class is distinguished from the Associate Planner by experience and responsibility in a variety of functions, and the difficulty and complexity of projects and work performed. Experience with and knowledge of historic preservation and architectural plan review strongly preferred.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in urban planning or a related field. In addition, four years of increasingly responsible municipal experience and progressively complex professional urban planning experience. Any equivalent combination of education and experience, additional education substituting on a year-for-year basis for the required experience. Master’s degree and/or AICP preferred.
Knowledge of:
State land use, development and environmental law, comprehensive planning, zoning, including their formation, adoption, enforcement; historic preservation; architecture and urban design principles and standards; planning programs and processes and the operations of a public agency; site planning and development; problem-solving; principles of meritorious customer service; familiarity with today’s techniques for community participation and public information; working knowledge of personal computers and GIS operations; and, drafting.
Ability to:
Create alternative site plan and development solutions; interpret design guidelines and reach conclusions that are reasonable, supported by factual information and findings; prepare oral, written, and graphic reports and present information to community groups, commissions and elected officials; maintain effective working relationships with diverse community groups elected officials, individuals, and other staff; apply an understanding of urban and regional planning, principles and techniques to assignments; interpret a the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and criteria to evaluate the significance of historic and cultural resources; interpret and apply design guidelines for new construction and ability to read and interpret architectural drawings; structure development feasibility analysis and research for staff or consultants; read architectural drawings and plans; communicate effectively orally and in writing with the general public, architects, developers, owners, supervisors and employees; to manage multiple tasks and projects in a timely manner; use a personal computer, motor vehicle, calculator, phone, copy, and fax machine, various graphic design tools.
Application Instructions
If you have questions about the Senior Planner position with the City of South Pasadena, please call (626) 403-7312. For the full job description or to apply for this position, please visit our website at: http://www.southpasadenaca.gov/employment.