PLANNING MANAGER

About the role

The City of Stockton is seeking to fill a Planning Manager position to oversee an Advanced Planning Section in the Community Development Department. The Planning Manager will be responsible for the strategic implementation of a recently adopted General Plan Update.

Responsibilities

• Manages the activities of a subsection within the Planning Division;
• Assigns, trains, directs and evaluates the work of subordinates, including supervisory staff;
• Oversees and coordinates research, administrative and technical activities necessary to achieve planning project objectives and to maintain departmental information programs;
• Checks and analyzes information such as population and economic growth estimates, demographic, housing and land use data;
• Directs the utilization of computers and software programs for various technical projects and studies;
• Evaluates information related to the application process and recommends approval, disapproval, or alternative approaches;
• Collaborates with personnel from other departments and agencies in coordinating assigned work;
• Makes oral presentations before commissions, committees, community groups and boards of other governmental agencies;
• Makes special investigations of a technical nature regarding planning projects;
• Prepares reports and recommendations and state and federal applications and documents;
• Coordinates and performs evaluations and analyses pertaining to the elements of the comprehensive General Plan, area plans, environmental impact reports, implementation, redevelopment and capital improvement plans, programs and related municipal ordinances and policies;
• Prepares reports, presentations, correspondence and other written materials;
• May act in the absence of the Deputy Community Development Director/Planning on a relief basis.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in City or regional planning, urban planning, or a closely related field;
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional planning experience;
• A Master's degree in City, regional or urban planning, public administration, or closely related field, may be substituted for one year of the professional planning experience;
• Knowledge of principles and practices of public administration, supervision and management;
• Knowledge of land use, physical design, demographic, environmental, and social/economic concepts as applied to municipal planning;
• Statistical analysis and mathematical concepts related to the planning process;
• Application, modification and interrelationships between ordinances, policies, standards, procedures, and practices associated with the planning function;
• Applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations;
• Terminology, symbols, methods, and techniques used in planning and map drafting;
• Local government organization and the functions and practices of a municipal planning unit.

Qualifications

• Must possess a valid California Driver's License;
• Willingness to attend evening meetings as required.