Job Opening: Planner at LaBella Associates (Capital Region)

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LaBella Associates’ Planning Group seeks a Planner to join our Capital District (Latham) or Glens Falls office. The Planning Group at LaBella Associates provides our client partners with expertise in community & neighborhood planning, downtown development strategies, zoning regulations, active transportation planning, resiliency planning, public/private development services, and grant services. Our clients include public and private clients, in addition to serving internal LaBella divisions.

Planners are passionate about place making, problem solving, and affecting change to address local and regional issues, including housing, re-purposing underutilized sites, and protecting natural resources. LaBella Associates is actively involved in diverse projects including developing form based/graphic zoning codes, housing studies, pedestrian and bicycle plans, watershed and farmland protection plans, alternative energy siting, and brownfield planning.

Duties

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated with an eagerness to learn any of these duties. Some of the duties the candidate may be involved in include:

  • Conducting research, technical analysis on a wide variety of topics and reporting on this work to a broad audience

  • Assisting with the preparation of comprehensive plans, housing studies, land use plans, strategic downtown/economic development plans, and area/neighborhood plans.

  • Collaborating with team members in planning and conducting public meetings and community engagement efforts

  • Developing meeting summaries, drafting zoning, subdivision, and land use regulations.

  • Preparing maps and/or graphics for reports and planning documents.

Desired Skills

  • Understanding of the principles and practices of planning and economic development.

  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

  • Presentation/Speaking skills

  • Once or more technical skill such as GIS, Data Analytics, Market Analysis, Fiscal Analysis

  • Experience with grants and funding

  • Graphic Communications skills

  • Self-motivated with an eagerness to learn

  • Outgoing personality

Qualifications

  • Master Degree in urban planning, public administration, or a related field. Candidates with a bachelor’s degree will also be considered.

  • 2 or more years’ experience.

  • AICP preferred or on track to achieve certification.

  • Proficiency with a variety of computer software including Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, ArcGIS, online applications, and mobile applications; and

  • Understanding and ability to utilize social media applications is a plus.

Salary Range: $55,000 - $70,000 per year

The specific salary offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location