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City of Palo Alto, California

Senior Transportation Planner

Ideal Candidate:

The Senior Transportation Planner is a newly created position with the Planning & Community Environment – Transportation Division.  The immediately position focus will be to develop guidelines and processes for the review and approval of transportation impact studies for private sector and capital improvement program projects.  The position will oversee standardization of traffic data collection and develop tools to help disseminate information to the public to help increase transparency regarding local and regional traffic growth including trends in bicycle, pedestrian, and transit use.

Innovations that the Senior Transportation Planner will be responsible or participate in include Transportation Demand Management toolkits for private sector partners, participation in the active Transportation Management Association (TMA) for the Downtown core, and the promotion of trending transportation elements including app-base ridesharing and car sharing tools.

The Senior Transportation Planner will function within the Transportation Division and report to the Chief Transportation Official.

Reports To:     Assistant Planning Official, Zoning Administrator, Chief Transportation Official or Assistant Transportation Official
Supervises:     May assign work to technical and temporary personnel and provide coordination of project staff teams
Purpose of Classification
Under very minimal supervision, performs complex professional planning functions required in the Planning or Transportation Divisions. These functions include: environmental review, project review, special planning or transportation study preparation, historic preservation, assistance in Community Development Block Grant and other Federal, State and local housing programs and comprehensive plan element preparation. Position may act as project manager on assigned projects, including coordination of the work of other professional and technical personnel.
Distinguishing Characteristics
The Senior Planner classification is found in the Planning and Community Environment Department. It is distinguished from the Planner classification in the handling of more complex assignments under less supervision.

 Essential Duties:
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

    Supervises preparation of environmental impact reports on projects submitted for City approval.
     
    Evaluates the design of large, complex projects submitted for Architectural Review Board (ARB) review.
     
    Prepares reports, including coordinating the work of other staff members, on special planning or transportation studies for the Architectural Review Board, Historic Resources Board, Planning Commission, City Council, appointed committees and other City staff.
     
    Assists in plan preparation, coordination, monitoring and other activities related to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and other federal, state and local housing programs.
     
    Prepares revised elements to the Comprehensive Plan.

    Coordinates and monitors the work of planning, environmental and transportation consultants.
     
    Coordinates and monitors implementation of the Cityð=s Historic Preservation Program.
     
    Makes public presentations before appointed boards, commissions, committees, and the City Council.

Related Functions:

    As needed, assigns and monitors work of technical, subordinate professional and temporary personnel who may assist in the above tasks.
     
    Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.


 Minimum Qualifications:
Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities which would typically be acquired through:

    Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Historic Preservation or a directly related field from an accredited college or university. An advanced degree is highly desirable.

and

    Five years of suitable professional experience in urban planning (or substitute for up to two years of experience a master's degree in planning or a related field).

Special Requirements:
 
    Possession of a valid California Driver's License.