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Principal Planner
City of Whittier / Whittier
Posted on: April 28, 2022
Application Deadline: 05/26/22 11:59 PM
Job Description
Please apply on our City Website:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/whittier
Closing Date/Time Thu. 05/26/22 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Salary $7,476.00 – $9,721.00 Monthly
Job Type Full-Time
Location Whittier, California
Department Community Development
DEFINITION: Under direction, leads, oversees, reviews, and performs
complex professional land use and urban planning work, including
current and advance planning, and implementation of the City’s General
Plan and Zoning Code; reviews the more complex zoning and development
applications; performs complex research; prepares maps, graphs,
models, and reports; presents projects to the Planning Commission and
other bodies; supervises special projects; provides supervision,
including allotting duties, providing training and assisting with
reviewing work performance; performs other related duties as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: The Principal Planner is the
supervisory level class in the professional planning series in which
incumbents are expected to perform the more complex and advanced level
professional planning work. Incumbents in this position work
independently in the research and analysis of complex planning issues
and the preparation of planning reports, studies, and recommendations
and in the supervision and coordination of assigned planning
functions, processes and staff. This classification is distinguished
from the next higher classification of Planning Services Manager in
that the latter performs the most complex planning assignments and has
overall responsibility for the City’s Planning Division.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
Application Instructions
