The City of Beaverton is hiring an entry-level Assistant Planner to join the city’s Current Planning team. The team’s work focuses on applying land use regulations to proposed development projects and ensuring that the city’s land use permitting processes run efficiently.

The Assistant Planner will provide excellent customer service to residents, developers, consultants, architects, and other collaborators regarding planning and land use in Beaverton. This position is the first point of contact for inquiries about land use regulations in person, over the phone, and via email. Additional duties include reviewing and processing land use applications, researching questions related to land use and other technical topics, developing administrative procedures, and collaborating with others on a variety of projects, reports, and work plans.

The ideal candidate:

• Enjoys providing friendly, helpful customer service to the Beaverton community.
• Communicates clearly and thoughtfully, both verbally and in writing.
• Is detail-oriented, with experience understanding and applying regulations and procedures.
• Has recent knowledge and experience with the principles and practices of city planning and development permitting.
• Is well-organized and self-motivated.
• Embraces opportunities to solve problems and improve processes for the benefit of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Adopts new technologies with enthusiasm and can incorporate them into process improvements.
• Enjoys working at a fast pace with deadlines for tasks.
• Is capable and enthusiastic about working with a wide variety of people, including historically underrepresented communities.
• Speaks Spanish or another of the city’s priority languages.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact to the public regarding planning, development, regulatory topics.
• Provide customer service in person at the Planning Counter and via email, video meeting, and phone. Direct public to the appropriate staff members. Create a positive experience for customers through professional and courteous behavior and creative problem resolution.
• Review and process land use applications according to established procedures. Prepare written reports and recommendations on a variety of less complex land use applications.
• Review Building and Site Development permit applications for compliance with Development Code and existing land use decisions.
• Attend and provide support for evening meetings such as Planning Commission.
• Participate in business process improvement efforts, including documenting existing business processes and development and implementation of new processes.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, geography, public administration, landscape architecture, or a related field, and
• One year of experience in urban planning, or
• An equivalent combination of education and experience enabling the incumbent to perform the essential functions of the position.

Apply by June 1: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/beaverton/jobs/4939489/assistant-planner