Job Opening: Senior Planner for Steuben County
/SENIOR PLANNER
This position is located at the Steuben County Department of Planning.
The work involves responsibility for the performance of moderately difficult, complex, technical duties in the field of municipal, regional or community planning at either the County Planning Department or the Regional Planning and Development Board. The work is carried out in accordance with well-established and accepted modern professional planning techniques and procedures and involves the provision of professional planning support in all program areas of the department/agency; assumption of major project planner status for selected programs and tasks in line with the incumbent’s areas of special expertise/interests; coordination of activities with related work being done by other agencies in the area; and the compilation of a wide variety of statistics and data related to the work being done as well as the preparation of reports. This class differs from that of Planner by virtue of the increased level of responsibility and independence of action exercised.
This is a specialized professional planning position with primary work assignments focused on the areas of historic preservation, neighborhood planning and urban design. In addition to these responsibilities, the incumbent performs general professional planning duties in the office and in the field. General direction and project assignments are received from the Director of Planning, Housing and Community Development. The details of the work are independently planned and carried to completion. Work is performed independently with other planners both as support and lead staff. Supervision may be exercised over c