• Join a team where you can enjoy work-life balance and do meaningful work
• Receive a competitive annual salary plus generous benefits
• Join an organization where you can experience career growth

About The City of Oxnard

The City of Oxnard is an employer of choice for both job seekers and professionals seeking a thriving and fulfilling career. Nestled along the stunning coastline, this beautiful coastal city offers a wealth of employment opportunities that cater to a diverse range of skills and passions. As an employer, the City of Oxnard prioritizes creating an environment that nurtures innovation, encourages collaboration, and fosters professional growth.

One of the key factors that sets the City of Oxnard apart is its unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Valuing the unique perspectives and experiences of its employees, the City fosters a workplace culture that celebrates diversity in all its forms. By embracing different backgrounds, ideas, and talents, the City of Oxnard cultivates an atmosphere of respect and collaboration that fuels creativity and drives excellence.

To read more about us, please visit oxnard.org.

About the Opportunity

The City of Oxnard is looking for full-time Assistant Planners, Planners, and Planning Supervisors to join our team in Oxnard, California. This is an in-office position, working a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.

Your primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Assistant Planner

• Reviewing and evaluating land use development proposals
• Performing plan review, issuing permits, and assisting developers, engineers, architects, and other customers at the planning counter
• Reviewing development projects for design, layout, parking, architecture, landscape and compliance with zoning code
• Writing planning staff reports for the Planning Commission hearings or City Council
• Performing entitlement/background research regarding developments
• Processing zoning clearances, home occupations, and temporary use permits
• Responding to public inquiries at the planning counter, via email or phone

Planner

• Reviewing and processing ministerial and discretionary entitlement applications
• Reviewing development projects for compliance with zoning ordinances, State regulations including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and land use policies
• Preparing and working with CEQA consultants in the preparation of minor environmental assessments on projects submitted for City approval
• Acting as project manager, coordinating and/or negotiating with other individuals, groups, divisions, departments, and agencies in the processing of development projects
• Preparing staff reports and making public presentations before appointed boards, commissions, committees, community groups, and the City Council
• Performing plan reviews, issuing permits, and assisting developers, engineers, architects, and other customers at the planning counter. Respond to public inquiries at the planning counter, via email or phone
• Processing zoning clearances, home occupations, and temporary use permits

Planning Supervisor

• Preparing staff reports and making oral presentations to City Council, boards, commissions, and neighborhood groups
• Monitoring compliance of projects with environmental review law, and identifying potential external environmental impact issues
• Conferring with developers, architects, engineers, attorneys, and contractors on development plans and designs regarding processing requirements, procedures, policies, and standards for land use
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• Participating with various boards, commissions, and committees, and preparing related agendas, reports, and minutes as needed
• Supervising the preparation of Planning Commission packets and agendas
• Overseeing the filing of development applications and research and draft revisions and amendments to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Ordinance
• Conferring with personnel from other city departments and agencies in facilitating various projects
• Assisting in the development of procedures to streamline and clarify application processing

About You

Candidates for all roles would require the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Urban or Regional Planning, Economics, Architecture, or Landscape Architecture
• Strong ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English to effectively communicate with fellow employees, customers, and vendors
• Ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders in various levels and interest groups
• Valid California Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record

To qualify for the Planner opportunity, you must have 2+ years of planning experience. 

To qualify for the Planning Supervisor opportunity, you must have 5+ years of Associate Planner experience.

About the Benefits

As recognition for all your hard work and determination, you can look forward to the following annual salary:

• Assistant Planner - $64,199.62 - $99,456.66
• Planner - $71,123.73 - $106,685.70
• Planning Supervisor - $70,931.95 - $135,644.50

Assistant Planners and Planners will also receive the following generous benefits:

• 9/80 schedule - every other Friday off  
• CalPERS Retirement – “Classic” members: 2% at 55 and “New” members: 2% at 62. Employees pay a portion of their annual earnings toward their retirement. The City does not participate in Social Security
• 1% contribution to deferred compensation program
• Educational incentive pay based on degree - 2.5% to 3%
• Generous health and dental coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• Vacation leave accrued at a rate of 4.39 to 8.08 hours per pay period based on years of service
• Sick leave accrued at a rate of 3.70 hours per pay period
• Tuition reimbursement
• 12 paid holidays off per year

The Planner Supervisor will also receive the following generous benefits:

• 9/80 schedule - every other Friday off  
• CalPERS Retirement – “Classic” members: 2% at 55 and “New” members: 2% at 62. Employees pay a portion of their annual earnings toward their retirement. The City does not participate in Social Security
• 1% contribution to the deferred compensation program
• Generous Extended health and dental coverage
• Life and AD&D insurance coverage
• Vacation leave accrued at a rate of 6.24 to 11.78 hours per pay period based on years of service
• 40 hours of Administrative leave of per fiscal year
• Tuition reimbursement
• 12 paid holidays off per year

If you share our values and have the skills necessary to bring success to the role, then we invite you to apply today!