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Director of Planning & Development

City of Greenville

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Posted: 03-Jun-26

Location: Greenville, South Carolina

Type: Full Time

Salary: $122,000 - $200,000 annually

Required Education

Masters

Internal Number: 01529

Job Summary Within broad parameters defined by the City Manager and in accordance with general organizational requirements and accepted practices, directs and manages the Planning and Development Department. Serves as advisor to City Council, City Manager, Planning Commission, Design Review Board, Historic Review Board, Board of Zoning Appeals, and other department heads on issues concerning land development and planning matters. Facilitates and implements the long- and short-range plans for the City, its business districts, corridors, and neighborhoods. Identifies complex obstacles to appropriate development growth and advances innovative and creative solutions to overcome them. Oversees appropriate development projects and adheres to the Greenville Development Code. Works with City Council, various Planning Boards and Commissions, other City Departments and the public on planning and development issues. Evaluates complex proposed development projects and determines compliance with City policies, objectives, and ordinances. Works collaboratively with other City departments, developers, design professionals and contractors to ensure that new construction meets City development objectives. Articulates City policies to the public. Advises and supervises staff in evaluating development applications and service delivery. Directs consultants, who carry out planning projects. Attends City Council, Design Review Board, Historic Review Board, Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission, and Project Preview meetings. Provides timely and thorough responses to inquiries made by the public, City Council, and City Manager. Prepares, reviews, and/or edits City Council formal meeting and workshop information, documents, and material. Works with commissions, committees, and task force members as required. Develops, manages, and monitors the department’s annual budget.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• Master's degree in planning or related field.
• Over eight (8) years of progressively responsible professional experience in planning or a related field with at least five (5) years of responsible supervisory and administrative experience.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• AICP certification.
  
  

Driver's License Requirements

• Valid South Carolina Class D Driver's License.
  
  

Performance Requirements Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of city planning, including zoning, subdivision, and land use regulations.
• Federal programs and regulations, state, and local laws, codes, regulations, and standards concerning land use and public planning.
• Regulations and procedures regarding environmental issues.
• Development plans review and permitting processes.
• Multi-disciplinary construction and site plan requirements.
• City codes and ordinances and state laws concerning code enforcement activities for new development.
• Current and long-range comprehensive and neighborhood planning practices and procedures, land use regulation and issues, housing, transportation, infrastructure, economics, physical design, public administration, engineering, and finance as related to municipal planning.
• Recent developments in the field of planning, as well as local, state, and federal grant regulations and compliance requirements.
• Principles and practices of municipal finance and budget development, administration, and accountability including funding sources impacting program and service development.
• Principles and practices of customer service.
  
  

Ability to:

• Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate Planning and Development department operations, including the operations of the City's Civic Design Center, evaluate program and work objectives and effectiveness, establish broad organizational goals and realign work and staffing assignments for the department.
• Make sound, logical interpretations of complex codes and regulations laws, and guidelines.
• Manage multiple projects and perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines.
• Make recommendations regarding planning, zoning and design issues when applicable and interpret the City’s planning and zoning codes and procedures for City officials and the public.
• Provide supervision, leadership, training and work direction for assigned staff.
• Communicate at a superior level verbally and in writing, including capacity to communicate complex ideas and technical information clearly and compellingly to a variety of audiences, responding promptly to inquiries and issues with a solutions-oriented approach.
• Apply the highest level of creative thinking, complex analysis and reasoning to originate and develop innovative program or production concepts, techniques or procedures which can have a major impact on the nature and quality of programming or operations.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City officials, City department heads, staff at all levels, consultants, the public and a wide range of external organizations and agencies, including the Chamber, Convention and Visitor Bureau, commercial realtors, developers, financial institutions, business and property owner associations, and City appointed boards and commissions, responding promptly and providing a superior level of customer service.
• Effectively handle communications involving a high degree of difficulty (i.e. contentious, confidential, sensitive or political) with very diverse contacts both inside and outside of the organization.
• Use discretion, persuasion, conciliation, dispute resolution, mediation or negotiation skills when dealing with and/or facilitating resolution of complex, unusual and difficult situations.
• Handle situations that are often unique where precedents and/or prescribed solutions do not exist.
• Consult on issues, presenting complex information, explaining analysis and rationale, and making recommendations to obtain cooperation, consensus, or approval of action to be taken.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
• Exercise integrity, ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
• Expertly conduct research, locate relevant information, and critically evaluate the research findings and prepare comprehensive reports. Write policies, contracts, speeches, formal presentations, and/or technical and legal documents and correspondence.
• Read geographic maps, development site plans, blueprints, and tax maps.
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical journals and procedures, financial reports, legal documents, and governmental regulations as well as literature, books, reviews, reports, and abstracts.
• Work with advanced mathematical operations methods and functions of real and complex variables.
• Drive a City vehicle.
• Operate general office equipment to include scanner, printer, copier, telephone, and computer with Microsoft Office Suite.
  
  

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About City Of Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth and innovation, urban development, arts, and entertainment. Our employees play a vital role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping its future. The City employs over 900 individuals in a diverse array of services. The City of Greenville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The City of Greenville will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified individuals. The City of Greenville does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender or sex, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran's status or genetic information. The City of Greenville participates in E-Verify, in compliance with a federal law to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

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