Planner
UCI Series Concepts -- UCI SIZE-NEUTRAL SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDELINES
Class Specifications - E.10
Principal Planner (MSP 0721) SIZE-NEUTRAL
Senior Planner (6967) SIZE-NEUTRAL
Associate Planner (6968) SIZE-NEUTRAL
Assistant Planner (6969)
March, 1973 -- SIZE-NEUTRAL MARCH 1995
SERIES CONCEPT
Planners conduct and coordinate the physical planning and
development of University property and its environs; represent
and promote the University's interests with outside agencies;
and perform other related duties as required. Incumbents
typically review physical planning for the campus and its
environs including land use distribution, circulation, parking,
and arrangements of buildings and open spaces; review proposals
and changes in officially proposed or adopted environs plans and
assist in preparing pertinent official University responses;
represent the University and promote the University's interest
with local and regional governing bodies, planning commissions,
and citizens' groups; conduct surveys, maintain basic data,
prepare reports, drawings, and displays relating to campus and
environs development; define and suggest policies, principles,
and standards relating to planning and development of campus
environs; work with government agencies to develop land use and
design control methods for campus environs; maintain surveillance
over annexation and incorporation policies and proceedings
affecting campus environs; assist in the formulation of corporate
or administrative means for planning and developing housing,
commercial and industrial uses and other normally private functions
in relation to the campus; advise campus planning committees and
campus and University-wide administrative officers on planning
matters; prepare and/or review changes in long range development
plans; and prepare and/or review site selection studies and site
development programs, projects and presentations.
CLASS CONCEPTS
Principal Planner
Under general direction, incumbents assist the Campus Architect
and campus and/or University-wide administrative officers in
planning, organizing, supervising and/or performing the work of
the professional planning staff engaged in the physical and
community planning function; have primary responsibility for
representing the University to local, regional, and area
governing bodies and planning commissions or boards; perform
the most difficult professional work in the development,
revision, refinement and/or amplification of long range
development plans; and act as technical experts in campus
planning and community planning problems relating to the
University, at either the campus or University-wide levels of
administration. Principal level assignments often include
responsibility for the supervision of lower level planners and
associated personnel. Non-supervisory assignments at the
principal level are reserved for specialists who are widely
recognized and consulted by University staff members for their
expert knowledge of campus and community planning and carry major
responsibility for representing the campus and/or University-wide
administration in community and governmental relationships.
Senior Planner
Under direction, incumbents assist the Campus Architect and campus
and/or University-wide administrative officers in planning,
organizing, supervising and/or performing the work of the
professional planning staff engaged in the physical and community
planning function; perform difficult professional work in the
development, revision, refinement and/or amplification of long-range
development plans; and act as a technical specialists in campus
planning and community planning problems relating to the University.
Associate Planner Under direction, incumbents perform all or many of
the duties indicated for the series under the Series Concept. This
is the full professional level at which incumbents are expected to
operate rather independently in the campus planning and site
development phases of major construction projects.
Examples of assignments allocated to this level of difficulty and
responsibility are: Staff planner for major planning studies, such as
circulation and parking requirements, academic building locations,
student housing requirements, and utility distribution systems. Staff
planner for development and continuance of the campus long range
development plan, with responsibility for collection, analysis, and
evaluation of planning data and for preparation and presentation of
statistical and graphic supporting material.
Assistant Planner
Under general supervision, incumbents perform professional work
relating to long range development plans; provide assistance in
campus planning and on community planning problems relating to the
University; and assist in the conduct of planning studies. This
class is the entry level class for professional planning work.
Assignments at this level are expected to be of moderate difficulty
and responsibility, with work subject to review and checking.
Incumbents typically are expected to progress to the class of
Associate Planner. Examples of assignments allocated to this level
of difficulty and responsibility are: Assistant to the Senior or
Principal Planner in the design and conduct of planning surveys,
collecting and maintaining basic data, and preparing reports,
drawings and displays relating to current and proposed campus and
environs development. Assistant to the Senior or Principal Planner
in reviewing proposals and changes in officially proposed or adopted
environs plans.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Principal Planner
Graduation from college with major work in city planning, architecture,
landscape architecture, or civil engineering plus a Master's degree in
city planning at a recognized planning school, and five years of
professional experience in city planning (or urban renewal) and large-
scale site planning; or an equivalent combination of education and
experience.
Senior Planner
Graduation from college with major work in city planning, architecture,
landscape architecture, or civil engineering plus a Master's degree in
city planning at a recognized planning school and four years of
professional experience in city planning (or urban renewal) and large-
scale site planning; or an equivalent combination of education and
experience.
Associate Planner
Graduation from college with major work in city planning, architecture,
civil engineering, traffic engineering, or other planning-related fields
and four years of professional experience in city planning (or urban
renewal) and large-scale site planning; or an equivalent combination of
education and experience.
Assistant Planner
Graduation from college with major work in city planning, architecture,
landscape architecture, civil engineering, traffic engineering, or other
planning-related fields and two years of professional experience in city
planning (or urban renewal) and large-scale site planning; or an equivalent
combination of education and experience.
Note: Graduate work in city or regional planning at a recognized
planning school may be substituted for work experience on a year-for-year
basis for the Assistant and Associate Planner.