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Description
The City of Redwood City Invites Applications for:
Senior Planner
We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values of excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication. The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career as a part of a hard-working and fun Planning team that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration, we hope you’ll apply.
The City of Redwood City invites you to apply for the position of Senior Long Range Planner within the Community Development Department’s Planning Division. This position, which will be focused primarily on long range planning activities, is an excellent opportunity for a motivated professional to lead or participate in numerous long-range efforts underway including:
- Greater Downtown Area Plan, an update of the City’s vision for Downtown Redwood City and adjacent neighborhoods
- Update to the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance
- Development of objective design standards
- Implementation of the City’s Housing Element and related policy initiatives
- Research, tracking, and implementation of new State laws
- Development of policies and standards to address climate resilience in coordination with Engineering and Public Works Departments
- Regular maintenance and updates to City’s zoning code and General Plan
In addition to long range planning activities, this position will be assigned a limited number of current planning projects depending on Planning Division needs. The position allows for a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office and 2 days working remotely).
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service and have demonstrated experience and skills in the following areas:
- Both physical planning and policy development;
- Project management of one or more significant long range policy/planning projects;
- Design and implementation of the community engagement process for one or more significant long range planning/policy projects;
- Working with and managing consultant and development teams;
- Post-entitlement processing of complex development projects;
- Excellent analytical skills and strength in synthesizing and summarizing complex information;
- Ability to translate regional and state policy into local regulations;
- Excellent organizational and time management skills and experience managing and meeting multiple, overlapping project timelines and deadlines;
- Excellent writing and presentation skills and experience communicating complex planning concepts to diverse audiences;
Additionally the ideal candidate will be someone who:
- Can see the big picture while remaining detail-oriented;
- Is highly motived, self-directed, accountable, and demonstrates initiative and independent judgment;
- Is a team player with strong interpersonal skills who likes working with a variety of City staff and the public.
Benefits
See job flyer
Special Instructions
Submit your application via: www.CalOpps.org by Friday, October 3, 2025 by 11:59 pm . Virtual oral board interviews are tentatively scheduled on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
A City application, supplemental questionnaire, a cover letter and resume are required. Applications must be filled out completely. Failure to list work experience, and education or training or stating “See Resume” in the work experience section of the application will be considered an incomplete application and subject to disqualification. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a City application.
Selection Process:
All applications will be reviewed for neatness, accuracy, completion, relevant education, experience, training and other job-related qualifications. The most highly qualified applicants will be asked to participate in the testing process, which will consist of a virtual oral board.
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