Planner Senior

The City of Austin, Inclusive Planning Division is hiring two Planner Senior positions:

Position 1: will work on key housing policy, planning, and research activities. This position will support the implementation of housing plans and programs, report on progress towards housing goals, and collaborate with diverse communities through various planning processes to elevate and promote housing affordability and equity. This position will perform research and analysis to calibrate affordable housing incentive policies, develop and evaluate proposals to further housing affordability, and synthesize complex information for a variety of audiences including City Council, Boards and Commissions, and community organizations.

Position 2: will work to support long-range planning activities of the department. Specifically this position will implement Imagine Austin by coordinating and working with other city departments, tracking and analyzing indicators, performing GIS mapping and research, producing reports and presentations, engaging with diverse communities through long-range planning processes, and synthesizing complex information for a variety of audiences including City Council, Boards and Commissions, and community organizations

Applicants who are invited to interview will be required to share an example of a past work product that demonstrates their ability to perform spatial data analysis and visualization.

Education and/or Equivalent Experience:

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Planning, Geography, Social Science, Landscape Architecture, or a planning related field, plus five (5) years of planning related work.
• Twelve (12) semester hours of relevant graduate college course work may substitute for six (6) months of required experience with a maximum substitution of two (2) years.
• Experience in planning-related work may substitute for education up to the maximum of four (4) years.