Director of Planning and Development
Employer
City of Statesboro
Statesboro, Georgia
Description
The Director of Planning and Development directs the City’s planning and development functions (Planning, Building Inspections, and Code Compliance). The Director is a member of the City leadership team and directly supervises three employees. The department includes 9 FTE and a FY 2025 budget of $1.05 million.
Examples of Duties
- Directs the operations of the Planning and Development Department; directs, trains, assigns, supervises, evaluates, and disciplines department staff; prepares the annual department budget requests and manages expenditures under the current budget;
- Serves as the City Planner responsible for the development and implementation of ordinances, policies, and procedures related to planning and development;
- Works with department staff and applicants to review developers’ plans in order to ensure compliance with city policies and regulations; identifies issues, formulates recommendations, and negotiates solutions;
- Provides staff support and manages the activities of the Planning Commission in compliance with state laws and local ordinances; prepares recommendations and presentations for the Commission; serves as secretary;
- Prepares and delivers presentations to a variety of audiences; facilities discussions and arrival at group consensus;
- Receives, processes, and administers applications for land use permits, building permits, sign permits, zoning map amendments, variances, special exceptions, annexations, and other permits and licenses;
- Consults and coordinates with a variety of internal and community stakeholders in order to coordinate all phases of community development.
Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree;
- Five (5) or more years of related work experience in planning and development;
- Possess the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification;
- Valid State of Georgia Driver’s License
Additional Information
The selected candidate must complete the following prior to starting with the City of Statesboro:
- Background Investigation
- Pre-Employment Urinalysis
Salary Range
$95,507.04-$119,383.80
Benefits
The City of Statesboro offers the following comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees and their families:
- Health Insurance – The Platinum Plan and Gold Plan (PPO Plans offered through Anthem BCBS) are offered at very reasonable rates.
- Dental – City-paid dental insurance is provided through Anthem BCBS.
- Vision – An annual exam and materials benefit (frames/lenses or contacts) are provided through EyeMed.
- Retirement – Employees contribute 3% pretax and the City of Statesboro contributes 9%. Employees are vested after five years of service. Non-public safety employees are eligible for full retirement after 30 years of service. Public safety employees are eligible for full retirement at 55 years of age and 25 years of service.
- 457(b) Deferred Compensation Program – Through Nationwide, employees can set aside additional pre-tax / post-tax money towards retirement through investing contributions in the stock market.
- Flexible Spending Accounts – Employees can set aside pre-tax dollars to assist with qualifying medical expenses or dependent daycare expenses.
- Life Insurance – Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance in the amount of one times salary rounded up to the next thousand dollars is provided at no cost to the employee. Also, basic dependent life insurance at $10,000 is provided for covered family members.
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance – New employees are guaranteed at least $150,000 (not to exceed five times their annual salary). Employees are offered up to $50,000 of spouse life insurance and $10,000 of dependent life insurance.
- Long-Term Disability – City-paid long-term disability insurance pays 50% of the employee’s salary if the employee is out of work for 90 days due to sickness.
- Short-Term Disability – Employees can select short-term disability insurance and receive 66.67% of their salary if they are out of work for seven or more days.
- Holidays – Employees receive 12 days of holiday pay annually.
- Vacation and Sick Leave – New employees earn 80 hours of vacation leave and 96 hours of sick leave annually.
- Health Center – Employees and their families (if the families are covered by the City’s health insurance plan) receive complimentary access to the health center. The center provides medical access for routine checkups, urgent care needs, and chronic condition management.
- Fitness Center – Employees and their families receive complimentary access to the fitness center on a 24/7 basis annually. The center is staffed with an athletic trainer and personal trainers.
- Employee Assistance Program – Employees and their families receive complimentary services including counseling and legal services through Healthadvocate.
How to Apply
Deadline
05/07/2025