The Planning, Inspections, and Community Development Director position oversees and directs the City’s Planning, Inspections, and Community Development Department (Planning, Building Inspections, Code Enforcement, Licensing and Permitting, Fire Marshal’s Office). The position is responsible for supervising staff, establishing long-range plans, developing goals, objectives, policy, and procedures, preparing budgets, managing revenues, and evaluating, documenting, and reporting on events and activities to the City Manager, senior management, and elected or appointed officials. The position develops and implements programs within organizational policies; and reports major activities to executive-level administrators. Decision-making is the job's main focus, affecting the entire organization and surrounding population.

Job Responsibilities

• Monitors and research trends, studies, statistics, new methodology and technology, laws, rules, and City policy to develop and enhance City planning and inspection processes and activities; monitors and interprets codes and ordinances for enforcement.
• Develop goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for departmental activities and programs in consultation with regulatory agencies, elected or appointed officials, the City Manager, senior management, and department heads.
• Supervises staff including establishing staffing standards, organizing, selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and terminating or recommending termination.
• Creates and maintains a productive, harmonious, and respectful work environment.  Genuine concern for employees’ success, hiring, training, empowerment, and staff development.  Strong understanding of leadership principles and practices.
• Provides leadership in developing and implementing a culture of service excellence, working to embed the standards, behaviors, and strategies needed to bring lasting improvements in service delivery in all business areas.
• Works with other directors and senior managers to foster and increase internal relationships between planning, inspections, and community development functions and other departments.
• Direct planning activities include developing comprehensive and multi-year plans, coordinating local and regional planning, drafting planning ordinances or resolutions, monitoring federal or state laws and programs to coordinate functional or special planning, and other management functions to foster planned and coordinated growth and development, as well as assisting the City Manager by providing planning input for economic development.
• Plans and manages inspection operations by coordinating with other departments, the City Manager, senior management, and staff reviewing or scheduling work requirements, evaluating progress, and recording significant events and activities.
• Advice and consultation with elected and appointed officials, commissions, federal or state regulatory agencies, the City Manager, department heads, staff agencies, developers, civic or private groups, individuals, and others on problems, strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Representing the City on regional and local boards or committees and at meetings concerning planning, inspection, and community development issues; making presentations to elected or appointed officials, department heads and staff, and other public or private agencies or groups on significant issues or programs.
• Oversee administrative matters such as developing and defending departmental budgets, administering expenditures, forecasting and managing revenues, conducting special studies or inspections, managing correspondence and records, preparing routine and special reports, administering training, providing for staff technical or professional growth, and other administrative duties.

Required Qualifications

• Requires a master’s degree in a professional field such as planning, public administration, business administration, law, engineering, architecture, or a closely related field or equivalent experience.
• Requires a minimum of eight years’ experience with a minimum of five years’ experience in supervisory/administrative leadership capacity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• American Institute of Certified Planners preferred.
• Experience in municipal government or public service  preferred.

To view the entire job description, please visit, https://www.cityofdover.com/job-titles-and-rates and click on Non-bargaining Employees.

A criminal background investigation will be required. Candidates may be given a job-related test during the interview.

Compensation

• Health, Dental, Vision and Group Life Insurance
• 401 a & 457 deferred compensation plans
• Paid vacation and sick leave

To Apply Submit the Following

• City of Dover employment application (www.cityofdover.com/jobs)
• Resume
• Cover letter