A City Planner plans, supervises, coordinates and reviews the work of a unit engaged in professional City planning activities such as community and citywide planning, environmental planning, airport planning, land use administration, or zoning administration; applies sound supervisory standards and techniques in building and maintaining an effective work group; and on an exceptional basis some positions may function as a project manager and may personally perform work on the more complex and large planning projects exercising a high degree of authority. A City Planner may also conduct public hearings.
REQUIREMENT(S)/MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S)
- Two years of full-time paid experience as a City Planning Associate with the City of Los Angeles; or
- Four years of full-time paid professional experience at the level of Planning Assistant in long-range or current urban planning with at least 18 months of the four years being with the City of Los Angeles; or
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in urban planning, urban studies, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, geography or a closely-related field and four years of full-time paid professional experience in long-range or current urban planning.