Planner Ii

Job Announcement

Serves as a land use planner and supports the division's efforts to maintain the heritage resources and/or land use elements of the county's Comprehensive Plan. Performs heritage resource planning and surveying activities. Researches land use, planning and zoning, and existing conditions of individual properties or areas that contribute to Plan amendments and special studies. Collects and analyzes data, evaluates existing conditions and trends, and conducts development review analyses. Prepares a variety of written materials including heritage resource assessments, research reports, staff reports, environmental assessments, planning studies and evaluations, and public hearing items. Makes presentations to senior staff, Architectural Review Board, History Commission, Planning Commission, and Board of Supervisors, task forces and/or community groups. Performs other duties as assigned.

Note: This announcement may be used to fill multiple positions. The salary for this position will not exceed the midpoint of the advertised salary range.

In accordance with current Fairfax County telework and personnel policies, this position is eligible for partial telework. Telework enrollment and continuance is subject to supervisor approval and County policy.

Position may be underfilled as a Planner I; the underfill requirements are stated below in the Employment Standards section.

Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university in a planning related field; plus two years of experience in a planning-related field.

UNDERFILL REQUIREMENTS:
This vacancy may be underfilled at the level of Planner I (S22, $56,957.47 - $94,929.54). The employment standards for the Planner I are:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited, four-year college or university in a planning related field.

BRIDGE CLASS EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:
Four years of increasingly complex technical experience in the assigned functional area, comparable to experience at the Planning Technician II, or higher, level. This class can serve as a bridge class enabling individuals who do not meet the educational or professional experience standards listed above to qualify for this class by possessing four years of increasingly complex technical experience in the assigned functional area, comparable to experience at the Planning Technician II, or higher, level. The purpose of this bridge class is to promote upward mobility within the Fairfax County workforce. However, persons qualifying for this class on the basis of their technical experience may not substitute this technical experience for education, or for professional experience, in order to qualify for other employment opportunities.

Click here to view the complete details and KSAs for the Planner I . Upon completion of an underfill agreement (which will require that the employee meet the employment standards stated above in addition to obtaining competencies and licensures defined by the hiring agency) the employee will be elevated to the level o f Planner II .

Underfill candidates must be able to meet the minimum qualifications of the Planner II within two years of the job announcement's closing date of 5/26/23.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in historic preservation, planning or closely related field.
• Progressively responsible professional experience in heritage resources planning or comprehensive land use planning with an emphasis on heritage resources planning.
• Strong abilities in written and oral communications.
• Ability to handle multiple deadlines.
• Experience using word processing, database and GIS software.
• Experience working in a local government planning office and supporting public boards and commissions.
• Experience with Section 106 review, and local, state and national historic registers.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Position is primarily sedentary. However, employee may be required to do some walking, standing, bending and carrying of items under 15 lbs in weight. Work assignments may also require that the employee make site visits and inspections and participate in meetings during the evenings and occasional weekends. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel Interview and may include a practical exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 39.8% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov. EEO/AA/TTY.

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