Senior Planner
City of St. Helena, CA

The City of St. Helena is a visually charming and historic small town of over 6,000 residents in the heart of California’s premier wine growing region, Napa County. The City is seeking a highly motivated and seasoned planning professional to join the City’s Planning Division as its next Senior Planner. The City of St. Helena website can be found at https://www.cityofsthelena.org.

St. Helena desires a candidate who is a seasoned generalist with knowledge and experience in both long range and current planning. As such, the successful candidate will have a variety and mix of projects and opportunities to address planning related matters affecting the City. Out-of-State candidates are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate should have a working knowledge of CEQA Guidelines, the California General Plan amendment process, and be familiar with the requirements of new State laws pertaining to housing production streamlining.

This position presents an exciting career opportunity to positively influence the planning and preservation of one of the most beautiful small towns in the country through administering General Plan land use policies, the zoning ordinance and design standards that foster design excellence. As St. Helena’s lead planner, you will gain valuable experience working on a wide variety of both current and advance planning projects and economic development policy.

The minimum qualifications for this position require any combination of education and experience that has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for a Senior Planner. A typical way of obtaining the required qualifications is to possess the equivalent of four years of professional planning experience, including two years at the Associate level or higher, and a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in urban planning, regional planning or a related field.

The salary range for this outstanding opportunity is $123,042 - $149,680. Placement within this range is dependent upon qualifications and experience. In addition, St. Helena offers a very attractive benefits package that includes fully paid medical for employee and dependents, dental & vision, CalPERS pension and generous leave allowances.

To learn more about the position and to apply for this exciting and rewarding career opportunity, we invite you to visit our website at the link below:
Peckham & McKenney
https://www.peckhamandmckenney.com

Please do not hesitate to contact Carl Cahill toll-free at (866) 912-1919, cell (650) 504-3515 or carl@peckhamandmckenney.com if you have any questions regarding this position or recruitment process. Resumes will be acknowledged within two business days.

Filing Deadline: November 3, 2024