Sr. Development Project Facilitator

• Job Description

  Pay Range: $85,000 to $98,850
  
  Job Posting Closing on: October 18, 2024
  
  Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.
  
  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 the 12th largest city in the U.S. and the fastest growing among large cities. Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one Downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for Job Seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents. 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.
  
  A Senior Development Project Facilitator position is available in the City of Fort Worth Development Services’ Project Facilitation team. This position is responsible for performing highly interactive project management and facilitation for developers of large and complex private development projects through the City’s development review processes. Develops project plans, objectives and timelines to ensure projects meet deadlines. Coordinates project meetings, project specific requirements and offers solutions to achieve project deadlines, builds relationships with developers, other departments and development community stakeholders such as chambers of commerce, commissions and committees. Identifies risks and strategies to mitigate, as well as communicates with stakeholders to keep them informed of progress and issues. The Senior Development Project Facilitator serves as the developer’s liaison and champion throughout the development review process, advocates for expedited project delivery while ensuring that the City’s regulations and project requirements are still met. Additionally, this role is charged with supervising the Project Facilitation team, including Development Project Facilitators and a Development Project Coordinator.
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  

  • A Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Urban or Regional Planning, Urban Design, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Public Administration, Business Administration or a related field
  • Four years of increasingly responsible experience in project or program management, civil engineering, architecture, urban planning or development plan review/consultation
  • One year of experience in a supervisory capacity
  • For this job description, there is no applicable education substitution for the minimum qualifications

  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  

  • A minimum of 5-years’ experience working for a municipal government in a development or capital delivery role
  • Completion of leadership programs or courses
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or higher
  • Proficiency in Accela permit software, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping tools, as well as the Microsoft Office suite including OneNote and SharePoint
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

  
  The Senior Development Project Facilitator job responsibilities include:
  

  • Project manage large and complex private development projects through the City’s development review processes, including developing project plans in conjunction with city review timelines, milestones, and identifying risks and steps to mitigate. Evaluating and identifying when facilitated projects are eligible for early addressing, early grading, permit release prior to plat, etc. and coordinating with our alliance partners in T/PW, Water, Storm Water, IPRC, DSD to forge the path to achieve project deadlines, and negotiating special review accommodations as needed. Updating project database on a regular basis.
  • Supervising staff, which includes identifying, prioritizing, assigning and monitoring facilitated project responsibilities.
  • Lead and host Pre-Development Conference meetings for specific projects as assigned by the Development Support Administrator, as well as manage staff assignments, pre-meeting reviews and post-meeting operations.
  • Initiating and conducting periodic project specific meetings on a reoccurring basis with stakeholders to ensure successful completion of projects (weekly, monthly, etc), and updating project database and schedules accordingly.
  • Coordinates administrative support services for the Department and pursues resolutions involving other departments and external stakeholders, includes leading inter-departmental and inter-jurisdictional project meetings
  • Identifying procedural issues/problems within the broader “development review process” and working with the correct individuals to discuss the issue, devise alternatives/solutions, and implementing those corrections to streamline the development review and permitting process.
  • Responding to City Manager and Mayor/Councilmember special requests to investigate and facilitate projects.
  • Responsible for the creation and update of various “development guides” such as the “Commercial Development Guide” and the “Infill Development Guide”.

  
  Working Conditions and Physical Demand as stated on official City job description
  
  Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
  
  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 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 me
  
  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.

• ABOUT THE COMPANY

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  • City of Fort Worth

  • (817) 392-7750

  The Community

  The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
  Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.

  Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.

  There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.

  Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.

  Exciting Growth & Future Development

  One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.

  Mission

  We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.

  Vision

  Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.

  Benefits That Are Well Worth It

  The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.

  Medical Program

  The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.

  The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s

  primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.

  The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).

  • Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
  • Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.

  Vacation

  Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
  6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.

  Holidays

  Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.

  Wellness Program

  The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.

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