Planning Director

PLANNING DIRECTOR
STATUS: Permanent/Full-Time/Exempt, 40 hrs per week
DEPARTMENT: Reality/Planning
REPORTS TO: Vice-Chair
SALARY RANGE: $25.00 per hour DOE
Closes: December, 16 2021 for in-house consideration

Summary:

• The Planning Director shall be appointed by and except as specified by written contract, serve at the pleasure of Tribal Council.

  The Planning Director shall report to and be under the direct supervision and control of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Tribal Council, or the Tribal Administrator in that order.

  The Planning Office is located in the Realty-Planning Department and is directly supervised by the Vice-Chairman.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Respond to public inquires received by phone or personal contact on matters pertaining to planning zoning and the requirement for project development.
• Apply and enforce the Tribe’s Zoning and Land Use Ordinance’
• Assist the Tribes’ Building Inspector in enforcing the Tribe’s Uniform Building Code and Zoning and Land Use Ordinance and recognize and resolve Code violations in the field;
• Process current development application, and evaluate plans and projects for Tribal Code compliance and design considerations;
• Prepare planning reports and develop agenda material for Planning Commission and Tribal Council meetings;
• Work with the Tribal Environmental Department to prepare basic environmental documents pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act and the environmental requirements of the Tribe’s Tribal-State Gaming Compact;
• Collect and record land use data, and prepare base amps, zoning maps, charts and graphs;
• Develop, with the assistance of the Tribal Attorney, and implement systems and procedures to ensure the proper processing of permit applications and the issuance of use permits, variances, zoning changes and site plans reviews;
• Perform field work and site visits to fully comprehend, analyze, and documents development proposals;
• Make oral presentations to the Planning Commission and Tribal Council on routine basis regarding planning maters and projects;
• Coordinate with other Tribal department and other governmental agencies as required on planning issues and projects; and
• Perform such other duties that are delegated to the Planning Director by the Tribal Council, Executive Committee, Chairman or Tribal Administrator.

  The Planning Director shall not in the performance of his or her duties engage in any negotiations of any kind with any person, organization or entity that is or intends to submit a development proposal to finance, design, construct or operate any project on the Reservation or involving the Tribe

Qualifications Required: (Administrative Code: CH.3.13 040)

• A Bachelor’s Degree with major course work in planning, public administration, or closely related experience in an appropriate field.
• At least one (1) year of professional planning experience with a governmental agency.

This is a full time position

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