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Planning Director

Licking County Planning & Development
Newark, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 3/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/17/2025

Licking County Planning & Development - Planning Director

Location : Newark, Ohio

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.

Contact Phone : 937-787-4283

Contact Fax : 740-670-5152

Date Posted : 2 / 15 / 2024

Position Description :

Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities include the following :

  • Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
  • Promotes and maintains positive and effective working relationships through collaboration with other political and organization entities by providing effective public relationships as a representative of Licking County Government.
  • Provides leadership in the development of long-term sustainable growth strategies.
  • Ensures work assignments are complete, provides training and evaluates employee performance; receives and resolves employee issues according to established guidelines; approves timesheets and leave requests; issues corrective action as necessary. In coordination with the Planning Commission, interviews and hires candidates for employment. Actively involved in employee and / or labor relations.
  • Resolves more complex problems that arise due to department activities (internal and external). Works on projects involving Licking County Area Transportation Study (LCATS), Planning, Economic Development and Annexation activities. Receives inquiries, applications and / or complaints from the public and officials concerning areas under the Planning Division; obtains relevant data and prepares answers or resolutions to the inquiries and / or complaints; and ensures resolution. Ensures regulatory compliance, ensures that planning practices operate with legal and ethical boundaries and mitigates the risks of non-compliance.
  • Reviews documentation and status reports for future actions; reviews staff reports (e.g., project status, violations, grant status, etc.); oversees a variety of planning activities (e.g., zoning resolutions; subdivision regulations; subdivision applications and lot splits; land use plans, comprehensive plans, area studies; etc.).
  • Develops and manages the Planning & Development Division budget. Recommends contracts / agreements to the Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners for review / acceptance.
  • Oversees various state and federally funded Community Development projects; assists in and / or develops new community development programs and projects; supervises and assigns the preparation of grant applications to state or federal agencies; monitors project time frames; conducts on-site inspection of community development projects to ensure that all phases of the project meet the established guidelines and constraints as determined by the grant or project plans.
  • Performs a variety of administrative functions to ensure efficient operation of the division; formulates / recommends, implements and administers new and revised policies and procedures; prepares reports and presentations.
  • Serves as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), as LCPC Director, and as a member of the Licking County Area Transportation Study (LCATS) Technical Advisory Committee.

Complies with and promotes the Licking County Board of County Commissioners and Licking County Planning Commission policies.

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