Employer: BERK Consulting
Job Type: Consultant
Salary: SALARY
Location: Seattle, WA
Opening Date: 01/17/2020
Closing Date: Until Filled

Job Description:

We seek a Senior Planner with at least 5 years of experience managing projects in land use planning. The candidate should have strong skills in at least one of the following: housing, demographic/market analysis, economic development, outreach, or land use planning. Prior consulting experience, particularly related to land use planning issues, is strongly preferred. The Planner will work on a range of engaging and community-building public policy and management consulting projects.

The candidate must be knowledgeable about the principles and practices of planning and prepared to contribute in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Ability to lead project teams and manage complex planning studies.
• Contribute to BERK as a learning organization, including mentoring colleagues.
• Ability to gather relevant information and apply creative problem-solving skills to complex, often loosely defined planning problems.
• Strong relationship-building and listening skills and an ability to engage diverse populations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting reports and products to policymakers, professionals, and the general public.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for facilitating relationships with existing and potential clients, and for facilitating discussions among decision-makers.

Supplemental Information:

We are a dynamic, 30-year old public policy consulting firm with an outstanding reputation for providing rigorous and integrated strategy, policy analysis, public finance, and planning services. We take an interdisciplinary, whole systems approach to policy development and analysis, and to addressing community and organizational needs. Our clients are primarily state, regional, and local governments. We also work with educational institutions, non-profits, and foundations. Our work is guided by the values of curiosity, collaboration, agility, and equity. We encourage you to read more about our values on our website. To compensate our staff for their exceptional work, we offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, professional development, and a rewarding and fun work environment. Depending on experience, base salary for this position is $80,000 to $110,000, plus benefits, profit sharing, and merit-based bonuses. OUR TEAM. Our 24-person team includes policy and financial analysts, economists, urban planners, strategic planners, and facilitators. We work on a collaborative basis in a team environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer We recognize that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of individuals of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our region’s diversity is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status, or other status protected bylaw. We encourage you to visit our website, www.berkconsulting.com, to better understand our practice and team, and the consulting disciplines in which we are actively engaged.

How to Apply:

Please submit a letter of introduction and a resume to [email protected]. No phone calls.