Are you a passionate and creative city planner seeking to build community and shape the future of one of the country’s fastest-growing cities? Are you interested in working on long-range plans and the implementation tools that bring them to life?  The City and County of Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department (CPD) is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill a full-time Senior City Planner – Neighborhood Planning Initiative (NPI) Project Manager position on our Long Range Planning team. This individual will serve as a project manager and lead a team in producing a plan under the Neighborhood Planning Initiative (NPI)—one of the most ambitious and comprehensive neighborhood planning programs in the country. If this sounds like a fit, apply today!

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver (CCD) means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver. Click here to find out about all the amazing benefits and reasons to work for CCD!  

What We Offer 

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $78,337-129,256/year. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $88,000-103,000/year. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to: Four (4) Medical Plans, Dental, Vision Insurance

• Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)

• 457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)

• PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays

• Yearly Merit Increase

• STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance

• CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program

• Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program

• Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources

• EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)

Location 

This position is located at the Wellington Webb Building, located at 201 W Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202.

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees’ physical work location is based upon the position’s job duties and requirements, customer service and responsiveness, team and individual performance, and business needs and requirements. Our current practice requires in-office work for all employees for a minimum of three days per week. Business needs and initial onboarding may require additional days in the office.

Please note: Downtown parking expenses are the responsibility of the employee. We offer a flexible spending account option specifically for parking; if you elect this option, you can use pre tax dollars for parking. We also offer an RTD ‘eco pass’ to all City employees– allowing the use of public transportation for free as a City Employee.

What You’ll Do

BUILDING COMMUNITY: Denver Community Planning and Development is responsible for visionary city planning and ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building. CPD regulates planning, zoning, development and maintenance of private property in Denver. We're working hard to make Denver a great place to live, work and play! Visit DenverGov.org/CPD.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Serving as project manager and team lead for a Neighborhood Planning Initiative (NPI) area plan.

• Developing plan recommendations that address diverse topics including land use, urban design, equity, housing, transportation, infrastructure, economic development, sustainability, and quality of life.

• Overseeing the work of staff and consultants and may include multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional efforts.

• Developing project scopes of work, timelines, and budgets.

• Proactively engaging the public in long-range planning tasks including facilitating meetings, making effective presentations, and bringing together stakeholders to discuss ideas, assess obstacles, evaluate opposing views and interests, and determine areas of support.

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:​

• Direct project management experience leading long range plans

• Experience with negotiating positive outcomes and navigating complex political contexts

• Experience with integrating equity into planning work

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Public speaking and engagement skills

• The ability to multitask and work well under pressure

• Problem-solving skills to effectively engage internal and external partners

• Strong self-motivation and motivation to help others

• Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, software used in Denver’s planning efforts, including Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign)

• City or county government experience a plus

• Spanish language proficiency a plus (not required)

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, Engineering, or a related degree

• Experience Requirement: Five (5) years of professional planning experience

• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education

• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements

Application Deadline

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

• Resume

• Cover Letter

• Work samples are optional

Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at 11:59pm to ensure consideration.