ERIE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
**PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT – AWAITING EXAM**
TITLE OF POSITION: ASSISTANT PLANNER
LOCATION: 95 FRANKLIN STREET, BUFFALO, NY 14202
SALARY (2023): $49,358 – $61,784
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:
Reviews planning and environmental aspects of Federal and State assisted projects; Conducts field surveys of existing land use, urban renewal conditions, traffic problems, zoning analysis and performs related field studies; Tabulates land use and other data; analyzes map data and drafts reports; Develops graphic presentation material as assigned; Attends local planning agency meetings to describe planning proposals; Performs research investigations including statistical analysis, library research and personal contact with other agencies; Develops planning data from interviews with agencies or persons involved in specific projects.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master's degree in urban, regional or municipal planning, or a Master's degree in geography including a minimum of 24 hours of courses directly relating to urban, regional or municipal planning; or:
- Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor's degree majoring in urban or regional planning, public administration, environment studies, political science, sociology, municipal government, economics, geography, architecture or landscape architecture, or a Bachelor's degree including a minimum of thirty-two (32) semester hours of courses directly related to the above fields; supplemented by one (1) year of experience in city, county or regional planning; or:
- Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate's degree in architectural drawing, landscape architecture or related field, supplemented by three (3) years of experience in city, county or regional planning; or:
An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), and (C).
NOTES:
- Human services, social services, health services or engineering is not considered as qualifying experience in city, county or regional planning.
- Public Administration pertains to the management of public affairs particularly executive functions involving the management of governmental or institutional affairs. Such functions include financial, personnel, purchasing and operations management.
- Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements
This notice will be posted for the period of April 28, 2023 through and including May 17, 2023.
If interested and meet the above qualifications, please forward resume to:
Mark Rountree, Chief Planner
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning