Employer: Department of Commerce
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 01448
Division: Growth Management Services
Salary: $56,568.00 - $74,196 Annually
Location: Spokane and Olympia, WA
Opening Date: 02/07/2020
Closing Date: 02/23/2020

Job Description:

The Growth Management Services Unit within the Local Government Division is seeking 2- Commerce Specialist 3s. The Commerce Specialist 3s work within the Growth Management Services (GMS) Unit of LGD. These positions provide technical assistance to counties and cities in Washington State through the review of comprehensive plans, critical areas ordinances and development regulations on a statewide basis ensuring the GMS Plan Review system does not develop a backlog of review work. In addition, These positions will assume one or more GMA related technical specialties and provide assistance related to the specialty to other GMS planners and counties and cities.

Job Duties:

• Determine need and provide appropriate technical assistance to assigned jurisdictions.
• Develop and maintain an ongoing relationship with staff in assigned jurisdictions.
• Assist program coordinators in the coordination of GMA Short Courses, Planners Forums or other conferences, meetings and training opportunities in assigned jurisdictions.
• Travel to meetings in assigned jurisdictions as needed.
• Analyze, review and provide technical assistance on comprehensive plans, critical areas ordinances and development regulations in assigned jurisdictions as needed.
• Serve as the GMS unit's subject matter expert on one or more GMA related specialty. Examples of GMA subject matter specialties include, rural lands, transportation, critical areas, resource lands, urban growth areas, housing, capital facilities, climate change, economic development, buildable lands, and local project review and permitting.
• Independently determine jurisdictional needs then provide appropriate technical assistance concerning their comprehensive plans and development regulations.
• Determine need and provide appropriate technical assistance to Washington counties, cities, and other stakeholders on issues involving the assigned technical specialty.
• Complete legislative bill analysis and draft testimony to the legislature.
• Serve as the lead for rulemaking as it pertains to the technical specialty.
• Analyze and review comprehensive plans, critical areas ordinances and development regulations from counties and cities in Washington State in order to alleviate temporary plan review backlogs experienced by the GMS unit during periodic update cycles and at other times as needed.
• Use independent, critical thinking to determine appropriate plan review comments and prepare letters or other communication and feedback to local governments on items reviewed.
• Determine existing need then communicate with the Plan Review Manager about alleviating temporary plan review workflow and bottleneck issues as they arise.

• Bachelor's degree in urban and regional planning from a program accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board, and three years of professional experience with local government planning and/or environmental laws and rules including the Growth Management Act, or
• Bachelor's degree in a field closely related to planning and four years of professional experience with local government planning and/or environmental laws and rules including the Growth Management Act, or
• Master's degree in a field closely related to planning and three years of professional experience with local government planning and/or environmental laws and rules including the Growth Management Act, or
• Master's Degree in urban and regional planning from a program accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board, or closely related field and two years of professional experience with local government planning and/or environmental laws and rules including the Growth Management Act.
• Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the education requirement.

Supplemental Information:

In addition to completing the online application and answering the supplemental questions, applicants must attach the following documents to their profile in order to be considered for this position:

• A letter of interest describing how you meet the specific qualifications for this position;
• A current resume detailing experience and education; and
• A list of at least three professional references.

How to Apply:

*This recruitment is for two Commerce Specialist 3 positions. One position is located in our Spokane Office and one is located in our Olympia Office.

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