The City of Virginia Beach Department of Planning & Community Development is recruiting a Planning Evaluation Coordinator to oversee and manage the Department’s Current Planning team responsible for facilitating the discretionary application processes requiring Planning Commission and City Council action. Suitable candidates will be required to coordinate and manage all associated Commission and Council activities and supervise Staff involved in the preparation of the monthly applications. Applicant must have the ability to explain and implement the City of Virginia Beach’s Ordinances, land use development requirements, and the City Council’s vision contained in adopted long-range plans in a customer friendly, professional, and logical manner.Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:· Provide recommendations and comments to the Planning Administrator, Deputy Director, Planning Director, and other city agencies, City Council, City boards and commissions, and the public on a variety of planning related subjects as appropriate.· Responsible for the coordination of, supervision of staff involved in, and preparation of the monthly Planning Commission Agendas for discretionary applications including rezonings, conditional rezonings, conditional use permits, subdivision variances, street closures, floodplain variances, and ordinance amendments; present staff recommendations on agenda applications to the Commission during monthly meetings; coordinate and attend all applicable public hearings, workshops, site visits, and special meetings; and in the absence of the Planning Administrator, take his or her place at the public hearings.· Prepare City Council Agenda Request Forms transmitting Commission recommendations for City Council consideration and action; assist the Planning Administrator in communicating Commission recommendations during City Council hearings and communicate those recommendations in the absence of the Administrator; and coordinate revision of the City’s Official Maps to reflect actions taken by the City Council and/or Boards and Commissions and maintenance of the historical record of those changes.· Coordinate and supervise professional and technical staff responsible for site plan review for zoning compliance; and review applications submitted for public hearing with regard to compliance with various City ordinances, policies, and adopted plans.· Coordinate the compilation of comments received from reviewing City agencies.· Research information for Boards and Commissions and City Council agenda as required.· Provide information and support regarding development review process to the public and other City staff as required.· Prepare reports and studies on development review related topics as needed.· Represent the City and Planning Department on special projects as directed.· Meet with developers, investors, attorneys, and corporate executives and advises each on how to reach their development objectives within the bounds of City ordinances and policies.· Serve on various City committees as a representative of the Department.· Coordinate policy development and problem solving among various City departments and agencies.· Assist Planning Administrator as requested in the coordination of all aspects of the Current Planning Division and serves as Division Coordinator in the absence of the Planning Administrator.· Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on then current workloads and department needs.