Principal Planner – Long Range Planning

Are you up for a planning career shift from current planning to long range planning? Are you a private consultant who has experience leading plans across the country but are ready to focus in on one community? If so, apply to be Burlington’s next Principal Planner – Long Range Planning. You’ll join a small team of professionals who are working hard to make Burlington a place we’re proud to call home. Feel free to ask any questions and please forward onto anyone you think may be interested.

Job Number: 2020-00103

An employee in this class has broad responsibilities in long range planning related to the City’s comprehensive plan, Destination Burlington, and long-range development goals. Coordinates special planning efforts such as small area studies and growth analysis, corridor overlays, land use analysis, etc. Work may include evaluating long range efforts related to the comprehensive plan and presenting City leaders planning needs that address an active versus passive approach to future issues and anticipating problems. Employee exercises decision making regarding the allocation of time and resources to project management, including the comprehensive plan and other adopted planning policies.  Position requires the ability to coordinate with and provide support to boards and commissions and the public, and attend meetings as needed. Work performance is evaluated through daily discussions and under the regular supervision of the Planning Manager. This classification is considered non-exempt in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the initiatives in the comprehensive plan, Destination Burlington, are kept at the forefront of planning efforts;
• Managing comprehensive planning initiatives in an orderly and thoughtful way which will require coordination with other departments, legal, management, and City Council;
• Providing assistance and guidance to other planning and city staff related to long-range planning;
• Revising City policies and preparing reports regarding long range planning efforts;
• Conducting small area studies to help the city plan for organized and methodical/logical growth considering all aspects (land use, transportation, utilities, annexation laws, etc.);
• Prepares occasional grant applications, and administers occasional grant projects;
• Performing data capture, plan preparation, public meetings, and revisions to long range planning;
• Creating corridor studies and corridor overlays.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Comprehensive knowledge of planning theory and practice;
• Comprehensive knowledge of state statutes and local ordinances with an emphasis on specialty planning areas;
• General knowledge of computer applications in planning, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, GIS, Google Earth, SketchUp, Adobe products (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator), and other public engagement tools such as Canva, Mailchimp, and MonkeySurvey.

Special Requirement: AICP or ability to obtain within one (1) year.