Community Development Technician

Overview

Join Our Team as a Community Development Technician. Our City is seeking a Community Development Technician to provide high-level administrative and coordination support to the Community Development Department while helping advance initiatives that strengthen our city.

• Provides administrative and clerical support to the Director and Department staff.
• Provides administrative support to the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC), including coordination of meetings, events, and related activities.
• Assists with scheduling, preparing, and distributing agendas, packets, minutes, and supporting materials for CRA meetings, workshops, and public events.
• Coordinates logistics for department and CRA meetings and events, including room reservations, public notices, and coordination with internal departments and external partners as needed.
• Participates in various department, City, public projects, and CRA-related initiatives and events.
• Responds to inquiries from the public in person, email, and by telephone, including inquiries related to CRA programs and activities.
• Prepares memoranda, letters, departmental procedures, agendas, resolutions, ordinances, and other documents as required.
• Processes, tracks, and maintains invoices and departmental/CRA-related purchasing records and supporting documentation; resolves disputes with vendors for merchandise or subscriptions.
• Maintains organized records and files for departmental and CRA activities in accordance with records retention requirements.
• Assists customers at the front counter, by telephone, and electronically by responding to routine inquiries regarding zoning, land use, permitting, development review processes, and community development programs.
• Assists with the preparation and distribution of public notices, mailings, and postings in accordance with applicable regulations and procedures.
• Conducts general research related to zoning, land use, development standards, demographic data, and comparable cases to support staff analysis and customer inquiries, as assigned.
• Assists with the coordination of pre-application meetings by scheduling meetings, preparing materials, assembling background information, and documenting meeting outcomes, as directed.
• Participates in pre-application meetings in a support role by providing technical assistance, taking notes, and assisting staff with follow-up tasks.
• Performs basic data entry and tracking of applications, permits, and fees using departmental software systems.
• Prepares travel registrations; prepares the necessary authorization and expense forms, retrieves signatures and submits for processing in accordance with travel policy and procedures; maintains departmental records.
• Prepares payroll and personnel forms for workmen’s compensation, accident reports, insurance, risk management, and other necessary related forms or payroll functions as required.
• Performs related work as assigned.

• Requires Associate’s Degree and two (2) years of relevant technical experience in local government, clerical or administrative support; or a High School diploma or GED equivalent supplemented by three (3) years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Within six (6) months of obtaining the position, the employee will be expected to complete basic GIS training from higher level staff and be able to produce basic maps and otherwise provide graphic staff support primarily using GIS and computer graphics programs.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state Driver’s License with an acceptable driving history.

Regularly required to sit. Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. Occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and…