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Planner
UCI Series Concepts
Class Specifications - E.10
Principal Planner - 6966
Senior Planner - 6967
Associate Planner - 6968
Assistant Planner - 6969
March, 1973
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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 typically include responsibility for the supervision of
Associate or Assistant Planners and/or Associate or Assistant Landscape
Architects. 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.
Senior level assignments typically carry responsibility for the campus
planning function, where the volume and complexity of the function do not
require a subordinate staff and/or where the Campus Architect exercises
considerable personal direction over the planning function.
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.
Supervision over such positions is usually exercised by a Senior or Principal
Planner.
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.
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