Planner III

Job description

Compensation Range $95,388.80 - $133,536.00 Job Description Summary: Planner III is the senior or advanced level in the planner series. Incumbents use independent judgment to perform diverse, complex assignments and cases, which require extensive coordination with other land use agencies, County departments and other agencies and ensure they are processed in accordance with County regulations. This class is distinguished from the next lower class of Planner II by specialized, diverse and complex assignments, requiring independent judgment while the latter class performs general journey level case work and assignments. This class differs from the Principal Planner in that the latter is the subject area expert, handles the most controversial and technically complex cases. Planner III provides mentorship and leadership for lower-level planners. Other duties may include various research activities, including gathering information for use in developing projection of needs, usages and impacts, analyzing needs for services, preparing graphic presentations and comprehensive reports on community characteristics related to planning, zoning, preparing narrative and visual reports and making r...