POSITION DESCRIPTION

The core work of Current Planning is managing the processing of discretionary permits and land use entitlement applications in conformance with the City’s long-range planning goals. The Current Planning Division administers a variety of City regulations relating to physical development. Current Planning is responsible for reviewing building permit applications for compliance with the General Plan, Planning Code, design guidelines and standards, and CEQA; reviewing land use applications such as conditional uses, variances, discretionary reviews, condominium conversions, subdivisions, shadow analyses, wireless telecommunications facilities, zoning, text, and map reclassifications, General Plan Amendments, and General Plan referrals; and preparing staff reports and developing recommendations and findings to present before the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Commission, and Historic Preservation Commission.

The two opportunities are:

Southwest Team Manager: The Southwest Team Leader manages the team of planners responsible for all land use development activity in the southwest quadrant of the city, which encompasses most of the area south of Golden Gate Park and Judah and West of Guerrero and San Jose Avenue. This area is predominantly single and multi-family residential, with neighborhood commercial districts anchoring most districts.

Flex Team Manager: The Flex Team Leader manages the team of planners responsible for reviewing specialized land use development programs citywide. This team is nimble in its work program and adapts to Department priorities. It is currently responsible for reviewing: (1) Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) citywide; (2) Projects that require Conditional Use Authorizations under the City’s Community Business Priority Processing Program; (3) Priority projects as identified in the Department’s Director’s Bulletin #2, and (4) other projects when volume on the quadrant teams exceeds available staffing levels. This team will also review applications that do not fit within the traditional quadrant framework (i.e. spanning multiple quadrants). 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Plans and directs professional, technical and supervisory personnel as a group leader or as head of a major planning project study; edits reports, texts and studies compiled by staff members and/or consultants engaged in various segments of a total project or division.
2. Designs, studies, compiles, analyzes, evaluates and prepares reports on the more complex and difficult technical, social, economic and physical data for various city planning projects, including zoning case studies, capital improvement programs, general planning and other land use challenges that impact the urban environment. Collects, tabulates, correlates and presents difficult statistical data involved in preparation of the general plan, capital improvement program and related city planning reports.
3. Supervises the preparation and design of the more difficult maps, charts, models, sketches and other graphic presentations to illustrate various land use and special city planning studies; investigates, recommends and prepares amendments for the Planning Code.
4. Reviews referrals regarding the sale, purchase and subdivision of land, and vacation of streets; reviews and analyzes subdivision applications, and amendments to federal, state and local laws for impacts on the surrounding neighborhoods and the general plan.
5. Addresses community, business and other groups to explain planning programs and problems and promote good public relations for the Planning Department; may represent the Planning Department at the Planning Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, Recreation and Parks Commission, and other government agencies, commissions or boards.
6. Assists in the development and advancement of subordinates through training and effective use of employee development programs, and uses data and metrics to assess subordinates through periodic performance evaluations.

In addition, the Department is looking for a manager with a strong commitment to an organizational and management culture of equity, inclusion and belonging. Incumbents are expected to manage a diverse team with an equity mindset by communicating effectively across cultures; calling attention to patterns of inequity in outcomes; taking responsibility for setting inclusive expectations for their team to succeed; critically assessing their own biases, privilege, and practices to mitigate biases in staff performance evaluations, hiring, feedback and discipline; and being conscious and committed to racial and social equity goals and outcomes in divisional processes and the Department's management culture. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

Education:

• Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience:

• Six (6) years of experience in city, urban, and/or regional planning, and/or related planning environment (such as transportation planning, environmental planning, architecture or urban design).

Substitution:

• Possession of Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in City, Regional or Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Geography, Urban Studies or Environmental Sciences may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.

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If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Michael Eng, by telephone at 628-652-7522, or by email at Michael.Eng@sfgov.org.

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