What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Community Planner: 4908 position at Halff?
Senior Community Planner - ANY Florida Office
Halff has an immediate opening for an experienced planning professional to join our Florida-based teams as Senior Community Planner.
The ideal person for this position can thrive in a collaborative work environment with an interdisciplinary team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers on a variety of planning efforts with both public and private entities. Halff's Florida-based planning and landscape architecture teams are involved in exciting planning projects throughout the State of Florida and beyond, ranging from comprehensive plans; community redevelopment plans; parks, recreation, and trails plans; active transportation plans; downtown, corridor and special area plans; land planning; development code preparation and administration; and more.
We will prioritize candidates that wish to locate in either our Jacksonville or Tampa offices, although, candidates who wish to locate to one of our other Florida offices may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Learn about Halff and our 75th Anniversary
What You Will Do
Halff's Planning Services
Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here
Halff has over 35 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas. For a full list of our locations, click here
We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
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Halff has an immediate opening for an experienced planning professional to join our Florida-based teams as Senior Community Planner.
The ideal person for this position can thrive in a collaborative work environment with an interdisciplinary team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers on a variety of planning efforts with both public and private entities. Halff's Florida-based planning and landscape architecture teams are involved in exciting planning projects throughout the State of Florida and beyond, ranging from comprehensive plans; community redevelopment plans; parks, recreation, and trails plans; active transportation plans; downtown, corridor and special area plans; land planning; development code preparation and administration; and more.
We will prioritize candidates that wish to locate in either our Jacksonville or Tampa offices, although, candidates who wish to locate to one of our other Florida offices may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Learn about Halff and our 75th Anniversary
What You Will Do
- Project management and leadership of public engagement, plan development, and technical report writing and document production, including maps and graphic elements needed to convey the concepts and ideas generated in each planning efforts.
- Mentor younger staff.
- Balance client, company, and project team responsibilities.
- Manager budgets and tasks.
- Oversee the preparation of high-quality documents and deliverables.
- Periodically, will participate in business development activities and represent the firm.
- 8 years of experience in a planning capacity.
- 3 years of project management experience.
- Bachelors degree in Community/Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or a closely related field.
- Significant and recent project management experience in Florida.
- Strong knowledge of computer programs (GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office programs) and the ability to produce attractive maps, graphics, and written documents.
- Well organized, meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong technical writing and graphic skills.
- Ability to travel periodically to client jurisdictions.
- Master's degree in Community/Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, is preferred.
- Experience in both the public and private sector, is preferred.
- Demonstrated abilities in facilitating community stakeholder input and public meetings, is a plus.
- Parks systems master planning and/or trail master planning, is a plus.
- AICP and/or other certifications/professional registrations from our allied professions (PLA, AIA, CNU-A, LEED-ND, etc.), is a plus.
- Halff's talented professionals are involved early in the process to develop a plan that seamlessly integrates built elements with the natural environment.
- We achieve stakeholder buy-in of a vision through meeting facilitation and public input when required.
- Halff's projects and employees are consistently recognized for their excellence.
Halff's Planning Services
- Active Transportation Planning
- Comprehensive Planning
- Corridor and Streetscape Planning
- Development Codes and Ordinances
- Downtown Planning
- Neighborhood and Special Area Planning
- Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Planning
- Planned Unit Developments and Master Planned Communities
- Trails and Greenspace Planning
- Urban Design and Placemaking
- On-Call Planning Services
- Capital Improvement Programming
Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here
Halff has over 35 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas. For a full list of our locations, click here
We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To
- Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 529 College Savings Plan
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Click here for a more comprehensive list of Halff's benefits
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
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