SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE/LAND USE PLANNER

 Regional planning agency for Chicago metropolitan area is seeking a senior level planning position in the Planning Services Department.  Work includes supervisory and professional assignments at the highest policy level in a team-based environment in pursuit of comprehensive planning approaches to complex metropolitan issues.  Extensive contact with elected and appointed officials, civic and advocacy groups, and general public.  Work includes regional visioning, land use, growth management, and comprehensive general planning.  Duties entail scope of work design, project budgeting and management, analysis, report writing, and presentations to technical and public audiences. 

Skills for this position include: knowledge of a wide range of planning disciplines, including land use, growth management, transportation, regional economic development, and sustainable development strategies.  Knowledge and use of visioning processes, visualization techniques, urban design skills, and GIS-based scenario modeling desirable.  The position requires a master’s degree or equivalent in planning or related field and five to ten years of progressively responsible experience.  Especially desirable for this position are experience in land use and/or comprehensive planning at the municipal or county levels and/or growth management experience at regional or state levels.

 Salary range of $55,509-$67,632.  Good benefits.  Near downtown train stations.  Resumes to Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, c/o Sam Santell, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois, 60606. EOE