Deputy Growth Management Director

CITY OF LAKE WALES•Lake Wales, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Deputy Growth Management Director position requires advanced professional level planning and administrative policy advisory duties. Work involves a variety of technical and analytical functions relating to comprehensive plans, land development regulations, development review, regional planning, and urban design.

Requirements

Knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of urban and regional planning; including transportation, historic preservation, environmental, and landscaping.
Ability to supervise assigned professional and technical employees.
Ability to interpret federal and state regulations, land development regulations, plan policies, and administrative rules.
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and/or Regional Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Public Administration, or closely related field and Eight (8) years of professional practice in planning which includes comprehensive planning, development review, environmental compliance, and urban design.
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification.

Nice To Haves

Skills in ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and Adobe products preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Reviews applications for proposed developments, comprehensive plan amendments, and map amendments.
Documents review process and records procedural compliance.
Drafts amendments to Land Development Regulations and Comprehensive Plan text amendments.
Prepares ordinances, staff reports, and meeting agendas.
May require knowledge of GIS functions in variety of venues, which may include exporting GIS data and producing a variety of maps.
Attends public meetings, presents in front of Boards as directed.
Provides expert advice to Boards regarding planning issues.
Oversees coordination of the permitting process to include site development with building official, inspectors, planners, engineers, fire inspectors and other agency staff.
Coordinates activities of other planning employees as directed by the Growth Management Director.
Other duties as assigned