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City of Sioux Falls, SD - Urban Planner
Urban Planner
Job Summary
Perform professional urban planning activities requiring the application of advanced planning skills. This may include general urban planning, transportation planning, and transit planning duties.
General Urban Planning Duties
1. Collect and interpret data and information used to prepare formal plans and reports presented to various public and private groups, including computer based systems, maps, tables, and charts.
2. Create and write planning projects and studies, participate in the formal review of proposed actions and/or decisions, and make oral presentations before the Planning Commission, City Council, and other public bodies and citizen groups.
3. Act as liaison between City and development groups and develop City (Joint County) ordinances affecting project plans.
4. Develop and implement various programs in the areas that may include land use, zoning, subdivisions, landscaping, site design, historic preservation, corridor redevelopment, annexation and neighborhood-level strategic planning.
5. Provide support for the City’s floodplain management program.
6. Work with the public and other governmental agencies explaining department policies, initiatives, and activities.
7. Update and implement the City’s “Comprehensive Development Plan.”
8. Assist with various long-range planning documents including land use plans, neighborhood plans, utility master plans, parks master plans, and other city long-range master plans.
9. Perform other such duties and functions as are incidental to customer service and the proper performance of this position.
Transportation Planning
1. Assist in the development, implementation, and administration of transportation plans and special projects including elements of the Long-Range Transportation Plan.
2. Act as liaison between the City and Bicycle and Pedestrian committees.
3. Work with the Public Works Department to review traffic studies, develop and manage corridor studies, and provide demographic and employment estimates and projections and work with a consultant to develop, run, and maintain the MPO Travel Demand model.
4. Provide staff support to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and related processes of the Federal Highway Administration.
5. Perform other such duties and functions as are incidental to customer service and the proper performance of this position.
Transit Planning
1. Act as liaison between Sioux Area Metro and the City to provide budget, operations, and planning support.
2. Provide staff support, including facilitation and planning activities to the Public Transit Advisory Board (PTAB).
3. Provide oversight of Sioux Area Metro grant activities and City grant administration duties related to the Federal Transit Administration.
4. Perform other such duties and functions as are incidental to customer service and the proper performance of this position.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and a minimum of two (2) years’ professional urban planning experience, including zoning, transportation, transit, economic development, landscaping, and/or architecture; or any such combination of education, experience, and training as may be acceptable to the hiring authority.
Possession of a valid driver’s license is desirable.
Preemployment screenings may include, but are not limited to, the following: drug screen and references.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of the principles and practices of urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture with an emphasis as related to the assigned area.
Working knowledge of computer applications, mapping, and data processing in urban planning.
Ability to effectively communicate and work with the general public, media, and other public employees.
Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations with regard to planning programs.
Ability to use organizational and statistical skills applicable for planning and carrying out new and existing programs.
Ability to express thoughts clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing.
Must have ability to perform job duties at various locations throughout the city on a regular basis.
$2,368.80 - $2,854.40 bi-weekly
Job Summary
Perform professional urban planning activities requiring the application of advanced planning skills. This may include general urban planning, transportation planning, and transit planning duties.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and a minimum of two (2) years’ professional urban planning experience, including zoning, transportation, transit, economic development, landscaping, and/or architecture; or any such combination of education, experience, and training as may be acceptable to the hiring authority.
Possession of a valid driver’s license is desirable.
Job Family : PLANNING & DEV. SERVICES
Posting Start : 03/09/2021
Posting End : 03/31/2021
Apply at: https://siouxfalls.org/human-resources/career-opportunities
Job Summary
Perform professional urban planning activities requiring the application of advanced planning skills. This may include general urban planning, transportation planning, and transit planning duties.
General Urban Planning Duties
1. Collect and interpret data and information used to prepare formal plans and reports presented to various public and private groups, including computer based systems, maps, tables, and charts.
2. Create and write planning projects and studies, participate in the formal review of proposed actions and/or decisions, and make oral presentations before the Planning Commission, City Council, and other public bodies and citizen groups.
3. Act as liaison between City and development groups and develop City (Joint County) ordinances affecting project plans.
4. Develop and implement various programs in the areas that may include land use, zoning, subdivisions, landscaping, site design, historic preservation, corridor redevelopment, annexation and neighborhood-level strategic planning.
5. Provide support for the City’s floodplain management program.
6. Work with the public and other governmental agencies explaining department policies, initiatives, and activities.
7. Update and implement the City’s “Comprehensive Development Plan.”
8. Assist with various long-range planning documents including land use plans, neighborhood plans, utility master plans, parks master plans, and other city long-range master plans.
9. Perform other such duties and functions as are incidental to customer service and the proper performance of this position.
Transportation Planning
1. Assist in the development, implementation, and administration of transportation plans and special projects including elements of the Long-Range Transportation Plan.
2. Act as liaison between the City and Bicycle and Pedestrian committees.
3. Work with the Public Works Department to review traffic studies, develop and manage corridor studies, and provide demographic and employment estimates and projections and work with a consultant to develop, run, and maintain the MPO Travel Demand model.
4. Provide staff support to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and related processes of the Federal Highway Administration.
5. Perform other such duties and functions as are incidental to customer service and the proper performance of this position.
Transit Planning
1. Act as liaison between Sioux Area Metro and the City to provide budget, operations, and planning support.
2. Provide staff support, including facilitation and planning activities to the Public Transit Advisory Board (PTAB).
3. Provide oversight of Sioux Area Metro grant activities and City grant administration duties related to the Federal Transit Administration.
4. Perform other such duties and functions as are incidental to customer service and the proper performance of this position.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and a minimum of two (2) years’ professional urban planning experience, including zoning, transportation, transit, economic development, landscaping, and/or architecture; or any such combination of education, experience, and training as may be acceptable to the hiring authority.
Possession of a valid driver’s license is desirable.
Preemployment screenings may include, but are not limited to, the following: drug screen and references.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of the principles and practices of urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture with an emphasis as related to the assigned area.
Working knowledge of computer applications, mapping, and data processing in urban planning.
Ability to effectively communicate and work with the general public, media, and other public employees.
Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations with regard to planning programs.
Ability to use organizational and statistical skills applicable for planning and carrying out new and existing programs.
Ability to express thoughts clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing.
Must have ability to perform job duties at various locations throughout the city on a regular basis.
$2,368.80 - $2,854.40 bi-weekly
Job Summary
Perform professional urban planning activities requiring the application of advanced planning skills. This may include general urban planning, transportation planning, and transit planning duties.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and a minimum of two (2) years’ professional urban planning experience, including zoning, transportation, transit, economic development, landscaping, and/or architecture; or any such combination of education, experience, and training as may be acceptable to the hiring authority.
Possession of a valid driver’s license is desirable.
Job Family : PLANNING & DEV. SERVICES
Posting Start : 03/09/2021
Posting End : 03/31/2021
Apply at: https://siouxfalls.org/human-resources/career-opportunities