Planner

<strong>***This is not a remote position***</strong><br><br><undefined role="navigation"><strong style="color:inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;">The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates for Planner. The starting salary for this position is $</strong><strong>65,401.23 and is negotiable based on qualifications.</strong></undefined><br><br><undefined><strong>This announcement will remain active until a sufficient number of applications has been received and may close at any time.</strong></undefined><br><br><undefined><strong><img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/3494/jobpostings/image/20250908111611_hi_Port_Ev-2032_adj_5x7_b9bb278e-f0ae-5102-065babacbbd0bb53.jpg" data-uw-rm-alt="QU" data-uw-rm-alt-original="20250908111611_hi_Port_Ev-2032_adj_5x7_b9bb278e-f0ae-5102-065babacbbd0bb53.jpg" data-id="null" data-name="20250908111611_hi_Port_Ev-2032_adj_5x7_b9bb278e-f0ae-5102-065babacbbd0bb53.jpg" alt="20250908111611_hi_Port_Ev-2032_adj_5x7_b9bb278e-f0ae-5102-065babacbbd0bb53.jpg" data-url="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/3494/jobpostings/image/20250908111611_hi_Port_Ev-2032_adj_5x7_b9bb278e-f0ae-5102-065babacbbd0bb53.jpg" style="width: 982px;" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></strong></undefined><br><br><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-pasted="true"><u><strong>General Description:</strong></u></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br></div><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Performs advanced professional planning work in the land use and transportation field for the development and implementation of the Broward County Land Use Plan and Broward County Trafficways Plan. Must possess excellent communication skills and time management, as well as initiative and the ability to work independently with minimum oversight.</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><u>Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:</u></strong><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;">Requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in urban planning, GIS, geography or closely related field.</span></span><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-pasted="true"><strong>The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.</strong></p><ul style="margin: 10px 0px 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><li>Executes, develops, and implements planning work related to long range urban planning (comprehensive planning, transportation planning and GIS (geographical information system).</li><li>Receives and responds to planning/customer requests; responds to front counter, phone and e-mail inquiries/correspondence; maintains agency databases and files; accepts submittals on behalf of the agency.</li><li>Writes technical staff reports for Planning Council and County Commission agenda items, primarily related to land use, including analysis and recommendations, to ensure compliance with the Broward County Land Use Plan, Broward County Trafficways Plan and Administrative Rules Document.</li><li>Conducts plat review to ensure compliance with land use, including restrictions/conditions of approval.</li><li>Prepares land use plan and trafficways plan amendment reports, as well as reports for a variety of requests related to the Broward County Land Use Plan.</li><li>Collects and analyzes data for use in the Broward County Land Use Plan, which may include coordination with other agencies/stakeholders.</li><li>Attends a variety of county area staff level committee meetings, as needed; prepares Broward County Trafficways Review Group meeting packages consisting of meeting agenda and backup material.</li><li>Assists in general management of agency operations and work program; creates and maintains GIS datasets; provides GIS products and analysis for decision making.</li><li>Implements and oversees comprehensive planning functions in compliance with state statute requirements.</li><li>Reviews sources of information, current literature and recent developments regarding urban planning and provides recommendations to project leaders.</li></ul><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">Performs related work and additional duties as may be assigned. </p><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;" data-pasted="true"><u><strong>Physical Demands</strong></u></div><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em>Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.</em></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">Performs light work that involves walking or standing most of the time and involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis, or skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs on repetitive operation of electronic office equipment within moderate tolerances or limits of accuracy.</p><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><u><strong>Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment)</strong></u></div><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em>Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.</em></p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">None.</p><p style="font-style: normal; margin: 10px 0px; color: inherit; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" data-pasted="true"><strong><u>County Core Competencies</u></strong></p><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">All Broward County employees strive to demonstrate the County's four core behavioral competencies.</div><ul style="margin: 10px 0px 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><li><strong>Collaborates</strong>: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.</li><li><strong>Customer focus</strong>: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.</li><li><strong>Instills trust</strong>: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.</li><li><strong>Values differences</strong>: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.</li></ul><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><u>Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance</u></strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">Broward County is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion. Broward County is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. We support the hiring of people with disabilities; therefore, if you require assistance due to a disability, please contact the Professional Standards Section in advance at 954-357-6500 or email Profstandards@broward.org to make an accommodation request.</div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><u>Emergency Management Responsibilities </u></strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">Note: During emergency conditions, all County employees are automatically considered emergency service workers. County employees are subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and are expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.</div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong><u>County-wide Employee Responsibilities</u></strong></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">All Broward County employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Broward County's Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.</div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify;">All Broward County employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.</div>

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