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USAJOBS · 1 month ago

Community Planner-Direct Hire Authority

Eglin AFB, Florida, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$89K/yr - $137K/yr

1+ years exp

USAJOBS is looking for a Community Planner to develop and maintain the Comprehensive Plan for Eglin AFB. The role involves formulating and implementing planning strategies, maintaining the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone program, and representing the base in community planning discussions.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Formulates, plans, and implements techniques, and develops broad strategies and procedures to conduct the comprehensive planning process that are complex in nature, and are of considerable scope

Reviews and coordinates document preparation, implementation, and maintenance

Maintains the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) program

Implements the Interagency/Intergovernmental Coordination for Environmental Planning (ICEP) as it pertains to the BCP, the Housing & Community Plan, AICUZ studies, transportation studies, and individual construction projects, etc

Represents the base in all areas of community planning at meetings, conferences, and bearings

Keeps abreast of emerging technologies to ensure programmed development will not prematurely become obsolete

Qualification

Comprehensive Planning ExpertiseImpact Assessment & AnalysisProblem Solving & Decision MakingCADDGISConference TechniquesOral CommunicationWritten Communication

Required

U.S. Citizenship is required

Males must be registered for Selective Service

This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program

Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position

Employee must maintain current certifications

Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays

Shift work and emergency overtime may be required

All federal employees are required to have direct deposit

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Community Planning Series

Degree in community planning or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance

Applicants with degrees in related fields who do not have the 12 semester hours of specified course work must have had at least 1 year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner

Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in one of the above disciplines, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education

Applicants must have at least 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower broadband NH-02, equivalent to the next lower grade GS-11 or equivalent in other pay systems

Specialized experience is described as developing, reviewing, planning and/or making recommendations on complex planning problems related to a variety of land uses involving conflicting factors, economic growth, and the social and cultural welfare of communities; and/or planning and producing comprehensive planning studies to be used as the basis for administrative or budget planning

Knowledge of the techniques and philosophy of comprehensive planning, and channels to use in obtaining or disseminating information

Knowledge to gather, assemble, and analyze facts; draw conclusions; devise solutions to problems that are complex in nature; and identify changes and trends

Knowledge of automated systems and programs such as Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD), special Information System (GIS), information management, project tracking, and other software programs

Skill in conference techniques; and communicating orally and in writing with clarity, conciseness, and persuasiveness

Ability to arrange and conduct conferences

Ability to relate the effect of community planning decisions on the mission and goals of the installation; develop and evaluate planning projects for technical validity; and prepares analytical reports