Performs professional planning work, both long-range and current. Duties include oversight of current and long-range planning to ensure these services and policies are effective, transparent, and comply with departmental goals and the law; administration and enforcement of land use, subdivision, zoning, lakeshore, and floodplain regulations; and reviewing land development projects. The position also conducts studies, research, data collection, information, and analysis for the public, interested parties, and other agencies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

The job requires knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of planning and zoning.
• Research methods and techniques used in planning.
• Statistics, drafting, and graphic presentations.
• Computer applications related to planning.

The job requires skill in:

• Providing a customer oriented, professional and impartial demeanor in a variety of environments
• associated with enforcement duties.
• Organization of electronic and paper records and quantifying workload indicators and performance
• measures.
• Multi-tasking and self-disciplined follow-through.
• Clear, effective and audience-appropriate verbal and written communications.