PRINCIPAL PLANNER

About the role

The Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department is seeking qualified candidates for the Principal Planner position supporting the Advanced Planning and Current Planning Divisions. In the Advanced Planning Division, the Principal Planner will perform professional-level work on difficult, complex, specialized, and/or sensitive projects across multiple divisions, and will train, support, and review the work of professional staff. In the Current Planning Division, the Principal Planner will review projects for conformance with Clark County's Master Plan and Unified Development Code (Title 30), including zone changes, special use permits, major subdivisions, and design reviews that require decisions from the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, and/or the Board of County Commissioners. This division also provides zoning information to the public, supports local Town Boards, and carries out planning activities to promote public health, safety, and general welfare.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction, training, and work review to professional and/or technical staff on a project or day‑to‑day basis; organizes and assigns work, sets priorities, and follows up to ensure coordination and completion.
• Provides input into selection, evaluation, disciplinary, and other personnel matters; may counsel employees as required.
• Coordinates and performs research, administrative, and technical activities necessary to achieve planning project or program objectives; has responsibility for one or more specific programmatic areas.
• Compiles and analyzes information such as population and economic growth estimates, demographic, housing, transportation, and land use data.
• Interprets codes, regulations, and policies related to current, long‑term, transportation, and other specialized planning; assists contractors, developers, and others in interpreting zoning and related codes.
• Provides input into and assists in administering specific project, unit, and/or program budgets.
• Coordinates and oversees the work of contract professionals; negotiates and administers consultant contracts.
• Coordinates and assists in processing applications for subdivisions, requests for use and variance permits, and other development permits or approvals; reviews plans and other information submitted.
• Collects and evaluates information related to the application process and recommends approval, disapproval, or alternative approaches; makes site inspections prior to issuance of building permits.
• Coordinates and performs evaluations and analyses pertaining to elements of the General Plan, area plans, transportation plans, environmental assessment reports, implementation, redevelopment, and capital improvement plans, programs, and related municipal ordinances and policies.
• Prepares reports and recommendations and state and federal applications and documents; confers with personnel from other departments and agencies; meets with representatives of community organizations and other groups to encourage cooperative action or resolve problems.
• Makes oral presentations before the planning commission, various boards and committees, community groups, and boards of other governmental agencies; assists in compiling agenda items for meetings and follows up as required after action is taken.
• Makes special investigations of a technical nature regarding planning projects; prepares reports of conclusions and recommendations.
• Directs the preparation of and personally prepares maps, charts, models, sketches, and other graphic presentations; prepares reports, presentations, correspondence, and other written materials.
• Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
• Uses standard office equipment, including a computer, in the course of work; specified positions may drive a motor vehicle to attend meetings and inspect property sites.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree with major course work in city, regional, environmental, transportation or urban planning, public or business administration, or related field AND four (4) years of full‑time professional planning experience.
• An advanced degree in city, regional, or urban planning or another appropriate area and project or functional leadership is highly desirable.
• Professional level experience and/or education that has provided the skills and knowledge necessary to perform all job functions at this level may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis up to two (2) years.
• All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application.
• Working Conditions: Attend meetings outside of normal working hours.
• Licensing and Certification: Specified positions must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment; A.I.C.P. certification preferred.
• Background Investigation: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation; periodic investigations may be conducted after employment.
• Citizenship: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsorships or transfers.
• Pre‑Employment Drug Testing: Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre‑employment drug examination.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in city, regional, or urban planning or another appropriate area is highly desirable.
• A.I.C.P. certification is preferred.
• Project or functional leadership experience is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Flexible Schedules including 4/10 options
• More Money in Your Pocket
• 100% Employer Paid Defined Benefit Retirement
• No Social Security Deduction
• No State Income Taxes
• Two Employer Sponsored Health Plans Offered – Choice of PPO or EPO (hybrid of HMO)
• Medical – Employer pays 90% of premium
• Pharmacy Benefits (30, 90‑day retail or mail order fills)
• 24/7 Telephone Advice Nurse – no employee cost
• Teledoc, Doctoroo, and Dispatch Health
• Retiree insurance – eligible after 5 years of service
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance – Employer Paid
• AD&D – Employer Paid
• Long Term Disability – Employer Paid
• Generous Leave Accruals that include:
• 13 Paid Holidays including a Floating Birthday Holiday
• Paid Vacation Leave
• Paid Sick Leave
• Holiday Leave
• Other leave options
• Catastrophic Leave
• Parental Leave – Up to 90 days
• Wide Variety of Voluntary Benefits that include:
• Guardian – Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Short‑Term Disability Insurance
• Trustmark – Permanent Life Insurance benefits and long‑term care
• Sunlife Financial – Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance, AD&D, and long‑term disability insurance
• TASC – Flexible Spending Account – FSA & Dependent Day Care Debit Card Available
• Morgan Stanley – Deferred Compensation Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Onsite Fitness Center – $12/month*
• Note: Benefits vary and are subject to change depending on assignment, hiring organization, and bargaining unit.

Pay

Salary range: $39.26 – $58.04 hourly.