Job Description
Salary: $60,400.00 - $93,600.00 Annually
Location : Raleigh, NC
Job Type: Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 2025-01029
Department: Comp and Long Range Planning
Opening Date: 12/03/2025
Closing Date: 12/24/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Work Hours: Monday - Friday; 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hiring Range: $60,400.00 - $77,000.00
Job Description The City of Raleigh is on the lookout for a dynamic planner to join our Long-Range Planning team within the Planning and Development Department.
About You: The ideal candidate for this position should be passionate about shaping the built environment and connecting with residents and other community stakeholders about Raleigh's future. You'll work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support the city's rezoning and annexation programs, Comprehensive Plan, all while delivering excellent customer service. You should also be interested in organizational excellence and process improvements that enable us to do our jobs more effectively.
About Us: The Planning and Development Department is tasked with guiding development in the City of Raleigh; everything from Building Inspections to Historic Preservation to Comprehensive Planning.
The Longe Range team is a unit of Comprehensive Planning responsible for the City's Comprehensive Plan, rezoning and annexation programs, and other special projects. The team is led by two Planning Supervisors and is composed of two Planners, six Senior Planners, and a Principal Planner.
Duties and Responsibilities - Provide support to the rezoning and annexation programs, acting as the first point of contact, reviewing applications, and providing support through intake
- Provide information to applicants and members of the public about the division's work
- Support the division's projects, including small area studies, data reporting, and Reflecting Raleigh the process of writing a new Comprehensive Plan
- Research and gather information related to planning efforts; prepare reports, maps, charts, data, presentations, and/or other materials derived from research and analysis
Typical Qualifications Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Public Administration, or related field; 1 to 3 years' planning experience in an area relevant to the department to which assigned
OR
Any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted.
Additional Information Knowledge of: - Planning principles, practices, and techniques (based on assignment)
- Principles and practices of program administration and management
- Principles and applications of critical thinking and analysis
- Principles and methods of qualitative and quantitative research
- Best practices, trends, and emerging technologies
- Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations (based on assignment)
- Customer service principles
- Modern office technology
Skill In: - Decision making in complex tasks
- Coordinating deadlines, prioritizing work volume and assigning/monitoring work performed (based on assignment)
- Providing project/program management, organization, and logistics coordination
- Overseeing the implementation and adherence to development standards
- Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards (based on assignment)
- Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications
- Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
ADA and Other Requirements: Work Environment and Physical Effort: Sedentary : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Work Environment: Work is typically performed in an office or similar indoor environment. Employees may occasionally work in an outdoor environment or in a vehicle.
Work Exposures: Employees in this role will occasionally interact with individuals who are hostile or irate.
City of Raleigh is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.
When you join the City of Raleigh's work family as a full-time employee, your benefits are an important part of your "total rewards". Your benefits impact many aspects of your life including your health, your finances, and the protection of your family. The City provides a comprehensive benefits package as part of our total rewards program to support you through important events in your life, to enhance your life outside work, and to help you plan and prepare for the future.
To find out about the City's benefits package, and other programs, please visit our Employee Benefits page:
The City employs temporary and seasonal employees who generally are scheduled to work on a short-term basis. However, if you are hired as a temporary or seasonal employee, or as an intern, you are
not eligible for the City of Raleigh's benefits.
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Please select your highest level of education completed.
- Some high school
- High school diploma (or GED)
- Some college
- Associate's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
- PhD or other professional degree
02
How much relevant or comparable work experience do you have in Planning?
- None
- Less than 1 year
- 1 to less than 2 years
- 2 to less than 3 years
- 3 to less than 4 years
- 4 to less than 5 years
- 5 to less than 6 years
- 6 to less than 7 years
- 7 to less than 8 years
- 8 to less than 9 years
- 9 to less than 10 years
- 10 years or more
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Have you ever been terminated or forced to resign from a position?
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If you answered "yes" to being terminated or forced to resign, please provide an explanation and the date.
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Describe your experience in urban planning, public administration, design or a related field?
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What excites you about this position and more specifically about working in/for the City of Raleigh?
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