Senior Development Project Administrator - Adaptive Reuse - Community Planning and Development
Are you a passionate about doing work that matters and making a difference in your community within a fun and supportive workplace? Do you have direct experience reviewing a multitude of plan submittals for compliance with regulatory requirements and looking to use your skillset to solve non standard problems and creating processes for favorable outcomes? Would you enjoy translating policy to get a new program started from the ground up, while building trust across agencies, internal and external stakeholders, and staff? Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department (CPD) is seeking a talented and motivated Adaptive Reuse Senior Development Project Administrator to join our Development Services Project Coordination work group to create and implement a new work program for the review and approval process for Adaptive Reuse development projects. This position offers excellent work/life balance, unmatched benefits, and a pension plan for life! If this sounds like a fit, we invite you to apply today!
Working for the City and County of Denver (CCD) is so much more than a job. It’s a chance to make a difference in your own life and in the lives of people around you. Click here to find out about all the amazing benefits and reasons to work for the city that you love!
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.
The Development Services Division of the Community Planning and Development Department administers Denver’s building, fire, and zoning codes through review, permitting, and inspection of all new development projects in Denver. Through each of these critical roles, Development Services helps to implement the city’s vision for an outstanding Denver.
The successful candidate for this position will create, implement, and administer the coordinated review program for Adaptive Reuse development projects based on Denver’s Adaptive Reuse Program Strategy. This position provides a single point of contact (from project inception to completion) that ensures that the entire review and approval process is timely, well-coordinated, efficient, and predictable with the focus on successful project outcomes. Additionally, this position will be tasked with developing metrics to measure performance, identify, and modify regulatory hurdles, and provide educational resources to facilitate continuous improvement in the review and permitting system for Adaptive Reuse projects.
Senior Development Project Administrators meet with customers early in the conceptual stages of the development process to provide critical information about milestones and critical paths for the developer. They are responsible for managing the project, providing project updates, resolving conflicts between policies, codes and regulations across internal city departments and agencies and external entities, such as, Denver Water and Xcel Energy, and to track and document the history of a project through the review and approval process. Senior Project Development Administrators are not expected to be advocates or expeditors, but rather project management liaisons leading and managing the review process with an emphasis on achieving successful outcomes.
Schedule - Hybrid, 3 days per week in office. 9/80 flex optional after completing six month probation.
Some of the day to day responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Managing Adaptive Reuse developments through various infrastructure, site planning, and permitting phases
- Balancing multiple projects of different scopes and scales, and coordinating with City Agencies and Departments to ensure implementation of city plans, regulations and policies through the review process, including assisting with development of zoning code amendments, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, open space and parks plans, infrastructure design, Development Agreements, and capital improvement review
- Providing Urban Design review and guidance for projects within Design Review Districts
- Managing the review responsibilities across a wide variety of assigned projects within the Development Project Management team
- Facilitating the coordinated review process across agencies resulting in conflict resolution and final project approvals
- Be involved with applying relevant codes, focused on successful place-making to create well-designed outcomes through review of development plan proposals.
- Reviewing development permit applications for completeness, accuracy, conformance to applicable regulations and coordination/distribution of applications for review by appropriate section/agencies within established timeframes.
- Documenting decisions, outcomes, and approvals of development project proposals
- Developing metrics to establish program effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement
- Document and promote opportunities for code and regulation modifications to support the Adaptive Reuse work program
The City and County of Denver is committed to cultivating a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion. This commitment is woven into our values and belief that we are strongest when we embrace and celebrate our differences. We aim to have employees who are as diverse as our residents, with different perspectives and unique ways of thinking. If you share these values and our enthusiasm for equity, we encourage you to apply to join our team.
About You
Research shows that women and people of color are less likely to apply for a position if they do not meet almost 100% of the desired skills. Please note this is not necessary! If you meet the minimum requirements below and have a passion for the work, you are encouraged to apply.
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate a high degree of organization and coordination. The chosen candidate will be flexible, be able to identify and develop efficient practices and procedures and is patient and focused on building strong working relationships. We are looking for someone who has excelled in a team environment and is known for their energy, ambition, and taking initiative.
In addition, our ideal candidate will have some or all of the following:
- Three to five years of direct experience reviewing a multitude of plan submittals for compliance with regulatory requirements
- Previous project management or coordination experience
- Experience successfully creating and implementing Adaptive Reuse programs or similar programs from inception
- Demonstrated knowledge of preservation principles benefitting adaptive reuse concepts, and/or experience successfully creating and implementing adaptive reuse programs or similar programs from inception
- Knowledge and understanding of how to read and interpret construction plans, and understanding of architectural, site planning and development principles, practices, and procedures
- Demonstrated knowledge of preservation principles benefitting adaptive reuse concepts
- An understanding of how to research and apply municipal codes and statutes
- Familiarity with the following software programs: Accela Permit Tracking System, Blue Beam, Alfresco Document Management, or other similar programs
- Excellent time/work management skills, and the ability to work well under pressure/multitask; Strong attention to detail and highly organized
We realize your time is valuable so please do not apply if you do not have at least the following required minimum qualification:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Landmark Preservation, Construction Management, Public Administration, Business, or a related field
- Experience: Five (5) years of professional experience reviewing development projects, rezoning, or amendment requests
- 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
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):
- Cover letter