JOB DESCRIPTION

The City of Crystal River is seeking a dynamic, motivated, and visionary Assistant Growth & Development Director to join our team. In this role, you'll work alongside our Growth & Development Director to identify opportunities, foster relationships, and implement strategies that fuel our mission and support the City's expansion.

• Employees in this classification perform at a professional level as project manager assisting the department director with various planning projects.
• Provides professional-level planning work in a variety of capacities, related to the use of land in the city, including development review, site plan approval, signage, landscape review, zoning and land use.
• Provides assistance to the general public administering and interpreting applicable laws, codes, and regulations of the City's land development code.
• Engages with outside agencies, officials, neighborhood groups, developers, design professional, and realtors.
• Conducts field/site inspections to determine compliance with applicable codes, zoning regulations and ordinances including permit review.
• Prepares correspondence in response to public requests, questions, and concerns as it relates to city planning and land development matters.
• Prepares and presents reports to planning commission and city council for various planning applications or land development requests (e.g., variances, supplemental uses, land development code amendments, comprehensive plan and rezoning requests, vacates, and annexations).
• Participates in studies relative to the preparation and updating zoning and/or comprehensive plan ordinances.
• Produces various maps, photos and renderings for meetings, or to include in PowerPoints for presentations.
• Assists with floodplain management for CRS program.

BENEFITS

• Vacation & Sick Leave Accrual
• Paid holidays
• Employee health insurance costs covered by the City
• Employee dental coverage costs covered by the City
• $25,000 Life and AD&D Insurance paid for by the City
• Participation in Florida Retirement System Pension Plan (FRS)