Long Range Planning Intern
About The Position
The City of Bellevue, Washington is a tech-centric, vibrant, and diverse metropolitan city within the Puget Sound Region. The city’s planning team is looking for creative graduate students to apply and develop their skills in long range planning and urban design to fill our Long Range Planning Intern position. This position requires the candidate to have a curious mind, an open, mature, and an inclusive view of prevailing social issues and a foundation in long range planning and technical skills. The ideal candidate will have skills in community outreach, writing for public policy, and GIS mapping or other visualization skills. Experience in urban design is also desired.
Requirements
- Understanding of long-range urban planning principles
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, community groups, and the public
- Communicate effectively, orally and in writing
- Communicate effectively with peers, community members and other stakeholders
- Graduate student currently enrolled in a degree-granting graduate program studying Urban Planning, Public Policy, Landscape Architecture, Architecture or related field
- Interest in long-range planning, urban design and local area planning.
Nice To Haves
- Experience using Arc GIS preferred
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, and other graphic software skills is preferred
- Familiarity with urban design concepts and modeling software is preferred
- Fluency in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Hindi or other languages is a plus
- Prior experience in an urban planning-related position a plus.
Responsibilities
- Outreach, public meetings and communicating with community members
- Processing and analyzing data from engagement events
- Preparing drafts of memos, presentations or other written or visual materials
- Revising and developing new policies for the update to the plan
- Revising the narrative portions of the plans
- Analyzing and describing community conditions in an existing conditions report
- Draft and editing reports or other planning documents
- Creating maps, diagrams, illustrations or other visual materials
- Attend team, division and department meetings consistent with the intern’s schedule
- Actively participate in meetings including taking notes, presenting and contributing to discussions
- Provide support for other planning projects and initiatives, as time permits
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule is available
- Opportunity to develop new skills
- Family friendly, inclusive, and diverse workplace
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
