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Regional Planner
Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning / Los Angeles, CA
Posted on: June 4, 2019
Application Deadline: Open until Filled
Job Description
DEFINITION:
Participates in planning studies, analyses and research; communicates with the public concerning planning issues, and engages in other planning and zoning activities.
CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
This is the journey level in the Regional Planning Assistant class series. Positions allocated to this class receive technical and administrative supervision from a planning supervisor, and are assigned duties in a planning section, such as the issuance of zoning permits, land divisions, land use regulatory enforcement, plan review, geographic information systems, and research studies, for which they are expected to carry out their assignments independently; or be responsible for an element of a specialized research or planning study.
All duties assigned require familiarity with basic planning concepts, the content of local general plans, planning and zoning laws; and the application of planning techniques. Incumbents of the class must communicate and present planning concepts, ideas and theories, and the County’s planning policies and administrative procedures to the public, orally and in writing.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Option I: A bachelor’s degree * in Urban or Regional Planning from an accredited four-year college.
Option II: A bachelor’s degree * from an accredited four-year college or university, with specialization in Environmental Studies, Geography, Urban Studies, Public Administration, or Landscape Architecture, with 15 semester or 22.5 quarter units of upper division courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Urban or Regional Planning, Cartography, Urban Geography and/or Environmental Planning.
Option III: A bachelor’s degree * from an accredited four-year college or university and one year of urban or regional planning experience in a city or county government.
Application Instructions
The Job Bulletin is available here:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty/jobs/2433421/regional-planner
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