Recruitment Opens: April 7, 2025

Closes: April 30, 2025 (first review – open until filled)

Salary: $90,167 - $106,698 DOE/DOQ

The City of Rockaway Beach, Oregon is home to seven miles of uninterrupted sandy beaches, an annual operating budget of $35 million, and a recently adopted Strategic Plan guiding our efforts to build a bright future for Rockaway Beach. Join our team and see why we love living and working on the coast!

The City Planner performs advanced professional planning work, managing all zoning, land use and floodplain development applications, ensuring compliance with the City's comprehensive plan, development code, and other regulations. Primary responsibilities include processing zoning permit applications, evaluating land use applications, preparing and presenting staff reports, drafting notices for public hearings, coordinating agendas for the Planning Commission, conducting long-range planning studies, and drafting updates and amendments to the development code and Comprehensive Plan. The City Planner serves as the community's Floodplain Development Administrator. Additionally, the City Planner performs research, analyzes information, plays a lead role in public outreach efforts, participates in policy development, and coordinates selected projects. The City Planner acts as a liaison between the City, County, regional partners, state and federal agencies, and the public, fostering collaboration to support the City's economic and community development goals.

Complete job description and application available online at www.corb.us/employment/

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A bachelor's degree in urban or regional planning, community development, business administration, public administration or a related field, and two (2) years government-related land use planning experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

SALARY & BENEFITS:

$90,167 - $106,698 annual salary ($7,513.99 - $8,891.55 monthly) depending on experience and qualifications. Complete benefits package including health/dental/vision insurance, health reimbursement arrangement program (HRA-VEBA), life and long-term disability insurance (city-paid and supplemental) paid holidays, floating holidays, vacation leave, sick leave, an Employee Assistance Program, and employer-paid participation in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

TO APPLY:

Download application and job description at www.CORB.us. Mail application, resume and cover letter to Attn: City Recorder, City of Rockaway Beach, PO Box 5, Rockaway Beach, OR 97136 or email to cityrecorder@corb.us. Questions may be directed to: citymanager@corb.us.

FLSA Exempt Position. Equal Opportunity Employer.