Planner - HELP Program

About the role

This position involves office and field assignments in community, municipal, county, and regional planning. It also includes related work as required.

Responsibilities

• Participates in studies involving research, investigation, and analysis of sociological, economic and environmental factors related to community, municipal, county, or regional planning.
• Collects and analyzes data by different geographic areas.
• Prepares reports, technical documents, administrative, and informational activities, participates in presentations made to public officials, technical committees and other general public to provide and elicit information.
• Provides research information to other County personnel and the public via the Internet and/or other forms of telecommunication.
• Researches, establishes and reviews various systems by which individual knowledge and expertise can be captured, maintained, organized, and queried by other County personnel.
• Participates in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the annual New York State Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) funding rounds and assists in all administrative requirements associated therewith, including preparation and submission of grant applications, grant administration, program monitoring, and all related activities.
• Assists in the preparation of watershed and water resource management and protection plans and preparation of highway and commercial corridor plans.
• Prepares implementation plans for approved projects through such methods as seeking grants and municipal coordination of key stakeholders and personnel.
• Assists in the preparation of community comprehensive plans and new or amended zoning and land use regulations.
• Attends and occasionally represents the agency at conferences for governmental agencies.

Requirements

• Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college with a Master’s Degree in Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Environmental Resource Planning; OR
• Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college with a Bachelor's Degree in Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Environmental Resource Planning, PLUS 1 year of experience in community planning, regional planning or work related to the qualifying degree; OR
• An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B) above.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the purposes, principles, terminology, and practices employed in community, municipal, county, and regional planning.
• Working knowledge of the sociological, economic, environmental, engineering designs and research facts in problems involved in community planning.
• Working knowledge of the principles and practices of computer mapping (GIS) and graphic visual methods as applied to community planning.
• Basic knowledge of current accepted methods for data collection analysis and interpretation of statistical data.
• Working knowledge of basic research methods and techniques.
• Working knowledge of municipal economic development strategies.
• Working knowledge of contemporary telecommunications issues.
• Working knowledge of municipal grants, grant administration and CDBG regulations.
• Working knowledge of GPS and applications to municipal planning.

Skills

• Ability to understand complex oral and written directions.
• Ability to get along well with others.
• Ability to communicate and deal effectively with others.
• Initiative and resourcefulness.
• Tact.
• Good judgment.

Benefits

For more information on the Department of Planning and Economic Development and on the excellent quality of life in Cayuga County, please visit the department website Planning & Economic Development | Cayuga County, NY and the County tourism website www.tourcayuga.com.

Pay

The salary range for this position is TBD.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is TBD.