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Job Details
Position:
Planner
Company:
County of Greenwood, SC - Greenwood, SC , USA
Job Description:
General Description
The purpose of this class within the organization is to perform planning duties related to the administration, development review, and enforcement functions of the Planning Department as well as special projects, long range planning, and GIS analysis.
Works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.
Duties and Responsibilities
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assists individuals and developers with land use planning and processes.
- Reviews, analyzes, and submits recommendations on rezoning applications.
- Serves on Planning Commission and City of Greenwood Board of Architectural Review.
- Prepares reports, narratives, and other descriptive documents for planning purposes.
- Reviews and stamps plats of subdivisions and approves manufactured home permits.
- Assists with amendments to various ordinances.
- Issues Code Clearance and Zoning Compliance forms.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES:
- Makes public presentations.
- Chairs the Greenwood County Utility Coordinating Committee.
- Assists with ordinance revisions.
- Performs related work as assigned.
Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts
Data Responsibility
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on these data or information.
People Responsibility
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Persuades or influences others in favor of a service, point of view, or course of action; may enforce laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances.
Asset Responsibility
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Mathematical Requirements
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses mathematics involving the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions; or measurements, logarithmic, or geometric construction; may use algebraic solutions of equations and inequalities, descriptive statistics, deductive geometry, plane and solid and rectangular coordinates; mathematical and classifications or schemes.
Communications Requirements
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads journals, manuals and professional publications; speaks informally to groups of co- workers, staff in other organizational agencies, general public, people in other organizations and presents training; composes original reports, training and other written materials, using proper language, punctuation, grammar and style.
Judgment Requirements
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Responsible for guiding others, requiring frequent decisions, affecting the individual, co-workers and others who depend on the service or product; works in a somewhat fluid environment with rules and procedures, but many variations from the routine.
Complexity of Work
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules, with constant problem solving; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
Impact of Errors
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Physical Demands
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.
Equipment Usage
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
None.
Safety of Others
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public. (Does not include safety of subordinates).
Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in business, liberal arts, or urban planning.
Requires two years of planning experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Special Certifications and Licenses
None
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance
Greenwood County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Greenwood County to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Qualified applicants interested in applying for the above position should complete an Application for Employment, attach a resume and email to [email protected] or submit in person at 600 Monument Street, Park Plaza, Room 102, Greenwood, SC 29646.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Contact Information
Cheryl W. Dansas, CGFO600 Monument St
Park Plaza, Room 102
Greenwood, SC 29646, USA
Phone: 864-942-3144
Fax: NA
[email protected]
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