Assistant/Associate Planner

City of Santa Clara • Santa Clara, CA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 4m ago

The Department:

The Community Development Department enhances the community’s safety, welfare, quality of life, and economic opportunities by providing advanced planning, development review, permitting and inspection services, as well as administration of programs related to affordable housing. The Planning Division reviews current development proposals for conformance with the City's adopted policies and ordinances and plays a key role in supporting economic development and ensuring opportunities for the public to participate in land development activity in Santa Clara. For more information about the Community Development Department, please visit the department website.

The Positions:

Assistant Planner

Responsibilities include providing support to the Permit Center, demonstrating good diplomatic skills in dealing with the general public and staff, as well as making decisions and acting within general guidelines in the role of a project planner. This classification is distinguished from the Associate Planner by the performance of the less complex, more routine professional tasks and duties assigned to positions within this series.

Associate Planner

This classification is flexibly staffed with the lower classification of Assistant Planner. Appointment or promotion is based on the employee's demonstrated ability to perform the full range of duties and meet the qualification standards for the class, including those that require knowledge of performing routine to complex planning duties in the administration of land use regulations, the City's General Plan, environmental review, and design review. Depending on area of expertise, an Associate Planner may be primarily assigned to one or more of the following specialties: current planning, advanced or long-range planning, architectural review, transportation planning, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, or database development.

Minimum Requirements:

Assistant Planner

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Studies, Architecture, or closely related field;
Six (6) months of experience in a position with public contact, including customer service, complaint resolution, public education, or policy analysis.

Associate Planner

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Studies, Architecture, or closely related field; and;
Two (2) years of increasingly responsible professional municipal or regional planning experience performing duties similar to an Assistant Planner for the City of Santa Clara.

Acceptable Substitution:

None for Assistant Planner. A Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Urban and Regional Planning or closely related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience for Associate Planner.

Desirable Qualifications:

Paraprofessional or internship experience in public or private sector.
Computer proficiency in mapping programs, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or permitting software, such as Accela.

Candidates must attain a passing score on each phase of the examination process to qualify for the Eligible List. A department interview may be required prior to appointment.

The City of Santa Clara is an equal opportunity employer.

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