Deputy Growth Management Director - City of Lake Wales

The Deputy Growth Management Director position requires advanced professional level planning and administrative policy advisory...KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of urban and regional planning; including transportation, historic preservation, environmental, and landscaping.

Ability to supervise assigned professional and technical employees.

Ability to interpret federal and state regulations, land development regulations, plan policies, and administrative rules.

Skills in ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and Adobe products preferred but not required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and/or Regional Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Public Administration, or closely related field and Eight (8) years of professional practice in planning which includes comprehensive planning, development review, environmental compliance, and urban design.

CERTIFICATES, LICESNSES, REGISTRATIONS:

American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED

Personal computer, including word processing and permitting software; engineer scale; copy machine; phone.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is performed mostly in office settings. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand or sit; walk; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.