The Village of Palatine seeks an innovative, motivated and energetic professional candidate for the position of Planner I or Planner II within the Village’s Department of Planning & Zoning. The position’s main responsibilities include: performing site plan review, conducting current planning activities, staff support to the Village’s Plan Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals, conducting comprehensive planning projects, participating in Village economic development and marketing activities and reviewing development applications. Project management, assertiveness and strong organizational skills are essential.
The Village of Arlington Heights, Illinois, is one of the largest Chicago suburbs with a population of 77,000. The Village is seeking a well-qualified professional who preferably possesses a Master’s Degree in Business, Economics, Marketing, Urban Planning or related field, and a minimum of 3-5 years experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. This position reports to the Director of Planning and Community Development. The employee in this position will be responsible for coordinating many challenging economic development programs. Responsibilities also include attending tradeshows, acting as a liaison to the business community and energetically implementing business attraction and retention efforts. Meets with businesses, real estate professionals and members of the public on a consistent basis. Knowledge of business plans, financial projections and economic financing tools/programs required. Applicants should possess excellent computer skills, writing and presentation skills.
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) will begin partnering with the Illinois
There is a 25% time graduate assistantship position with the Urban and Public Affairs undergraduate program. The main duties of the appointment include responsibilities in the area of program development on the Atlantis Grant. The Atlantis grant is providing funding for the development of a joint undergraduate degree between UIC and Politecnico di Milano and the University West of England. I will be your departmental supervisor for the assistantship and will provide specific information about this assistantship. If interested please send me a copy of your resume by Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Thank you.
First Transit Oriented Dining of the School Year!
The National Complete Streets Coalition is seeking a Complete Streets Fellow to work with a diverse coalition of prominent national organizations working for the adoption of complete streets policies across the country. Specifically, we are looking for a go-getter that will help us advance our federal policy efforts by moving coalition members and partners to action and coordinating the federal policy efforts of the complete streets network. This is a tremendous opportunity for a candidate with a lot of initiative to take on significant responsibility while learning about transportation reform issues and working directly with a variety of well-known leaders and organizations in the field.
