The Planning Director reports to the Assistant Town Manager and is part of the Management Team. This position requires an energetic, proactive collaborator and coordinator of people and tasks with excellent interpersonal and operation skills. Key responsibilities will be to provide oversight for functions such as land use planning, subdivision regulation, zoning enforcement, subdivision and development review and oversight, annexation process, and various public input processes. Other areas of responsibility include both short- and long-range planning and on-going and special projects to ensure appropriate guidance and regulation of the growth and development of the Town, conducting studies, performing planning duties, providing managerial and administrative guidance to the department and supervising the staff of professional planners and zoning compliance officials. The Director position requires extensive public contact and involvement in public input and outreach efforts, and requires coordination with other departments, boards, and commissions. The role also includes developing an effective relationship between the Town and the business/commercial community, and between Town and citizens. Top candidates will have a track record working effectively with top Management, Department Heads and employees.

Associate Consultant
About the Company
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS) is a land economics consulting firm experienced in the full spectrum of services related to real estate development, public/private partnerships, housing and social policy, and the financing of government services and public infrastructure. Founded in 1983, the firm has four offices in Denver, Oakland, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. EPS’ team of 50 consultants and support staff serves clients throughout the U.S. For more information, please visit our website at www.epsys.com.
The Position
An Associate will collaborate with team members to complete consulting assignments, working with a range of analytical and qualitative methods related to real estate market and financial feasibility, revitalization/ redevelopment, public finance, fiscal and economic impacts, land use policy, affordable housing, social equity, and economic development. An Associate must be able to plan and execute project tasks and manage time accordingly to meet client needs and deadlines, as well as represent the Firm during client and stakeholder interactions and as a member of multi-disciplinary consulting teams. This is a challenging position with a high level of responsibility and growth potential.
Typical Responsibilities
• Compile and analyze economic and demographic trends and forecasts
• Conduct market research on real estate development projects
• Evaluate project feasibility using pro forma financial models
• Develop graphics including maps, charts, and other presentation materials
• Prepare affordable housing needs studies
• Facilitate stakeholder outreach and discussions
• Develop downtown and corridor revitalization plans and strategies
• Prepare fiscal and economic impact studies
• Create economic development plans and strategies

Qualifications and Skills
• Master’s degree in city and regional planning, urban economics, real estate, public policy, business administration, or related field (or bachelor’s degree and additional work experience)
• One to three years relevant professional experience
• Strong analytical, writing, and communications skills
• Strong Excel-based spreadsheet data analysis and modeling skills
• GIS/spatial analysis and graphics skills

Benefits
• Compensation/Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, group life/AD&D, vacation/personal time and paid holidays
• EPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Positions are open until filled.

To Apply
Send résumé and cover letter to lsoister@epsdenver.com

Three UNC graduate students sought as research assistants for multiple projects related to the acquisition of flood-prone properties. The positons would begin immediately and run through the end of the Fall 2020 semester (December 2020), including Summer 2020. Students will be paid an MCRP stipend ($7000/semester+$5000/summer) plus tuition and fees and would be expected to work 15 hours a week (30 hours/week during the summer). Below is a brief description of the projects and tasks.

The graduate research assistants (GRAs) would work on several, interrelated projects. One project aims to create a model for estimating the federal, state and local costs attributed to designing and implementing a buyout. To do this, the GRAs would work with the project leaders to interview local, state, and federal emergency personnel to examine budget expenditures, personnel time invested and opportunity costs of buyouts. The GRAs would also assist in conducting a survey of buyout consultants – an emerging industry whose role may provide a straightforward way of estimating buyout overhead costs.

A second project seeks to identify the various strategies or mechanisms used at the federal, state and local level to fund buyouts. For example, Charlotte relies on stormwater management fees to fund mitigation, including buyouts. As part of the project, the GRAs will assist in conducting interviews with key informants at the federal, state and local level and provide profiles or case studies of select communities.

Finally, a third project seeks to conduct an economic analyses of land purchase and lease programs for water storage on private lands, e.g., lands owned by timber and agricultural interests. The goal is to determine whether, and under what circumstances, landowners would agree to allow their lands to serve as a temporary reservoir during floods. This analysis will consider both the costs of lease agreements as well as the benefits or advantages of various scenarios to landowners. For this project, GRAs would assist in developing and conducting interviews with land trusts, conservation groups, local and regional government entities, farmers and other landowners.

Skills needed

We are looking for students with strong research and writing skills, particularly in the area of land use policy and planning, along with experience in surveying and interviewing. Experience with qualitative analysis software such as MAXQDA would be a plus.

The Town of Knightdale, North Carolina is seeking a dedicated professional to serve in the position of code enforcement officer/planner. Conveniently located just 9 miles from downtown Raleigh at the juncture of interstates 540 and 495, Knightdale is a well-established and rapidly growing progressive community with the youngest median age in North Carolina’s capital county. Knightdale has a population just at 17,000, an annual operating budget of $17.2 million and 89 full-time employees across eight departments. Knightdale is well known as one of the fastest growing communities in the triangle metro region and is one of the safest municipalities in the state. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the development services director to enforce the town’s code of ordinances, unified development ordinance and nc building code relating to land use, zoning, minimum housing and nuisances. This position also assists with municipal planning, zoning, and development functions as necessary. Education: four year degree in business, city/urban planning, geography, construction management, criminal justice or related field. The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years of experience in law enforcement, code enforcement, building inspections, urban planning, geography, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Certification as a North Carolina zoning official (CZO) preferred. The anticipated starting salary range is $43,572-$48,131, depending on qualifications, with excellent benefits including employer provided health insurance and a five percent 401k contribution.

Eastern Carolina Council of Governments seeks a Regional Planning Director. This position supervises a staff of professional planners and technical personnel local government planning services. Responsibilities include working with the member governments, local, state and federal agencies, businesses, NGO’s, non-profit and academic organizations to identify issues and challenges in the region; directing professional staff with a variety of backgrounds and types of projects; providing oversight to project application and program/grant management tasks; providing advice to the Executive Director and Board on ways and means of implementing regional planning and development strategy; developing and recommending adoption of new initiatives, funds, priorities and plans to the Board; and supervising and participating in provision of local technical assistance and development including meeting facilitation, regional and state-wide planning efforts and related activities. Work includes supervising in hosting two RPOs. Work requires extensive knowledge of the planning and development field, of local government structure, needs and problems, and is characterized by independent managerial and professional judgment and initiative; skill in facilitating consensus in varied groups of stakeholders; and budget, staff management and leadership skills. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Executive Director, and is evaluated through conferences, reports, success in receiving funding and in meeting project goals, progress on projects, and feedback from the clients and staff.

Master’s degree in Regional and/or Urban Planning, Public Administration or related field and considerable progressively responsible local governmental or regional planning experience including supervisory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Possession of a valid North Carolina driver’s license and access to a car on a regular basis that may be required in the performance of work. Hiring Range $62,107-76,894 DOQ. Applicants should submit cover letter, resume & PD 107 to Eastern Carolina Council, PO Box 1717, New Bern, NC 28563 or jmiller@eccog.org. Eastern Carolina Council is an EOE. Open until filled. To see complete job description go to eccog.org/local-goverments-jobs

1. Experience in land use and comprehensive planning.
2. Experience in analyzing and writing codes.
3. Experience in working with public agency staff .
4. Good working knowledge of Washington state and city codes.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills; a true team player.
6. Superior interpersonal skills.
8. Experience in client management and business development.
9. Proficiency in GIS (be explicit about skill level: beginner, intermediate, advanced).

As a Senior Civil Engineer, you’ll use state of the art tools and practices to help create sustainable multimodal transportation infrastructure projects. As California makes a historic investment in active transportation over the next decade, your work will have a lasting impact on communities across the state.

You’ll be at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines, working on projects from start to finish; including stakeholder outreach and charrettes, developing concept plans, and preparing final design documents for innovative projects throughout the country. In an industry that is constantly changing, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and implementing real solutions.

As a Senior Planner, you’ll be in a leadership position, mentoring others and leading exciting and challenging projects throughout the Bay Area and across California. Your work will have a lasting impact on communities. You’ll be at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines; integrating input from a broad range of stakeholders to create award-winning plans that lead directly to implementation.

As a Planner, you will contribute to projects, lead analysis, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You’ll work with other planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to deliver a variety of exciting project types focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone, including local, regional, and state-wide active transportation plans, Vision Zero plans, corridor studies, wayfinding plans, and Safe Routes to School programs and plans.

As a member of ourtransit service planning team, the Planner I supports a wide range of projects including comprehensive operational analyses and system redesigns, transit development plans, corridor studies for major capital investment projects, and other shortand long-range service planning studies. Examples of tasks you will accomplish on any given day include designing transit routes and developing service plans, creating travel time models for new fixed guideway projects, or analyzing various datasetsto formulate service recommendations. As a small firm, we are uniquely suited to provide ample opportunity for on-the-job learning and career development.