Job Category
Work Schedule
Full-time
Employer
City of Lodi
Job Open until Filled
Website
Phone
209-333-6704
The City of Lodi Community Development Department is recruiting for the next City Planner. The Community Development Department encompasses four Divisions (Planning, Building and Fire, Neighborhood Services and Community Improvement). This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated and professional team of 14 fulltime members who work together to make a difference in the Lodi Community. The new City Planner will work in support of a diversified and energetic City Council; will help develop homelessness and affordable housing strategies; and will work with supportive County agencies on City boundary expansion to support future growth. We invite you to submit your application for consideration.
CalPERS Retirement, Deferred Compensation - Three percent (3%) Match, Excellent benefits, 9/80 Work Schedule, and more...
Work Where You Live - The City of Lodi is home to 68,000 residents, ideally located adjacent to Highway 99 and I-5, 34 miles south of Sacramento, 10 miles north of Stockton and 90 miles east of San Francisco. The City of Lodi is a community surrounded by lush parks, wineries, museums, a lake and open space.
All applications and supplemental questions must be completed fully and submitted on an official online City of Lodi application. Applications will be accepted and processed until a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received. This recruitment may close without further notice; interested candidates should apply as soon as possible.
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Planning division within the Community Development Department. To plan, organize, supervise, review, and participate in the work of professional, technical, and clerical subordinates engaged in current or advanced planning, and performs highly responsible and complex staff assistance to the Community Development Director.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from higher level personnel. Responsibilities include direct and indirect supervision over professional, technical and clerical planning personnel.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
Develop and implement the division goals, objectives, policies and priorities;
Direct, coordinate, review, and participate in the work of professional and technical employees in data collection, analysis, plan formulation, and implementation of a wide variety of planning, zoning and environmental review activities;
Supervise, direct, and coordinate the City's current and/or advanced planning programs; Supervise, direct and coordinate special planning, zoning, and environmental studies; prepare reports and findings;
Personally perform complex and sensitive planning work;
Make recommendations on development permits, use permits, variance; tentative tract maps, planned development permits, as well as other zoning applications;
Represent the Planning Division at the public meetings, and present planning and zoning matters to the City Council, Planning Commission, and citizen committees as required; Prepare and present Planning Commission and City Council communications, reports and presentations; Act as lead Community Development staff member at Planning Commission meetings.
Administer the General Plan; Coordinate planning activities with other City departments, and outside agencies as required; Meet with and advise developers regarding development applications and processes: explain purposes, regulations, and directives of accepted development practices;
Prepare and administer the planning budget;
Supervise, train, and evaluate professional, technical, and clerical staff;
May act in the absence of the Community Development Director;
Perform other duties related to the operation of the department and the City including additional duties that enable the department and City to meet the diverse needs of its community.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Any combination of experience and education that would likely produce the qualifying knowledge and ability. A typical combination is:
Experience:
Five years of responsible experience in the field of urban and environmental planning, including supervisory experience.
Education:
Equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in urban or regional planning, economic or community development, or related field considered useful in urban planning.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Possession of a valid Driver's License issued from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
CalPERS Retirement, Deferred Compensation - Three percent (3%) Match, Excellent benefits, 9/80 Work Schedule, and more...
Work Where You Live - The City of Lodi is home to 68,000 residents, ideally located adjacent to Highway 99 and I-5, 34 miles south of Sacramento, 10 miles north of Stockton and 90 miles east of San Francisco. The City of Lodi is a community surrounded by lush parks, wineries, museums, a lake and open space.
All applications and supplemental questions must be completed fully and submitted on an official online City of Lodi application. Applications will be accepted and processed until a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received. This recruitment may close without further notice; interested candidates should apply as soon as possible.
DEFINITION
Under general direction, plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Planning division within the Community Development Department. To plan, organize, supervise, review, and participate in the work of professional, technical, and clerical subordinates engaged in current or advanced planning, and performs highly responsible and complex staff assistance to the Community Development Director.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from higher level personnel. Responsibilities include direct and indirect supervision over professional, technical and clerical planning personnel.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
Develop and implement the division goals, objectives, policies and priorities;
Direct, coordinate, review, and participate in the work of professional and technical employees in data collection, analysis, plan formulation, and implementation of a wide variety of planning, zoning and environmental review activities;
Supervise, direct, and coordinate the City's current and/or advanced planning programs; Supervise, direct and coordinate special planning, zoning, and environmental studies; prepare reports and findings;
Personally perform complex and sensitive planning work;
Make recommendations on development permits, use permits, variance; tentative tract maps, planned development permits, as well as other zoning applications;
Represent the Planning Division at the public meetings, and present planning and zoning matters to the City Council, Planning Commission, and citizen committees as required; Prepare and present Planning Commission and City Council communications, reports and presentations; Act as lead Community Development staff member at Planning Commission meetings.
Administer the General Plan; Coordinate planning activities with other City departments, and outside agencies as required; Meet with and advise developers regarding development applications and processes: explain purposes, regulations, and directives of accepted development practices;
Prepare and administer the planning budget;
Supervise, train, and evaluate professional, technical, and clerical staff;
May act in the absence of the Community Development Director;
Perform other duties related to the operation of the department and the City including additional duties that enable the department and City to meet the diverse needs of its community.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Any combination of experience and education that would likely produce the qualifying knowledge and ability. A typical combination is:
Experience:
Five years of responsible experience in the field of urban and environmental planning, including supervisory experience.
Education:
Equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in urban or regional planning, economic or community development, or related field considered useful in urban planning.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Possession of a valid Driver's License issued from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.