Job Description
Posting number: 05M00000068
Department: Planning and Development Review
Job classification: Planner*
Posting type: Open
Categories: Planning and Development
The City of Richmond Department of Planning & Development Review is currently seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Planner - CAR. The selected individual will be responsible for establishing and applying high-quality historic preservation standards that influence the design of public and private projects.
Examples of duties
- Preparing reports and presenting findings to boards, commissions, and Council.
- Serving as Secretary to the Commission of Architectural Review (CAR)
- Reviewing plans, permits, and projects for compliance with historic preservation regulations and Commission decisions
- Providing technical assistance to clients, specifically on entitlement and permitting processes
- Leading project teams
- Supporting Section 106 reviews for public and private projects with federal funding.
- Preparing and administering programmatic agreements
- Updating City-wide survey of historic resources
- Organizing and facilitating public engagement activities
- Preparing mailings and public notices
- Creating publications, presentations, and content for website
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation
- Clear understanding of architectural history, architectural terms, styles, and construction methods
- Knowledge of Commission of Architectural Review Guidelines
- General knowledge of: urban planning and design; federal preservation laws and regulations; preservation planning; zoning ordinances; historic preservation principles; master planning; traditional neighborhood development; transportation planning; ordinance preparation; land title surveying; and engineering principles.
SKILLS:
- Skill in providing excellent customer service, including dealing with unhappy customers
- Negotiating and balancing the needs of citizens with economic demands, health and human service needs, goals of private corporations, and land use regulations.
ABILITIES:
- Ability to analyze information
- Communicating planning and local government policy issues to a range of audiences
- Interacting and working with different groups of people.
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in urban planning, historic preservation, architectural history, architecture, landscape architecture, or a related field
- Three years of experience or an equivalent amount of graduate level training.
- An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification
- Ability to meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Historic Preservation or Architectural History
- At least three years of experience and a Master's degree in Planning, with course work or certifications Historic Preservation or Architectural History, or a related field
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Ability to work in a challenging, rewarding, and fast-paced environment
- Experience working for a local government in an urban setting.
LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS, and/or OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
