Lateral Transfer List - City Planner II - Environmental

Transfer List

The purpose of this posting is to gather interest for future opportunities. Please note there may not be an existing vacancy at the time of your submission. You will be notified when your lateral transfer materials are submitted to a bureau(s) for consideration. Please note, you may be contacted multiple times regarding interview opportunities. This posting is only for current internal City of Portland employees.

This position performs reviews of complex development proposals and plans for compliance with Title 33 Zoning Code and applicable environmental codes, approval criteria, requirements and regulations.

Typical assigned reviews include Environmental and Greenway reviews to evaluate whether the development proposal has the least detrimental impact to inventoried resources and functional values, and that unavoidable impacts are mitigated.

Work includes

• Conducting site visits and environmental impact evaluations,
• Identifying problems and assesses alternatives in the context of a specific development proposal,
• Soliciting and coordinating bureau and agency comments regarding specific development projects; and
• Writing legally defensible findings for judicial land-use reviews. These decisions may be final unless appealed to a higher authority/appeal body. In cases of appeals or where the City Planner II Environmental does not make a final decision, they recommend approval or denial of judicial land use application through the preparation of a staff report and public hearing presentation to appeal bodies or City Council.

In addition, this position may review property line adjustment applications; conduct parcel, mapping and zoning analysis; respond to questions from other bureaus, developers, professionals, and interested parties; and be assigned phone and counter shifts in the Development Services Center to provide information to customers and review permits.

The City Planner II – Environmental will also meet the Bureau's expectations of providing excellent customer service in an equitable manner to meet the needs of the City of Portland's community. Fluency in a second language is desirable, but not required.

Potential future positions in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability in this classification may involve research, analysis, and development of policies and regulations related to watershed and ecological health, natural hazard prevention and mitigation, and related topics.

As technical advisors, environmental planners in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability inform and advise land use and infrastructure planning projects and respond to inquiries related to natural resource conservation and protection.

Applicants must meet each of the following qualifications per HRAR 7.01:

• Hold regular status in this classification
• Passed probationary period

Or

• Hold limited duration status in this classification

The following are the knowledge, skills and abilities that the bureau has identified as critical and your resume should include/highlight these areas:

• Knowledge and experience applying theory, principles, standards, practices and information sources of natural resources and environmental planning.
• Ability and experience understanding, interpreting, explaining and applying federal, state and local environmental regulations, policies, procedures, standards, and planning principles and practices, to specialized, complex or diverse natural resource or environmental planning processes.
• Ability and experience exercising sound independent judgment and reaching appropriate conclusions within established policies and guidelines.
• Ability and experience presenting ideas and requirements clearly and persuasively, orally and in writing; and negotiate resolutions to problems or conflicts.
• Ability and experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with developers, property owners, elected officials, management and staff, representatives from other organizations, community representatives, the public and other encountered in the course of the work.
• Knowledge of inter-relationships between various land use and natural resources.

A review of your eligibility will be conducted and validated. If you meet the eligibility requirements you will be placed on the lateral transfer eligible list. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 7.01 for complete information. Additional evaluation may be required prior to final selection.

Application Instructions

Applicants must submit a professional résumé online, as well as answer the supplemental questions pertaining to eligibility per HRAR 7.01:

• Your answers to the supplemental questions will be validated to ensure you meet the eligibility requirement per HRAR 7.01. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in ineligibility.
• Your résumé should support information that reflects the knowledge, skills and abilities identified in the To Qualify section. Resume is not used in determining eligibility to be placed on the transfer eligibility list, it will provide information for consideration in the selection process.

Do not attach materials not requested.

If you are requesting Veteran's Preference, attach a copy of your DD214 / DD215 and / or Veteran's Administration Letter stating your disability to your profile, as well as checking the box identifying yourself as a Veteran. You must request Veteran's Preference AND include a copy of your documentation for each recruitment you apply for.

Veteran's Preference documentation must be submitted at the time transfer application request is submitted.

Non-citizen applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at time of application.

It is the policy of the City of Portland that no person shall be discriminated against based on race, religion, color, sex, marital status, family status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or source of income. The City values diversity and encourages everyone who is interested in employment with the City to apply.

If you wish to identify yourself as an individual with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and will be requesting accommodation, the requests must be made to the Analyst(s) named below No Later Than the Closing Date of This Announcement.

Questions?

Bureau of Human Resources

inboxrecruitment@portlandoregon.gov

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer