Community Planner: Term Position

Job ID: 30408

Date Opened: 10/09/2025

Date Closed: 10/22/2025

Community Planner Job Summary

This is a 13-month term position position located within the Office of Planning, Citywide Strategy and Analysis Division, which u ndertakes cross-sector research, data, and spatial analysis in order to develop policies and plans that advance the agency's mission and priorities. The Community Planner works on citywide planning efforts. This position helps manage the Comprehensive Plan rewrite, conducts research and analysis, reviews plans and policies, and develops recommendations. The Planner conducts engagement and facilitation with agency and community stakeholders, tracks project progress, produces communications materials, reports and plans. This position is part of a core Comprehensive Plan team that leads work to advance racial equity, increase housing affordability, and build resilience to climate change.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Community Planner works directly with the Associate Director and Comprehensive Plan Project Manager to guide the District's Comprehensive Plan rewrite. Conducts research and analysis to identify land use planning issues and opportunities; develops program and policy recommendations, reports and plans. Applies a racial equity lens to analyzing policy, demographics, housing markets, economic opportunities, and environmental conditions. Leads coordination among team members to produce data visualizations and incorporate area-based planning, development review and historic preservation.

Leads interface with partner agencies. Conducts stakeholder engagement, including planning, executing, conducting outreach, and leading the facilitation of meetings with communities, partner organizations, and other stakeholders. Develops workplans, scopes, and budget materials and manages consultant performance. Conducts day-to-day project management, including tracking workplans, project timelines, and progress. Identifies project management issues and helps resolve them. Provides support for executive and legislative processes related to the Comprehensive Plan. Manages and participates on project teams that prepare and undertake a range of planning efforts.