JOB DESCRIPTION

Please see the Job Posting for details. 

Ideal Candidate

The current opening is a two-year, term-limited, fully benefited position funded by an SB 1 Seal Level Rise Planning grant. Coastal and/or sea-level rise planning experience is strongly preferred. The City of Pacifica has a highly developed and hazard-prone coastline where sea level rise, coastal erosion, flooding, and bluff instability threaten neighborhoods, public access, beaches, transportation, and critical infrastructure. Building on substantial prior sea level rise planning, Pacifica’s certified 2025 Local Coastal Land Use Plan establishes specific requirements and timelines for the City to complete additional shoreline adaptation planning, including development of a Shoreline Adaptation Program and Coastal Access and Resiliency Program, to advance long-term coastal resilience and consistency with SB 272. The successful candidate will provide expertise, project management, and oversight of Pacifica’s Sea Level Rise Shoreline Adaptation and Coastal Resiliency Planning Project.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE 
FOLLOWING:

• Performs complex professional planning duties in support of the City’s planning programs 
  including project management and staff liaison with the Planning Commission and other 
  Commissions and Committees. 
• Serves as project manager for multiple complex current and/or long-range planning and 
  development projects and special planning projects.
• Oversees discretionary review process for a range of projects, from modest architectural 
  updates to single-family residential applications, to mixed-used development proposals and 
  long-range planning studies and including California Environmental Quality Act review. 
• Participates in interdepartmental pre-application review group to provide feedback to 
  prospective applicants. 
• Reviews applications for consistency with the City’s General Plan, codes and ordinances, and 
  coordinates review with relevant City Departments and applicable external agencies. 
• Interprets federal, state and City laws, codes, and ordinances associated with current and 
  advanced planning activities. 
• Confers with and advises architects, builders, attorneys, contractors, engineers, and the 
  general public regarding City development policies and standards. 
• Provides and clarifies information relative to land use, zoning, code interpretation, general plan 
  compliance, signage, and other issues. 
• Manages consultant services for various technical and special services, assists with 
  monitoring contracts, compliance with contract requirements and project payments. 
• Provides assistance in conducting outreach to the community on development projects and 
  long-range planning activities which impact the City and its neighborhoods. Prepares meeting 
  flyers and informational materials. Assists in facilitating meetings and responding to 
  community questions and concerns on project operations and impact, and on proposed plan 
  policies and standards. 
• Coordinates meetings including department employees and stakeholders from other 
  departments. 
• Provides technical and functional supervision to lower-level planning staff in the performance 
  of their duties in such areas of rules and regulations interpretations, project priorities. 
• Collects, researches, reviews, and organizes field and office data for the development of staff 
  reports, analysis of planning elements, and/or development or modification of current land use 
  policies. Compiles findings and prepares recommendations in written form for projects, 
  including project analysis and conditions for permit approval; makes presentations at Planning 
  Commission and City Council. 
• Participates in coordinating City planning and development-related activities with other City 
  departments and with outside agencies, including the California Coastal Commission.
• Provides assistance to members of the public at the planning counter. Performs a preliminary
  review of permit applications, documents, and plans submittals to ensure accuracy and
  compliance with pertinent laws and established criteria. Identifies missing or incomplete
  information and provides guidance to the applicant on requirements to complete the
  application.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions. Attends and participates in
  professional group meetings.
• Seeks and maintains knowledge of new trends and innovations in the field of urban planning
  and other types of public services as they relate to the area of assignment.
• Represents the Community Development Department and City of Pacifica in regional planning
  working groups, including countywide storm water and housing working groups.
• Assign and review planning work of subordinates or review work of consultants to assure
  overall quality of professional planning.
• Assist in the management, review, development, revision, and maintenance of General Plan
  elements, plans, ordinances, and other policies and procedures.
• Maintain budget control on projects or division activities.
• Serves in an acting capacity in the absence of the Community Development Deputy Director or
  Director.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

BENEFITS

Please see the Job Posting for details.