Community Planner (Planner II)

Position Summary

The Community Planner leads and coordinates the development and implementation of the McLean County Regional Planning Commission’s (MCRPC) community planning processes for both urban and rural areas and assists with developing and updating comprehensive and transportation planning projects. The Community Planner will coordinate, prepare, and develop planning programs and projects under the direction of the Executive Director. The duties include researching, analyzing, mapping, preparing documents and presentations, and organizing and leading community/housing project committees. The position will continually pursue, consider, and appropriately implement best practices within the role and will maximize on collaborative opportunities with municipalities and other partners. This position may supervise an Assistant Planner and/or interns as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Engages in the MCRPC’s comprehensive and transportation planning processes, documents, and projects.
• Collects, develops, maintains, and analyzes data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other tools such as Tableau in support of all planning activities. Creates maps and other graphic representations.
• Leads and management the development of community plans and programs, including technical and policy reports
• Manages grant programs that fund the work of MCRPC
• Participates in the annual budgeting process and monitors spending throughout the year
• Leads all aspects of the interjurisdictional Regional Housing Initiatives
• Identifies and implements research projects related to community planning issues.
• Manage planning project consultants, as needed
• Coordinates the agencies outreach efforts to increase the community’s awareness of MCRPC and planning related issues. This may include communication materials such as surveys, posters, videos and audio publications, and other marketing/outreach materials. It also includes attending public meetings and other events in association with planning efforts.
• Engages with local stakeholders in association with MCRPC activities
• Attends and participates in meetings, conferences, workshops, and seminars to keep up-to-date with current/best planning practices
• Other responsibilities as may be assigned