Starting Salary as of July 1, 2025: $80,037.36
Position Overview
The Assistant Director is expected to apply professional planning knowledge and experience to the essential public service duties of the City Planning Department. Supervision is exercised over subordinate employees and serves as the assistant to the Planning Director.
Various duties include, but are not limited to, comprehensive plan updates, subdivision administration, development plan review, historic preservation, capital budgeting, drafting ordinances, zoning board recommendations, grant writing and office administration. The Assistant Director is tasked with researching issues, formulating findings and recommendations, presenting oral and written reports to the public, the Planning Director, City Plan Commission, City Council, Zoning Board of Review, and various other city bodies as needed.
General Duties & Responsibilities
o Apply professional planning knowledge, skills and experience as they pertain to various city planning issues;
o Conduct studies relating to a full range of professional planning work including, but not limited to, zoning administration, comprehensive planning, subdivisions, site plan review, capital budgeting, ordinance drafting, demographic analysis, neighborhood studies, grant writing and grant administration;
o Draft reports and recommendations in connection with the above referenced activities and provides findings to the Planning Director, City Plan Commission, City Council, Zoning Board of Review, and various other city bodies as necessary;
o Assist with the essential administrative public service aspects of working within a City Planning Department;
o Supervise subordinate staff and balance the monthly workload of the various boards and commissions;
o Perform all other related work at the discretion of the Planning Director.
For a full list of qualifications, education and experience requirements please see the posting and download the application form at: www.cranstonri.gov/departments/personnel/