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City Planning Associate (Current Planning)

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City Planning Associate (Current Planning)

Salary

$54,190.94 - $62,319.58 Annually

Location

Norfolk, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

13695

Department

City Planning

Division

Planning

Opening Date

12/18/2025

Closing Date

12/28/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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Description

The Department of City Planning ensures the highest quality of life for present and future generations by providing excellent planning and enforcement services emphasizing the development of safe, healthy and fun communities where people choose to live, work and play.

The City of Norfolk’s Department of City Planning is seeking an City Planning Associate. This position would be responsible for the technical review, coordination, and communication of development review activities, including site plans, conditional use permit, land use applications, zoning permits, trades permits, and business license review. Serves as a direct source and liaison with the public. This position is part of the professional planner career series.

Essential Functions

+ Provides guidance and support to staff and the public on the continuing efforts to improve the application and approval process, including improvement to existing and new technology; provides staff and commission support by coordinating the processing of land use applications including preparing legal advertisements, notifying the public, reviewing and posting supporting documentation, and coordinating application review with other agencies; provides land use information to developers, builders, engineers, local and state agencies; assists the public with land use regulations, policies and procedures.

+ Develops Commission/meeting agendas, coordinates presentation materials, meeting recordings and broadcasts, and other necessary activities required by public meetings.

+ Must be able to review land use applications for completeness and compliance with City Code and Zoning Ordinance requirements.

+ Must be able to organize information and materials; identify any missing or conflicting information; and communicate complex information effectively, clearly and accurately, both verbally and in writing.

+ Prior experience in zoning or zoning plan review is a plus.

+ Experience with running meetings and public speaking.

+ Must be able to multi-task and have the ability to coordinate multiple projects and reviews concurrently.

+ Department’s Granicus coordinator and trainer.

Education/Experience

+ Work requires knowledge necessary to understand basic operational, technical, or office processes, relevant planning experience.

+ Level of knowledge equivalent to four years of bachelors degree or equivalent in planning, public administration, urban studies or related field.

+ Experience may substitute for education requirements.

Additional Information & Requirements

+ Valid Driver’s License may be required, depending on assignment.

Schedule:

+ M-F, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, 40 hours per week ½ hour lunch

+ Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.

+ Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.

+ Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.

+ Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

+ The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.

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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

+ I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employee's full name, department, and job title, and your relationship to the employee. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

03

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

+ High School Diploma/GED

+ Some College (6 months or more)

+ Vocational/Technical Degree

+ Associate's Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree or higher

04

Do you possess a Bachelor's degree or above in Public Administration, Urban Planning, Political Science, Civil Engineering, or a related field?

+ Yes

+ No

05

Please describe your computer technology and application skills. Be sure to include specific software applications and any databases.

06

Please describe your experience in communicating with the development community (builders, engineers, architects, etc.)

07

Briefly describe your experience with working in a team environment.

08

Do you have a valid driver's license?

+ Yes

+ No

09

Do you have the legal right to work in the United States and, upon employment, can you provide documentation to verify this?

+ Yes

+ No

10

Please provide an explanation of any periods of unemployment that are 30 days or longer. Indicate N/A if you have not experienced any periods of unemployment.

11

Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

+ Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee

+ Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee

+ No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

12

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

+ I am not a Veteran

+ I am a Veteran

+ I am a Disabled Veteran

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