Pay Range: $100,000 - $107,014 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. The Development Services Department seeks to make Fort Worth the most livable city in Texas by promoting orderly growth and development, safe construction and neighborhood vitality. We are looking for individuals that reflect our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
The Platting & Annexation team in the Development Coordination Division of the department is seeking a charismatic and dynamic individual to manage and lead the team as the Planning Manager, which will report to the Assistant Director over the division. The Platting & Annexation team is made up of three Senior Planners, two Planners, and two Planning Assistants who together coordinate multiple types of development applications, which vary greatly in detail and complexity. Annexation inquiries are reviewed by the Annexation Review Committee for a recommendation to City’s Managers Office on the feasibility of proceeding with formal annexation. Concept plans, preliminary plats, and final plats that align with the Subdivision Ordinance are administratively approved by this position. Plats that require waivers to the Subdivision Ordinance go to the Development Review Committee for a recommendation to City Plan Commission for final determination. Annexation cases and street/ alley vacations go to City Plan Commission for a recommendation and then to City Council for final determination. This role chairs the Development Review Committee and Annexation Review Committee, administers and is Secretary of the City Plan Commission and presents annexation cases to the City Council. All of these decisions are critical due to their impact on growth and community livability factors, such as traffic congestion and utility service delivery. Additionally, this role is charged with identifying areas of process improvement to create a more streamlined platting and annexation process.
Minimum Qualifications: - Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Planning, Architecture, Urban Planning or Urban Design, Public Administration, Urban Geography or a related field.
- Five (5) years of experience in planning and/or urban design; including two (2) years of supervisory responsibility.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in land development, including a clear understanding of entitlement and development process; and demonstrated knowledge of the various municipal and other regulatory requirements as they relate to the development review process.
- Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead and work with cross-functional teams, commissions, and outside agencies.
- Aptitude for quickly analyzing a program demands and determining potential streamline enhancements.
- American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and/or Congress for New Urbanism Accredited (CNU-A) accreditations.
- American Planning Association membership.
- Proficient in Geographic Information System (GIS), Microsoft Office suite including OneNote and SharePoint, Visio, and experience with Accela Automation or other permitting software.
The Planning Manager - Platting & Annexation Job Responsibilities include: - Lead, direct, train, motivate, and coordinate the Platting and Annexation Section and administer its corresponding budget.
- Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Select, supervise, train and evaluate subordinate co-workers.
- Chair the Development Review Committee and Annexation Review Committee, and to communicate with development community.
- Act as Secretary to the City Plan Commission and organize the commissions policies, schedules, notices, agendas and meetings.
- Review development agreements and contracts.
- Explain to commissions, boards, developers and the general public the city planning ordinances, design policies and procedures.
- Meet with councilmembers and present at City Council as needed.
- Analyze and compile statistical planning information for Subdivision Ordinance amendments.
- Participate in developing the annual work program; recommend and assist in the implementation of goals and objects; implement approved policies and procedures.
- Make the team more effective by evaluating the quality, responsiveness, efficiency, and effectiveness of the team and work with co-workers on the continuous improvement of the team.
- Perform administrative personnel duties including hiring, training, conducting performance evaluations, working with staff to correct deficiencies, and implement discipline procedures.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Working Conditions Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demand Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
