Community Planner

Air Education and Training Command•Columbus AFB, MS

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Planner serves as a community planning professional at an Air Force installation, managing activities related to the human and physical aspects of community, regional, urban, comprehensive, and land-use planning. The position supports installation planning and investment decisions by developing and maintaining the Installation Development Plan (IDP) and other comprehensive planning studies. It ensures compatible land use and development between on-installation and off-installation facilities and infrastructure, and plans, programs, budgets, and executes projects supporting assigned programs. The planner collects data and evaluates factors affecting the physical development, maintenance, and management of installation infrastructure assets. The role requires professional knowledge of community-planning concepts, principles, theories, regulations, and methods; the ability to analyze complex planning issues and communicate their effect on installation missions and goals; and the ability to coordinate work with other professionals. The employee must drive a motor vehicle and hold an appropriate, valid driver's license. The position is designated for initial and periodic short-notice drug testing. Some travel away from the normal duty station is required. Depending on appointment type, the selected candidate will serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
A degree in community planning or a related field with at least 12 semester hours in specified planning subjects, or an accepted combination of related education and experience, is required. Related fields include urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, and public administration.
Applicants with a related-field degree lacking the specified 12 semester hours must have at least one year of community-planning work experience under the supervision and guidance of a community planner.
At least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-11, or equivalent, is required.
Merit-promotion applicants must meet the federal time-in-grade requirement of one year at GS-11 for the GS-12 level, where applicable.
Must submit transcripts when using education to qualify; transcripts must be verified before appointment.
Must have an appropriate, valid driver's license.
Must pass initial and periodic short-notice drug testing.
Must be registered for Selective Service if male, as applicable.
Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, depending on appointment type.
Must be able to travel away from the normal duty station by vehicle or military or commercial aircraft on occasion.
Must demonstrate professional knowledge of community-planning concepts, principles, theories, regulations, methods, and installation asset-investment strategies.
Must be able to gather, assemble, and analyze facts; draw conclusions; and devise solutions to complex planning problems requiring interpretation or extension of policy and modification of techniques and procedures.
Must have knowledge of automated tools and systems, including SMS Builder, CPP, CADD, GIS, project tracking, and other software programs.
Must communicate orally and in writing with clarity, conciseness, and persuasiveness.
Must be able to organize and distribute work among professional and expert personnel and to plan, budget, and execute projects based on priorities and available funds.

Nice To Haves

A degree in a related field that includes the specified planning coursework is highly desirable.
Certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) is preferred.
Extensive experience in a specific planning area, such as planning law, spatial planning, transportation planning, land-use planning, or environmental planning, is typically required.

Responsibilities

Facilitate development and maintenance of the Installation Development Plan (IDP) and other comprehensive planning studies used for installation planning, land-use development, and investment-planning decisions.
Ensure compatible-use planning between on- and off-installation facility and infrastructure development and land use.
Plan, program, budget, and execute projects in support of assigned programs.
Collect data and evaluate factors affecting the physical development, maintenance, and management of installation infrastructure assets.
Communicate planning decisions and their effects on installation mission and goals.
Organize and distribute work to professional and expert personnel to complete large, complex planning projects and resolve complex planning issues.