Develop comprehensive plans and programs for use of land and physical facilities of local jurisdictions, such as towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
Duties and Tasks:
1) Design, promote and administer government plans and policies affecting land use, zoning, public utilities, community facilities, housing, and transportation.
2) Hold public meetings and confer with government, social scientists, lawyers, developers, the public, and special interest groups to formulate and develop land use or community plans.
3) Recommend approval, denial or conditional approval of proposals.
4) Determine the effects of regulatory limitations on projects.
5) Assess the feasibility of proposals and identify necessary changes.
6) Create, prepare, or requisition graphic and narrative reports on land use data, including land area maps overlaid with geographic variables such as population density.
7) Advise planning officials on project feasibility, cost-effectiveness, regulatory conformance, and possible alternatives.
8) Conduct field investigations, surveys, impact studies or other research in order to compile and analyze data on economic, social, regulatory and physical factors affecting land use.
9) Discuss with planning officials the purpose of land use projects such as transportation, conservation, residential, commercial, industrial, and community use.
10) Keep informed about economic and legal issues involved in zoning codes, building codes, and environmental regulations.
11) Mediate community disputes and assist in developing alternative plans and recommendations for programs or projects.
12) Coordinate work with economic consultants and architects during the formulation of plans and the design of large pieces of infrastructure.
13) Review and evaluate environmental impact reports pertaining to private and public planning projects and programs.
14) Supervise and coordinate the work of urban planning technicians and technologists.
15) Investigate property availability.
Activities:
1) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
3) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
4) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
5) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
6) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
7) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
8) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
9) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
10) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
11) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
12) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
13) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
14) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
15) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
16) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
17) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
18) Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
19) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
20) Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
21) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
22) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
23) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
24) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
25) Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Abilities:
1) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
2) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. 3) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
4) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
5) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
6) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
7) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
8) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
9) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
10) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
11) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
12) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
13) Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
14) Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
15) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
16) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Knowledge:
1) Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
2) Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
3) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4) Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
5) Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
6) Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
7) Geography — Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
8) Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
9) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
10) Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
11) Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
12) Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
13) Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.