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TARGET CLOSE DATE : 10 / 31 / 2025

PAY GRADE : Grade 28

TYPE : Full time

JOB SUMMARY :

The City of Homewood is seeking to hire a Zoning Administrator. This position is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the department and ensuring compliance with local state and federal regulations. The Zoning Administrator reviews zoning issues and complaints identifies and resolves violations of codes ordinances or use regulations. This individual will conduct follow-up inspections for compliance consult with legal teams and provide testimony in court as necessary. The Zoning Administrator provides information and guidance to the public contractors engineers and others to clarify zoning regulations. They supervise subordinate staff by training assigning and reviewing work and conducting performance evaluations.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS :

The City of Homewood provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension) generous paid holidays sick and vacation leave and more. The pay range for this job is presented below :

Homewood : $73715 - $114379

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position :

Option A :

Drivers license.

Bachelors degree in Planning Architecture Urban Development Public Administration Geography or a related field.

Experience with amending interpreting and / or enforcing zoning ordinances.

Experience researching and writing zoning regulation reports.

Option B : Drivers license.

Experience with amending interpreting and / or enforcing zoning ordinances.

Experience researching and writing zoning regulation reports.

Experience reading and interpreting land use maps and policies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the City of Homewood. These qualifications may be considered by the hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.

American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification.

Congress for New Urbanism Certification.

Project Management Professional Certification.

Masters degree or higher in Planning Urban Studies Public Administration Architecture Geography or a closely related field.

Experience with the development / implementation of a comprehensive plan.

Experience with creating new zoning ordinances (e.g. form-based code).

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES :

Advises various individuals (e.g. citizens property owners technical committees developers engineers architects land surveyors public works departments) by researching assisting and informing others to ensure that individuals and organizations are equipped with the information they need to make informed choices.

Prepares for contributes to and follows up on meetings with committees boards commissions councils etc. to address zoning issues share information develop policies / plans / procedures and collaborate on related zoning projects.

Manages and enforces zoning documents (e.g. permits applications proposals plans) by reviewing and approving plans to implement zoning regulations and ensure compliance.

Conducts inspections of properties by researching complaints verifying information and distributing inspections to determine violations of jurisdictional regulations policies and ordinances.

Manages the daily operation of the department such as budgeting legal compliance and activities related to land development / use site development zoning and subdivision planning to facilitate coordination and collaboration within the organization

Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work directing staff in their job duties monitoring progress of work providing feedback and / or training.

Develops and / or coordinates special projects or initiatives (e.g. Clean Sweep Neighborhood Clean-Up Prohibited Parking) to aid in zoning compliance.

Oversees enforcement of local / applicable zoning and land use regulations to ensure that development takes place in a manner that is consistent with the communitys vision and goals.

Fills in for the supervisor in his / her absence to ensure that the organization is functioning smoothly.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time but may also involve periodic sustained physical activity such as walking standing or stooping. May involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

Work is conducted both indoors in an office setting as well as during regular field visits which consists of driving various routes in a vehicle. Work involves use of standard office equipment such as computer digital camera phone copier etc.

EEO STATEMENT :

The Personnel Board of Jefferson Countyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Each Merit System member city / agencyoperate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city / agency website.

ACCOMMODATION :

To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at or phone at (select option 1) Monday through Friday 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.

NOTE :

This job posting may close before or be extended beyond the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER :

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties responsibilities or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 73715 - 114379