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Location: Kingston, NY

Junior Planning Aide

Salary: $59,344

Description
The City of Kingston has a new Charter Award winning citywide form-based code; Kingston Forward.

The City is looking for a full-time Junior Planning Aide to work in the Planning Office. Typical work activities involve responsibility for performing a wide variety of administrative and clerical tasks in support of the City Planning Department. Duties include preparing materials for planning activities, meeting with the public to explain program services, requirements, etc., by managing records systems and by assisting the City Planner in the performance of the more routine, yet structured tasks. Does related work as required.

The qualified candidate will have working knowledge of principles, practices and terminology of planning and zoning; working knowledge of office terminology, procedures and methods; working knowledge of the Planning department’s programs, objectives and policies, procedures, rules and regulation; working knowledge of business arithmetic; general knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS); ability to compile data and background information; ability to manage the preparation and storage of records and reports; ability to communicate effectively; ability to operate a personal computer and utilize common office software programs; ability to establish a rapport with others for the purpose of obtaining or conveying information; ability to follow complex oral and written instructions; ability to develop and an understanding of maps, development plans and specifications; ability to develop an understanding of State Environmental Quality Review Act.

Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma AND

  • Associate degree in city planning, public administration, urban design, or a closely related field which included coursework in math, planning or related coursework and two (2) years of clerical experience in a planning, building or engineering office; or
  • Four years of clerical experience in a planning, building or engineering office; or
  • An equivalent combination of training and experience defined by the limits of (A) and (B) above.
  • Bachelor and/or associate degree must be awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency.

How to Apply
Employment applications will be accepted at the Kingston Civil Service Office at 420 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401. Applications may also be mailed or emailed. If emailing, please include “Junior Planning Aid” in the subject line and email jdecicco@kingston-ny.gov. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of an employment application.

More information available at: https://kingston-ny.gov/filestorage/8399/8469/8539/Junior_Planning_Aide.pdf