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SENIOR PLANNER (ADVANCE PLANNING)
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Senior Planner
The City of Jurupa Valley is seeking a Senior Planner. This position involves advanced journey level, complex administrative and professional planning and research assignments. The Senior Planner will be responsible for leading projects involving General Plan maintenance and implementation, zoning code updates, policy studies, and grant management. The work may require regular attendance at meetings and public hearings, and in making presentations to Planning Commission, City Council, residents, business and community groups. The Senior Planner is the advanced journey level class within the professional Planner Series. This position requires the application of advanced professional knowledge and skills in the research, analysis, planning, and implementation of effective strategies and approaches to work. The work may require regular attendance at meetings and public hearings, and in making presentations to Planning Commission, City Council, residents, business and community groups. Positions assigned to this level may serve as a lead over a functional area of the Planning Division (e.g. Advanced Planning), the management of work and multiple projects through assigned team members, and the ability to provide functional and technical direction over assigned staff. The Senior Planner reports to the Planning Manager and may exercise functional and technical direction over Assistant and Associate Planners and technical staff, as assigned. The position requires a minimum of four (4) years of increasingly responsible professional planning experience equivalent to an Associate Planner with majority of experience in advanced planning. Equivalent to a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Community Development, Urban Planning, Political Science, Public Administration or a closely related field. A Masters degree in a related field is highly desirable. The work environment characteristics and physical/mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The City of Jurupa Valley offers an excellent benefit package for full-time career employees through a flexible plan. The benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, health insurance, life insurance, disability plans, retirement plan, employee assistance, legal shield, scholar share program, pet care insurance, tuition reimbursement, bereavement leave, sick time, and some managerial positions may have additional benefits such as executive days and telecommute program.
The City of Jurupa Valley is seeking a Senior Planner. This position involves advanced journey level, complex administrative and professional planning and research assignments. The Senior Planner will be responsible for leading projects involving General Plan maintenance and implementation, zoning code updates, policy studies, and grant management. The work may require regular attendance at meetings and public hearings, and in making presentations to Planning Commission, City Council, residents, business and community groups. The Senior Planner is the advanced journey level class within the professional Planner Series. This position requires the application of advanced professional knowledge and skills in the research, analysis, planning, and implementation of effective strategies and approaches to work. The work may require regular attendance at meetings and public hearings, and in making presentations to Planning Commission, City Council, residents, business and community groups. Positions assigned to this level may serve as a lead over a functional area of the Planning Division (e.g. Advanced Planning), the management of work and multiple projects through assigned team members, and the ability to provide functional and technical direction over assigned staff. The Senior Planner reports to the Planning Manager and may exercise functional and technical direction over Assistant and Associate Planners and technical staff, as assigned. The position requires a minimum of four (4) years of increasingly responsible professional planning experience equivalent to an Associate Planner with majority of experience in advanced planning. Equivalent to a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Community Development, Urban Planning, Political Science, Public Administration or a closely related field. A Masters degree in a related field is highly desirable. The work environment characteristics and physical/mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The City of Jurupa Valley offers an excellent benefit package for full-time career employees through a flexible plan. The benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, health insurance, life insurance, disability plans, retirement plan, employee assistance, legal shield, scholar share program, pet care insurance, tuition reimbursement, bereavement leave, sick time, and some managerial positions may have additional benefits such as executive days and telecommute program.