The St. Louis County Department of Planning is looking for a dedicated Long-Range Planning Manager to join our team of passionate, talented, and creative Planners who want to make a difference and see their work efforts result in tangible outcomes. The Department of Planning serves a wide and varied geography and is the local planning office for the more than 315,000 residents of unincorporated St. Louis County. With the Department office located at the County Administration Building in downtown Clayton, Missouri, you are steps away from the Metrolink Blue Line and various Metrobus options, coffee shops, restaurants, Shaw Park, and the Centennial Greenway. The Department benefits from having multiple Planners on staff, all at various points in their careers, who are ready to support the work of the Long Range Planning Manager.

As the Long-Range Planning Manager, you will have a portfolio of work covering all long-range and comprehensive planning tasks, including neighborhood planning, annexations, and community building work. The Department is undertaking a new comprehensive planning process, information about which can be found at www.stlouiscounty2050.com. Additionally, the Department has been appropriated the funding needed to complete a small area study of the Spanish Lake area, including around the new Wildcare Park. These projects, and their future implementation, require a strong leader with vision and fortitude.

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent writing and analysis skills, will be comfortable talking to a wide variety of stakeholders, and will be capable of explaining complex ideas to community members. The Long-Range Planning Manager will be expected to manage all work output of their Division, under the supervision of the Deputy Director or Director. The Long-Range Planning Manager will also have multiple direct reports, including a Planning Supervisor for Neighborhood Planning and one Planner. No workday will ever be the exact same and the chosen candidate will have an opportunity to use their passion for the betterment of our communities.