Director, Capital Planning and Sustainability

About the role

Join the vibrant community at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)! Located just three miles from the Pacific Ocean, CSULB offers an inspiring workplace and an exceptional Southern California lifestyle. Our 322-acre campus—one of the largest in the CSU system—serves more than 42,000 students and is known for its commitment to student success, innovation, and impactful academic and research initiatives. As a member of the CSULB community, you’ll experience a dynamic environment filled with cultural landmarks, collaborative energy, and opportunities to make a meaningful difference. Work-life balance thrives here. Long Beach blends coastal relaxation with urban vibrancy, offering miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, a thriving arts and food scene, and convenient access to both Los Angeles and Orange County. It’s an ideal place to grow your career while enjoying everything Southern California has to offer.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the university's capital planning and campus development strategy.

• Direct evaluation, planning, prioritization, and advancement of capital investments, capital renewal projects, deferred maintenance initiatives, modernization efforts, and strategic development opportunities.

• Coordinate development of capital priorities and supporting documentation for Chancellor's Office funding programs, including the Five Year Capital Improvement Program, Annual Capital Priorities process, Total Return Portfolio initiatives, and other funding opportunities.

• Develop planning frameworks and recommendations that align institutional priorities, operational needs, sustainability objectives, risk mitigation, and stewardship of university assets.

• Provide stewardship of the Campus Physical Master Plan, Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Landscape Master Plan, and related planning frameworks.

• Lead campus planning studies, feasibility analyses, environmental review activities, and updates to planning documents.

• Guide campus development in accordance with adopted planning principles, sustainability commitments, regulatory requirements, and long term institutional goals.

• Serve as the university's lead authority on campus planning matters and provide strategic guidance regarding physical development of the campus.

• Direct administration of the campus space inventory, space database, planning standards, and utilization practices.

• Serve as the university's primary resource on space planning, allocation, utilization, and space policy.

• Coordinate administration of campus planning and space governance committees.

• Develop and implement strategies that support efficient, effective, and sustainable use of university facilities and resources.

• Provide analysis and recommendations regarding current and future space needs in support of the university's academic and operational objectives.

• Provide leadership for the university's sustainability program and serve as the university's senior representative for sustainability planning, strategy, performance measurement, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Advance integration of sustainability principles into campus planning, facilities management, capital investments, deferred maintenance planning, operations, and long range development strategies.

• Lead implementation of university wide sustainability goals, climate commitments, and sustainability initiatives through collaboration with academic, administrative, operational, and student stakeholders.

• Provide oversight of sustainability reporting, performance metrics, and benchmarking programs, including STARS and related initiatives.

• Provide leadership for campus design visioning efforts, conceptual planning studies, donor funded initiatives, university wide wayfinding and placemaking programs, and other strategic campus enhancement projects as assigned.

• Oversee planning staff, student interns, and other assigned personnel engaged in planning, design, sustainability, and campus development initiatives.

• Foster professional development, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities that support student success, workforce development, and meaningful participation in campus projects.

• Collaborate with campus stakeholders to advance initiatives that enhance campus identity, accessibility, sustainability, user experience, and stewardship of the university's built environment.

• Serve as the principal liaison to colleges, divisions, departments, university leadership, external agencies, community stakeholders, consultants, and regulatory authorities regarding campus planning, sustainability, space utilization, and capital development matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Architecture, Planning, Urban Planning, Engineering, Public Administration, or a related field; or a combination of education and experience that demonstrates the required knowledge and abilities.
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in campus planning, capital planning, space planning, facilities planning, or a related area in a large institutional or higher education setting.
• Post Secondary Education (Masters or PhD) can use a year for year substitution of the required experience for up to 2 years maximum.