Land Use Services Planner III* Salary $67,579.20 - $92,976.00 Annually Location Throughout San Bernardino County, CA Job Type Full-time Department Multiple County Departments Job Number 18-16179LUS-02 Closing 1/11/2019 5:00 PM Pacific The Job San Bernardino County has reciprocity with CalPERS and other California '37 Act counties. Land Use Services is recruiting for Land Use Services Planner III positions who are responsible for a wide range of duties in urban and rural land use applications and studies. Duties include the Current Planning processing of development applications; research and review of technical reports, maps and plans and could include Advance Planning work related to the General Plan or special projects. Land Use Services Planner III also serves as a project leader. The resulting list may be used to fill other vacancies as they occur throughout the County. For more detailed information refer to the job description. Official Title: Planner III THE DEPARTMENT The County of San Bernardino is geographically the largest in the United States and the twelfth largest in population. We are currently in the midst of historic change as our leaders have adopted a Countywide Vision that sets an exciting and ambitious course for our future. The Planning Division includes Current Planning, Advance Planning, and Mining and is committed to the fulfillment of the Countywide Vision for our communities. We are a passionate team of planners looking for the right teammate to grow and learn with us as we plan for our County's Vision. We are committed to continuing education and encourage our planners to pursue AICP status as they become eligible. Our work is hard but offers the opportunity to become immersed in leading edge planning initiatives. If you are up to the challenge, are deeply committed to community development, and have the skills in planning for valleys, mountains and high desert, consider joining our team and helping us serve a great cause, a great region, and a great county. The County offers two distinct benefit packages. The traditional benefit option (TBO) is the County's traditional plan and the modified benefit option (MBO) is the County's new enhanced wage option. For more information, see the summary of benefit options below. For more information, see the summary of benefit options below. Traditional Benefits Option County subsidized medical and dental plan benefits. HMO and PPO options available 80 hours to start (up to 160 hours after 9 years of service) accruable paid vacation leave with up to 4 years prior service credit to determine accrual rate 11 days paid sick leave with unlimited accrual 14 days of paid holiday leave, including accruable floating holiday Generous County pension Eligible to participate in 457(b) retirement savings plan with County contribution County paid life insurance Education Reimbursement County contribution to Retirement Medical Trust Fund Modified Benefits Option $1.75/hr wage differential above base pay County subsidized medical and dental plan benefits. HMO and PPO options available, including a low cost high deductible health plan (Blue Shield PPO Bronze Plan) Up to $25/pay period FSA match if enrolled in Blue Shield PPO Bronze Plan 180 hours of accruable Paid Time Off (PTO) to start (216 hours after 5 years of service) with up to 4 years prior service credit to determine accrual rate Generous County pension Eligible to participate in 457(b) retirement savings plan County paid life insurance: $35,000 County contribution to Retirement Medical trust Fund if regular HMO or PPO Plans are selected CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 1) Background: Applicants must successfully pass a background check prior to appointment. 2) Travel: Travel throughout the County is required. A valid California Class C driver license is required at time of appointment. Employees in this class may be required to use personal vehicles and show proof of automobile liability insurance. Mileage reimbursement is available. Minimum Requirements Education: A Bachelor's Degree in Planning, Environmental Science, Landscape Architecture, Geography, Engineering or a related field is required. --AND-- Experience: Three (3) years of professional level environmental planning experience involving comprehensive environmental planning and site design. Substitution: A Master's degree in one of the required fields of education may substitute for up to one (1) year of the required experience. Desired Qualifications The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of land use planning and environmental analysis, with strong experience with a California public agency. Strong writing, critical thinking, and decision-making skills are essential. Selection Process There will be a competitive evaluation of qualifications based on a review of the Application and Supplemental Questionnaire. It is to your advantage to be explicit in your responses on both the application and supplemental questionnaire. All communications regarding the selection process will be via email. Applicants are encouraged to check their e-mail frequently to learn additional information regarding this recruitment. Check your GovernmentJobs account for notifications. Update your firewalls to allow e-mails from San Bernardino County through governmentjobs.com. Update your Spam, Junk, and Bulk settings to ensure it will not spam/block/filter communications from email addresses with the following domain "@hr.sbcounty.gov". Finally, be sure to keep your personal information updated. Taking these steps now will help ensure you receive all communications regarding this recruitment. Application Procedure : To be considered for this excellent opportunity, please complete and submit the online employment application and supplemental questionnaire by 5:00 pm, January 11, 2019. Applications will be reviewed at an earlier date, so don't delay! Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaire. To ensure timely and successful submission of your online application, please allow ample time to complete your application consider applying before the posted deadline date . Applicants will be automatically logged-out if they have not submitted the application and all required materials prior to the posted deadline. Once your application has been successfully submitted , you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. If you require technical assistance, please review the Government Jobs online application guide or contact their Toll-Free Applicant Support line at (855) 524-5627. Please note that Human Resources is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by computer or browser used to submit the application. . Administrative Services Unit The County of San Bernardino offers a range of benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents. These include health, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as a variety of voluntary benefits. Programs and benefit amounts vary and are based on bargaining unit, family size, hire date, plan selection, and number of hours worked. For a summary of benefits, please click . Refer to the appropriate MOU, contact the County's Employee Benefits and Services Division at (909) 387-5787 or visit the Benefits website for more detailed information at . 01 LAND USE PLANNING, SITE DESIGN PLANNING, and ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING: Describe your experience in Land Use Planning, including use permits, Site Design, including development applications, and Environmental Planning. Include your role and responsibilities; indicate your experience with general plans, specific plans, and development codes; and identify the public agencies with which you interact. If no experience indicate "N/A". 02 ADVANCE AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING: Describe your experience with general plans, specific plans, development codes, and other special projects related to planning. Include your role and responsibilities; indicate your experience with general plans, specific plans, and development codes; and identify the public agencies with which you interact. If no experience indicate "N/A". 03 SPECIALTY PLANNING EXPERIENCE: Describe your planning experience in the areas of Agricultural Preserves, Renewable Energy, and SMARA. Identify your responsibilities in any of these areas. Also identify the public agencies with which you interacted. If no experience indicate "N/A". 04 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: Describe your experience preparing Environmental Analysis, specifically CEQA & NEPA, and in working with other public agencies and consultant firms. Include your role and responsibilities, reason for the analysis, how this information was used and by whom, and how often you prepared an Environmental Analysis (number of months). If no experience indicate "N/A". 05 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : Describe your understanding or experience in Sustainable Development. Describe what you perceive in being most important in implementing sustainable development. If no experience indicate "N/A". 06 WRITING: Describe your experience in writing staff reports, ordinances, Initial Studies and other reports and correspondence. Include a typical description for each, how it was used, and the frequency of preparation in your planning experience. Also include your experience in making presentations. If no experience indicate "N/A". 07 COMPUTER: Indicate your experience with the following, indicating your level of proficiency, how often you used each, and typical reasons for using each: Word Processing, Excel, PowerPoint, Modeling Software, other related programs/software. 08 Thank you for taking the time to complete this application. Please be sure to review prior to submitting it as it will be reviewed and evaluated as is. I understand 09 ** ATTENTION GMAIL USERS* We have become aware of an increase in Gmail's spam filter sensitivity. Due to this change, it is possible that emails coming from San Bernardino County Human Resources may be marked as spam and will not make it into your Gmail inbox. For your convenience, the attached PDF document contains a step-by-step guide to create and apply filters within Gmail. Click this link to . Once downloaded, follow the instructions so that you will receive future emails from San Bernardino County Human Resources. 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