The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience, consistent with the City’s adopted pay plan.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Note: All City of Fayetteville supervisory positions require employees to demonstrate leadership competencies by exhibiting appropriate role modeling, and setting proper examples. In addition, all City of Fayetteville positions require employees to provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of their own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive. Other essential duties of this position include the following:

1. Perform supervisory responsibilities which may include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the City's policies and applicable laws.
2. Administer and interpret zoning and development ordinances throughout the city limits and within the city's planning area. Ensure staff apply interpretations consistently and document them.
3. Coordinate efforts between departments and divisions to evaluate development and land use applications and to enforce current ordinances through investigation and prosecution. Escalate unresolved cross-departmental issues to the Development Services Director.
4. Direct current planning activities, including zoning changes, variances, site plans, platting, and subdivisions; provide case management in accordance with policies and procedures established for the development review process.
5. Within the development review process set by the Development Services Director, serve as a primary facilitator for ensuring all development-related activities are consistently evaluated for efficiency and effectiveness, working with multiple divisions to pool resources, skillsets and personnel in order to achieve common goals of the department.
6. Speak with citizens, developers, attorneys, architects, engineers, etc. regarding land use proposals before the city; explain applicable regulations to guide the proposal in the process. Help applicants find code-compliant paths to approval.
7. Report to the Planning Commission and City Council on matters pertaining to zoning, development, sign regulations, and planning code enforcement. Provide independent professional recommendations on applications and policy.
8. Supervise staff to maintain efficient and consistent daily operations, especially through the development review process. Meet published review timelines for planning applications and report performance to the Development Services Director.
9. Manage activities of Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, Subdivision Committee, and Technical Plat Review Committee in the land use and development review process. Ensure staffing of the Historic District and Black Heritage Commissions.
10. Oversee the preparation of maps, site plans, and other graphics; make site visits as needed; and ensure staff maintain and update official City maps, including the zoning, overlay district, and similar maps.
11. Develop review programs and establish broad priorities and work sequences to meet published review timelines and improve the review process.
12. Support long-range planning through the Long Range Planning team, including updates to the comprehensive plan, amendments to zoning and development ordinances, and historic preservation.
13. Assist the Department Director as needed.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.

The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.