Planner
Summary
| Title: | Planner |
|---|---|
| ID: | 7550 |
| Location: | Dunwoody, GA |
| Department: | Community Development |
| Job Type: | Non-exempt (hourly) |
| Salary Range: | $53,414 - $85,461 |
Description
The City of Dunwoody is currently accepting applications for a Planner.
JOB SUMMARY:
Under the general direction of the Deputy Director of Community Development, the Planner independently coordinates the administrative and technical elements of various boards, including, but not limited to the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Sustainability Committee, and the performance of legal and administrative duties related to the Public Hearing Process; prepares agendas and meeting rooms and performs related duties as may be needed for the department. The Planner also reviews various permit and licensing applications for compliance with the City’s codes and ordinances.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Reviews permit applications for compliance with the City’s Zoning Ordinance, Land Development Regulations, Sign Ordinance, and other applicable ordinances and policies.
• Reviews business license applications for compliance with the City’s Zoning Ordinance.
• Manages various zoning cases, including zoning map amendments, variances, and special administrative permits, ensures compliance with public notification requirements, drafts technical reports and analysis, and presents cases to City boards and commissions.
• Provides technical and professional support to various boards and prepares public hearing notices according to established legal and procedural requirements ensuring timely notification to appropriate parties; responds to board’s issues and questions.
• Ensures that public hearing applications are complete and meet legal requirements and deadlines, enters cases into database system, prepares docket items for public hearings, prepares legal advertising and correspondence for public hearings, and coordinates post hearing activities.
• Prepares meeting rooms for public hearings by distributing supplies and setting up audio and video equipment; attends hearings; assists Chair in conducting meetings; calls roll; reads minutes and other items into recorded agenda; advises boards of procedural requirements; acts as recording secretary by recording actions; and prepares action letters, minute orders, and/or minutes, and publishes and distributes ordinances.
• Prepares agendas for various boards, including condensing and summarizing information from memos and letters submitted by City staff and the public; acts as a source of information and liaison between City departments, officials, boards, and the public; ensures agenda items adhere to established policies, procedures, and legal mandates; researches government codes to determine correct procedures; and prepares or oversees the preparation of agenda packets and materials.
• Presents technical data in verbal, written, graphic and map form to the City Council, the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Sustainability Committee; reviews conditions of zoning, ordinances, design guidelines and previous Board actions in order to advise the Board.
• Compiles, prepares and enters data into records management program for various application types, including Public Hearing applications; verifies data entries for accuracy and completeness, including staff workflow and uploads supporting documents.
• Reformats, updates and maintains the Unified Development Code.
• Prepares and maintains the annual calendar for public hearing meetings.
• Answers questions and provides information to City staff and the public regarding City public hearing procedures and policies.
• Processes and coordinates Open Records Requests (ORRs) related to public hearing items with the public, applicants, internal staff, and City Clerk’s Office.
• Composes, types and proofreads a wide variety of complex and confidential documents, reports, letters and memoranda; types from recording or verbal instruction; takes and transcribes dictation using dictation equipment as required.
• Utilizes various computer applications and software programs; creates, formats and revises department forms and applications.
• Performs a variety of research activities; prepares and updates various information and/or staff reports, statistical reports and data; develops historical records on research efforts.
• Maintains a complex filing system for official documents and City records; maintains records of appointments to City Commissions, Boards and Committees; indexes all meeting notes from files to computer system; photocopies documents; may certify documents as official City records; ensures accurate filing procedures.
• Updates roster of boards, commissions, and standing committees’ database; notifies the Community Development Director when vacancies on such boards and commissions occur; ensures established procedures and legal mandates are met in filling vacancies; prepares and posts related vacancy notices.
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.
• Regular attendance and punctuality are essential requirements of the job.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and/or Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in urban or regional planning or a related field from an accredited college or university is required.
• Two years of increasingly responsible urban or regional planning experience preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable.
• Possession of certification as a Professional Planner from the American Institute of Certified Planners is preferred.
Salary: $53,414 - $85,461
Benefits:
• 100% City-Paid Employee Medical Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Employee Dental Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Employee Life/AD&D Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Employee Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Wellness Program
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Education Assistance
• Fitness Center Membership
• Vacation Leave, Holidays, and Sick Leave
Only candidates that meet all the minimum requirements above will be considered. The City of Dunwoody has been certified as a Drug-Free Workplace by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Applicants for safety-sensitive positions must undergo testing for the presence of illegal drugs as a condition of employment.
JOB SUMMARY:
Under the general direction of the Deputy Director of Community Development, the Planner independently coordinates the administrative and technical elements of various boards, including, but not limited to the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Sustainability Committee, and the performance of legal and administrative duties related to the Public Hearing Process; prepares agendas and meeting rooms and performs related duties as may be needed for the department. The Planner also reviews various permit and licensing applications for compliance with the City’s codes and ordinances.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Reviews permit applications for compliance with the City’s Zoning Ordinance, Land Development Regulations, Sign Ordinance, and other applicable ordinances and policies.
• Reviews business license applications for compliance with the City’s Zoning Ordinance.
• Manages various zoning cases, including zoning map amendments, variances, and special administrative permits, ensures compliance with public notification requirements, drafts technical reports and analysis, and presents cases to City boards and commissions.
• Provides technical and professional support to various boards and prepares public hearing notices according to established legal and procedural requirements ensuring timely notification to appropriate parties; responds to board’s issues and questions.
• Ensures that public hearing applications are complete and meet legal requirements and deadlines, enters cases into database system, prepares docket items for public hearings, prepares legal advertising and correspondence for public hearings, and coordinates post hearing activities.
• Prepares meeting rooms for public hearings by distributing supplies and setting up audio and video equipment; attends hearings; assists Chair in conducting meetings; calls roll; reads minutes and other items into recorded agenda; advises boards of procedural requirements; acts as recording secretary by recording actions; and prepares action letters, minute orders, and/or minutes, and publishes and distributes ordinances.
• Prepares agendas for various boards, including condensing and summarizing information from memos and letters submitted by City staff and the public; acts as a source of information and liaison between City departments, officials, boards, and the public; ensures agenda items adhere to established policies, procedures, and legal mandates; researches government codes to determine correct procedures; and prepares or oversees the preparation of agenda packets and materials.
• Presents technical data in verbal, written, graphic and map form to the City Council, the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Sustainability Committee; reviews conditions of zoning, ordinances, design guidelines and previous Board actions in order to advise the Board.
• Compiles, prepares and enters data into records management program for various application types, including Public Hearing applications; verifies data entries for accuracy and completeness, including staff workflow and uploads supporting documents.
• Reformats, updates and maintains the Unified Development Code.
• Prepares and maintains the annual calendar for public hearing meetings.
• Answers questions and provides information to City staff and the public regarding City public hearing procedures and policies.
• Processes and coordinates Open Records Requests (ORRs) related to public hearing items with the public, applicants, internal staff, and City Clerk’s Office.
• Composes, types and proofreads a wide variety of complex and confidential documents, reports, letters and memoranda; types from recording or verbal instruction; takes and transcribes dictation using dictation equipment as required.
• Utilizes various computer applications and software programs; creates, formats and revises department forms and applications.
• Performs a variety of research activities; prepares and updates various information and/or staff reports, statistical reports and data; develops historical records on research efforts.
• Maintains a complex filing system for official documents and City records; maintains records of appointments to City Commissions, Boards and Committees; indexes all meeting notes from files to computer system; photocopies documents; may certify documents as official City records; ensures accurate filing procedures.
• Updates roster of boards, commissions, and standing committees’ database; notifies the Community Development Director when vacancies on such boards and commissions occur; ensures established procedures and legal mandates are met in filling vacancies; prepares and posts related vacancy notices.
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.
• Regular attendance and punctuality are essential requirements of the job.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and/or Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in urban or regional planning or a related field from an accredited college or university is required.
• Two years of increasingly responsible urban or regional planning experience preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable.
• Possession of certification as a Professional Planner from the American Institute of Certified Planners is preferred.
Salary: $53,414 - $85,461
Benefits:
• 100% City-Paid Employee Medical Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Employee Dental Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Employee Life/AD&D Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Employee Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 100% City-Paid Wellness Program
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Education Assistance
• Fitness Center Membership
• Vacation Leave, Holidays, and Sick Leave
Only candidates that meet all the minimum requirements above will be considered. The City of Dunwoody has been certified as a Drug-Free Workplace by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Applicants for safety-sensitive positions must undergo testing for the presence of illegal drugs as a condition of employment.
