Senior City Planner - Affordable Housing

City and County of Denver•Denver, CO

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver (CCD) means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver. Click here to find out about all the amazing benefits and reasons to work for CCD! What We Offer The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The expected hiring range for this position is between $80,217-$99,000/year. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to: Five (5) Medical Plans, Dental, Vision Insurance (effective within 1 month of start date) Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%) 457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!) PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays Merit Increases STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides) This is a limited position with an anticipated end date of September 30, 2029, with the possibility to extend. Location & Schedule This position is located at the Wellington Webb Building, located at 201 W Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202. The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees’ physical work location is based upon the position’s job duties and requirements, customer service and responsiveness, team and individual performance, and business needs and requirements. Our current practice requires in-office work for all employees for a minimum of three days per week. Business needs and initial onboarding may require additional days in the office. Please note: Downtown parking expenses are the responsibility of the employee. We offer a flexible spending account option specifically for parking; if you elect this option, you can use pre tax dollars for parking. We also offer an RTD ‘eco pass’ to all City employees– allowing the use of public transportation for free as a City Employee. Who We Are & What You’ll Do BUILDING COMMUNITY: Denver Community Planning and Development is responsible for visionary city planning and ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building. CPD regulates planning, zoning, development and maintenance of private property in Denver. We're working hard to make Denver a great place to live, work and play! Visit DenverGov.org/CPD. The Development Services Division of the Community Planning and Development Department coordinates and administers Denver’s building, fire, and zoning codes through review, permitting, and inspection of all new development projects in Denver. Through each of these critical roles, Development Services helps to implement the city’s vision for an outstanding Denver. The Affordable Housing Review Team (AHRT) is a successful program originally funded in the Mayor’s 2022 budget focused around getting affordable housing projects to permit faster with an intent to provide a very high level of customer service. This position will be integral to ensuring consistent and excellent service is provided to projects enrolled in the program. Additionally, the AHRT program is implementing a new expedited review process in compliance with State affordable housing regulations (i.e. Proposition 123). This position is intended to expand the current review capacity of the AHRT team and support more projects through due diligence and permitting. This position was specifically created through a federal HUD PRO Housing grant award. The successful candidate for the Senior Development Project Administrator position will direct and manage the coordinated review process for new development projects, including the complex coordination of large and multi-phased projects. This position provides a single point of contact (from project inception to completion) that ensures that the entire review and approval process is timely, well-coordinated, efficient, and predictable with the focus on successful project outcomes. Senior Development Project Administrators meet with customers early in the conceptual stages of the development process to provide critical information about milestones and critical paths for the developer. They are responsible for managing the project, providing project updates, resolving conflicts between policies, codes and regulations across internal city departments and agencies and external entities, such as, Denver Water and Xcel Energy, and to track and document the history of a project through the review and approval process. Senior Development Project Administrators are not expected to be advocates, but rather project management liaisons leading and managing the review process with an emphasis on achieving successful outcomes as efficiently as possible.

Requirements

Three to five years of direct experience reviewing a multitude of site plan submittals for compliance with building and zoning codes, design standards and guidelines when applicable, and a thorough knowledge and understanding of architectural, site planning/engineering and development principles, practices, and procedures. This includes experience managing large, multi-phased development projects
Strong analytic capabilities, experience in development review and development codes
Knowledge and understanding of architectural, site planning and development principles, practices, and procedures
Experience with professional city planning and regional planning
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
Ability to communicate effectively – verbally and in writing
Efficiently demonstrates excellent time/work management skills
Works well under pressure and able to multitask
Self-motivated and motivated to help others
Ability to work as part of a team to support both internal and external customers
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Engineering, or a related degree.
Experience: Five (5) years of professional planning experience.
Education & Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post high school education.
Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
Licensure & Certification: none
Cover Letter

Responsibilities

Overseeing the Associate Project Administrator and coordinated multi-agency review team, to ensure design review and approvals are completed accurately and effectively.
Maintaining a focus on exceptional customer service focused on efficiently assisting development projects through the development review and approval process
Managing large scale and multi-phased developments through various infrastructure, site planning, and subdivision phases.
Coordinating with City Agencies and Departments to ensure implementation of city plans, regulations and policies through the review process, including assisting with development of zoning code amendments, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, open space and parks plans, infrastructure design, Development Agreements, and capital improvement review
Providing urban design review and guidance for projects within Design Review Districts
Managing the review responsibilities across a wide variety of assigned projects within the Project Coordination team
Facilitating the coordinated review process across agencies resulting in conflict resolution and final project approvals
Be involved with applying relevant codes, focused on successful place-making to create well-designed outcomes through review of development plan proposals
Reviewing development permit applications for completeness, accuracy, conformance to applicable regulations and coordination/distribution of applications for review by appropriate section/agencies within established timeframes
Balancing multiple projects of different scopes and scales, ability to work closely with other city departments/agencies and external agencies to manage customer expectations

Benefits

Five (5) Medical Plans, Dental, Vision Insurance (effective within 1 month of start date)
Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)
457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)
PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays
Merit Increases
STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance
CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits
Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program
Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources
EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)