The City of Fort Lauderdale is seeking a planner who is community-focused to work extensively with the community in the development of a safer, move connected multimodal community. The Planner III position will work within the Transportation & Mobility Department and play a key role in advancing the City's transportation vision of having a Connected Community where the Pedestrian is First.
This position will work with many stakeholders both internal and external to accomplish the City's vision. This will include listening and advocating regularly on transportation items that impact the City. The position conducts studies, manages consultants, develops grant applications, and frequently attends and leads meetings with the public.
The key work program over the next several years will be managing the update to the City's Vision Zero Plan and developing the implementation program for the Sidewalks Master Plan.
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in urban and regional planning, geography, public policy, architecture, or other field closely related to urban planning.
- Three or more years of professional experience in transportation planning or an area which includes a broad range of planning, program planning and policy development
- This position requires a flexible schedule including attendance at public meetings which commonly occur during evening hours.
The City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is located in South Florida on the east coast. It is a vibrant urban core, the center of Broward County and is transforming into a mixed-use, multimodal community. Fort Lauderdale has been a leader in transportation in the reason, being the first to adopt Vision Zero in the entire southeastern United States, leading the region in the adoption of Complete Streets and the creation of a Transportation & Mobility Department.
The City has a population nearing 200,000 with signficant increases every day as the economic center of the County as well as several large activity centers such as Port Everglades and the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and many large events such as the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and many events on the barrier island like concerts and marathons.
