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WorkSource Oregon Planner 2 in GRESHAM, Oregon
The City of Gresham is seeking to hire two (2) Planners at the Planner 2 level in the Urban Design & Planning Department. The Planners will support the City\'s comprehensive planning and development planning efforts. The City of Gresham provides a generous benefits package to include medical, vision and dental coverage with little to no cost share for the employee and their eligible dependents (depending on plan selected), long-term disability insurance, life insurance, employer funded HRA Veba, and the City will pay both the employer contribution as well as the employee 6% contribution for PERS. What you will get to do: Comprehensive Planning \' Assist with a variety of long-range planning projects, including comprehensive plan amendments. \' Prepare research, technical reports, and public information materials on land use. \' Facilitate community engagement; make presentations to the Planning Commission and other advisory bodies. Be a reliable team member: Understand that being diligent, problem-solving, and reliable with individual work assignments helps create a work environment that is conducive to collaborative work. Development Planning \' Development Review: o Prepares for and presides over pre-application meetings. o Process and review development proposals for consistency and compliance with applicable policies and standards. o Coordinates public comments and negotiates and resolves differences to assure consistent compliance with applicable policies and standards. o Review building and sign permits for compliance with planning requirements. o Depending on experience, review of development proposals may include architectural/design standards. \' Planner-on-Duty: o Responds to public inquiries relating to planning regulations and requirements and other planning projects and developments; process tree removal permits, business licenses, and zoning verification letters. o Process Improvement: Works independently and/or collaboratively to improve the development review process by improving existing or introducing new forms and information packets for internal and external customers; provides input and/or draft policies related to improving the development review process. o Be a reliable team member: Entails being able to listen to planning and development professionals within UDP and the larger organization in support of reviewing and processing land use inquiries and applications; and providing exemplary customer service. o Tackle a variety of other work: In addition to reviewing and processing development applications, this position may work with long-range, transportation, parks, and natural resource planning staff depending upon capacity, desire, and knowledge, as directed by the Manager. Minimum Qualifications: \' Bachelor\'s degree in Urban Design/Planning or related field \' One (1) to four (4) years of experience in development planning, comprehensive planning, urban design, urban planning, or related work. \' Valid Driver\'s License \' Good driving record as defined by our driving matrix (below) Any combination of qualifying education, training and/or experience that equates to five(5) to eight (8) years will be considered.