Location: Fort Worth, TX

Assistant Director (Zoning & Design Review)

Closing: August 7, 2023

Description
The City of Fort Worth, TX is seeking an experienced, energetic, and resourceful leader, with the ability to provide strong leadership and management to be their new Assistant Director of Zoning and Design Review!

A City of Cowboys and Culture, Fort Worth is known for its Texas hospitality. Stunning and sprawling, the City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain, and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home. Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city while keeping the small-town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community, and yes, cowboys.

The Development Services Department seeks to make Fort Worth the most livable city in Texas by promoting orderly growth and development, safe construction and neighborhood vitality. The Assistant Director of the Development Services Department develops and implements the budget, policies, programs, practices, and procedures required to lead and manage the Zoning and Design Review Division. This position directs the activities of the division/department, which includes planning, coordinating, administering, and evaluating programs, projects, processes, procedures, systems, standards and/or service offerings and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, codes and/or standards.

The successful candidate will be adept in managing organizational change and be able to collaborate and build strong partnerships with developments, property owners, residents, neighborhood organizations, community groups, other City departments, and other governmental agencies.

This position requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in planning, urban planning or design, public administration, urban geography, civil engineering, or a closely related field, and at least six years of responsible experience in city planning and/or development. A minimum of four years in a supervisory/management role is required. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered.

How to Apply
Apply online at: https://www.governmentresource.com/recruitment-employer-resources/open-recruitments/fort-worth-tx-assistant-director-zoning-and-design-review