Community Planner

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serve as a Community Planner for the Directorate of Public Works The Position is OBLIGATED: This is a Term position NOT TO EXCEED (NTE) 28 June 2029.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Community Planner: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance.

OR B.

Degree and Work Experience: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a field related to community planning such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and possess at least one-year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner.

OR C.

Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in one of the disciplines, as shown in A above, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the disciplines, as shown in A above, of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Preparing comprehensive project proposals and funding justifications to support the execution of major and minor construction, as well as repair and modernization projects for government installation, such as DD Form 139; 2) Analyzing space utilization data to recommend options for improvement; And 3) Utilization of various graphical software to support the development of site plans and the continuous update of the Real Property Master Plan for an installation.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Manage Military Construction Army and Urgent Minor Military Construction Army requirements for Fort Eisenhower.
• Accomplish the Master Planning Program, integrating facility related plans and programs with the Fort Eisenhower Vision.
• Advise the Commander and Installation staff on policies and procedures for facility programming requirements, facility design, and facility construction.
• Disseminate planning and project information to the installation community and local communities supporting the installation.
• Provide consultation and coordination of planning and design issues that come before the Community Planning Boards and the Command Group.
• Coordinate Military Construction Army project submissions from subordinate organizations.
• Develop project documents by application of user interviews, regulatory guidance, and sound planning/design principles.
• Coordinate project justifications, cost estimates, and proposed project designs