Planning & Development Manager

The purpose of this position is to provide short and long-range planning of activities, services, and programs and to manage staff.Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages projects and programs by conducting special projects, attending multi-jurisdictional meetings, coordinating workloads, directing and reviewing collection of data, coordinating product and program feasibility studies, and administering voluntary annexation program.
• Supervises staff by prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring adequate staff training and adherence to policies and procedures, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Completes and presents case reports to Planning and Zoning Commission by checking project compliance with development ordinances, coordinating technical review with department members, and scheduling projects on monthly agendas.
• Coordinates submission of board action requests by reviewing applications, corresponding with applicants, reviewing items for compliance with general statutes, local codes, and ordinances, coordinating development of presentation, and overseeing the writing and delivery of reports.
• Provides information to the public regarding planning and development processes and procedures.
• Assists with tracking budget and department information, including maintaining balances, researching discrepancies, and preparing financial reports.
• Provides internal departments with advice and recommendations regarding relevant permit issues, ordinance regulations, and environmental consulting.

• Performs other similar duties as required.

• Supervisory principles;
• Applicable local, state and federal laws, rules, and regulations;
• Technical writing practices;
• Planning principles and theory;
• Development patterns;
• Construction site development issues.

• None Required.

• Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, handling, kneeling, pushing/pulling, vision, bending, crouching, hearing, twisting, talking, .
• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time.

• Supervising and evaluating employees;
• Prioritizing and assigning work;
• Operating a computer and applicable software applications;
• Applying local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations;
• Writing technical reports;
• Speaking in public;
• Analyzing the financial impacts of planning decisions;
• Considering a wide variety of issues when reviewing projects;
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously;
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.