Description
Salary: $60,502 - $90,766
Position Grade: 213G
Department: Building Division
Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Examination Number: EX1627
Location: Downtown - St. Louis, MO
Incumbents in this position are responsible for researching, collecting, analyzing, summarizing and presenting information for recommending solutions to economic development and urban growth-related problems. Duties include conducting research, making presentations and managing planning projects and supervising and coordinating planning consultants.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Responds to new zoning legislation, and coordinates and participates in the preparation and analysis of new planning, difficult planning problems and zoning initiatives.
- Collects, researches and presents information to recommend plans to resolve economic and urban development growth.
- Analyzes and distributes data regarding planning issues, land use and environmental matters.
- Conducts plan review for Zoning Code compliance and, as necessary, does on-site field surveys to collect data related to conditions, land uses and other environmental factors as they pertain to new developments.
- Evaluates proposals and provides planning recommendations.
- Provides information and technical assistance regarding planning and zoning matters to the public, city officials, city agencies, developers, landowners and others with an expert-level understanding of the Zoning Code of the City of St. Louis, as well as modern best practices of city planning.
- Provides in-house technical expertise of permitting systems and application processes of the Building Division Zoning Section.
- Participates in planning policy development and legislative working groups.
- May perform other duties as needed.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid to upper-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to persuade, convince, and provide guidance, assistance and/or interpretation to others on how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
- Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as motor vehicle, computer terminal, still camera, telephone, photocopier, fax machine and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as planning reports, maps, building inspection reports, census data, environmental reviews, spreadsheets, financial statements, federal register, ordinances, statutes, procedures, guidelines and non-routine correspondence.
- Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate decimals and percentage; basic & advanced algebra, statistical inference.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as supervising, directing, leading, planning, coordinating, & controlling. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule-form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental and/or subjective criteria, as opposed to criteria that are clearly measurable or verifiable.
- Environmental Factors: Work is normally performed in an office environment under generally safe and comfortable conditions.
- Physical Requirements: Requires the ability to lift, push and pull papers and other office materials weighing up to twenty (20) pounds. Requires the ability to bend and twist to perform office duties.
- Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of shapes to conduct site inspections and sounds to communicate with others.
Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree in Regional and Urban Planning, Architecture or a related field; plus two years of professional urban and regional planning experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Preferences: One year of project management or supervisory experience in an urban setting; proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, GIS, online mapping software, and Adobe software.
License: Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license while employed by the City of St. Louis. Must possess a valid driver's license at the time of filing application and be able to present it upon request. Please note the type of license, number, class and expiration date on the Employment Application. Only qualified applicants who provide proof of a valid driver’s license will be considered for this position.
Scoring Components and Their Weights
Experience and Training: 100%
May be Subject to:
Background Investigation: Pass/Fail
Medical Examination: Pass/Fail
Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request
When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience, training and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Veterans Preference Points
To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation.
City Residence Preference Points
City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points. City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points.
Accommodations
If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.
