City and County of Denver · 22 hours ago
Senior City Planner - Affordable Housing
Denver, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$80K/yr - $99K/yr
5+ years expThe City and County of Denver is dedicated to ensuring safe, responsible, and sustainable building through visionary city planning. The Senior City Planner for Affordable Housing will manage the review process for new development projects, focusing on customer service and efficient project outcomes while coordinating with various city agencies.
GovernmentHealth CareNon ProfitPublic SafetySecurity
No H1B
Responsibilities
Overseeing the Associate Project Administrator and coordinated multi-agency review team, to ensure design review and approvals are completed accurately and effectively
Maintaining a focus on exceptional customer service focused on efficiently assisting development projects through the development review and approval process
Managing large scale and multi-phased developments through various infrastructure, site planning, and subdivision phases
Coordinating with City Agencies and Departments to ensure implementation of city plans, regulations and policies through the review process, including assisting with development of zoning code amendments, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, open space and parks plans, infrastructure design, Development Agreements, and capital improvement review
Providing urban design review and guidance for projects within Design Review Districts
Managing the review responsibilities across a wide variety of assigned projects within the Project Coordination team
Facilitating the coordinated review process across agencies resulting in conflict resolution and final project approvals
Be involved with applying relevant codes, focused on successful place-making to create well-designed outcomes through review of development plan proposals
Reviewing development permit applications for completeness, accuracy, conformance to applicable regulations and coordination/distribution of applications for review by appropriate section/agencies within established timeframes
Balancing multiple projects of different scopes and scales, ability to work closely with other city departments/agencies and external agencies to manage customer expectations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Engineering, or a related degree
Five (5) years of professional planning experience
One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post high school education. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements
Preferred
Three to five years of direct experience reviewing a multitude of site plan submittals for compliance with building and zoning codes, design standards and guidelines when applicable, and a thorough knowledge and understanding of architectural, site planning/engineering and development principles, practices, and procedures
Experience managing large, multi-phased development projects
Strong analytic capabilities, experience in development review and development codes
Knowledge and understanding of architectural, site planning and development principles, practices, and procedures
Experience with professional city planning and regional planning
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
Ability to communicate effectively – verbally and in writing
Efficiently demonstrates excellent time/work management skills
Works well under pressure and able to multitask
Self-motivated and motivated to help others
Ability to work as part of a team to support both internal and external customers
Benefits
Five (5) Medical Plans, Dental, Vision Insurance (effective within 1 month of start date)
Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)
457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)
PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays
Merit Increases
STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance
CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits
Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program
Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources
EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)
Company
City and County of Denver
The City and County of Denver has adopted the ''Adoption of Level Red-Severe Risk'' Public Health Order, as amended by Colorado Public Health.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.37MKey Investors
Consumer Product Safety CommissionOpportunity Now ColoradoUS Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation
2024-07-02Grant· $0.08M
2024-03-19Grant· $1.54M
2023-11-09Grant· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Merlin Namuth
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
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