What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Planner position at DC Office of Planning?
Job ID: 31075
Date Opened: 12/10/2025
Date Closed: 12/28/2025
Job Summary
This position functions as a Community Planner, responsible for providing planning and policy guidance to stakeholders, including community stakeholders, elected officials, and District and Federal agencies.
The role focuses on shaping the city's growth, promoting sustainable development, and nurturing communities that meet the diverse needs of residents and businesses, while also coordinating and leading successful neighborhood planning initiatives. The Community Planner manages place-based plans or studies from inception to completion, including conducting data research and technical analysis, coordinating among internal and external planners and consultants, doing community engagement, and developing reports.
Duties And Responsibilities
Conducts technical and policy analysis, defines project objectives, and formulates proposals for comprehensive and well-informed strategies addressing urban design and community development challenges. Manages plans or projects from inception to completion, including drafting statements of work, managing diverse technical project teams, and managing the budget to ensure successful execution. Initiates surveys of land use; social, economic, and environmental conditions; transportation; housing and commercial development patterns; and other issues that may impact planning goals to gather essential data and information.
Prepares reports, studies, and analyses that address planning issues and problems throughout the city, in subareas, or for specific development projects. Prepares maps and other visuals for studies and plans. Represents OP at meetings of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) and community organizations. Responds to planning-related policy issues and works on interagency working groups or taskforces.
Apply at Careers.dc.gov
Date Opened: 12/10/2025
Date Closed: 12/28/2025
Job Summary
This position functions as a Community Planner, responsible for providing planning and policy guidance to stakeholders, including community stakeholders, elected officials, and District and Federal agencies.
The role focuses on shaping the city's growth, promoting sustainable development, and nurturing communities that meet the diverse needs of residents and businesses, while also coordinating and leading successful neighborhood planning initiatives. The Community Planner manages place-based plans or studies from inception to completion, including conducting data research and technical analysis, coordinating among internal and external planners and consultants, doing community engagement, and developing reports.
Duties And Responsibilities
Conducts technical and policy analysis, defines project objectives, and formulates proposals for comprehensive and well-informed strategies addressing urban design and community development challenges. Manages plans or projects from inception to completion, including drafting statements of work, managing diverse technical project teams, and managing the budget to ensure successful execution. Initiates surveys of land use; social, economic, and environmental conditions; transportation; housing and commercial development patterns; and other issues that may impact planning goals to gather essential data and information.
Prepares reports, studies, and analyses that address planning issues and problems throughout the city, in subareas, or for specific development projects. Prepares maps and other visuals for studies and plans. Represents OP at meetings of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) and community organizations. Responds to planning-related policy issues and works on interagency working groups or taskforces.
Apply at Careers.dc.gov