With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver (CCD) means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer 

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The target starting salary range for this position is $85,000-103,797/year, based on education and experience. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to:

• Four (4) Medical Plans, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)
• 457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)
• PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays
• Yearly Merit Increase
• STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance
• CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program
• Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources
• EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)

Location 

This position is located at the Wellington Webb Building, located at 201 W Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202.

Hybrid: at least 3 days per week in office.

The Development Services Division of the Community Planning and Development Department administers Denver’s building, fire and zoning codes through review, permitting, and inspection of all new development projects in Denver. Through each of these critical roles, Development Services helps to implement the city’s vision for an outstanding Denver.

CPD is seeking a Senior Development Project Administrator for work in our Catalytic Projects Team within the Development Services Project Coordination work group.

The successful candidate will direct and manage the coordinated review process for major development projects, including the complex coordination of large, multi-phased, neighborhood scale projects as part of the Large Development Review process.  This position provides a single point of contact (from project inception to completion) that ensures that the entire review and approval process is timely, well-coordinated, efficient and predictable with the focus on successful project outcomes.   

As the Senior Development Project Administrator, you will meet with stakeholders early in the conceptual stages of the development process to provide critical information about milestones, identify critical path topics, and to provide guidance to achieve successful outcomes.  You will be responsible for managing the project, providing project updates, resolving conflicts between policies, and documenting the progress of a project through the review and approval process. You will also coordinate the administration of codes and regulations across internal city departments and agencies as well as external entities, such as, Denver Water and Xcel Energy. You are not expected to be an expeditor, but rather project management liaisons leading and managing the review process with an emphasis on achieving successful outcomes.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing large scale and multi-phased developments through infrastructure planning, site planning, and subdivision phases
• Coordinating with City Agencies and Departments to ensure implementation of city plans, regulations and policies through the review process, including assisting with development of zoning code amendments, Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, open space and parks plans, infrastructure design, Development Agreements, and capital improvement review
• Participating-in and occasionally leading Community Information Meetings
• Providing Urban Design review and guidance for projects within Design Review Districts
• Managing the review responsibilities across a wide variety of assigned projects within the Development Project Management team
• Facilitating the coordinated review process across agencies resulting in conflict resolution and final project approvals
• Applying relevant codes, focused on successful place-making, to create well-designed outcomes through review of development plan proposals
• Reviewing development permit applications for completeness, accuracy, conformance to applicable regulations and coordination/distribution of applications for review by appropriate section/agencies within established timeframes
• Balancing multiple projects of different scopes and scales, ability to work closely with other city departments/agencies and external agencies to manage customer expectations
• Documenting decisions, outcomes, and approvals of development project proposals

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:​

• Three to five years of direct experience reviewing a variety of site plan submittals for compliance with zoning codes, design standards and design principles
• At least five years of reviewing development projects, managing projects and/or designing projects
• Strong analytic capabilities, experience in development review and development codes
• Knowledge and understanding of site planning, engineering, architectural and development principles, practices and procedures; Experience with professional city planning and regional planning
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills; Ability to communicate effectively – verbally and in writing
• Efficiently demonstrates excellent time/work management skills; Works well under pressure and maintain a positive outlook
• Problem solver that can envision various outcomes and plan accordingly to mitigate risky outcomes
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized; Self-motivated and motivated to help others
• Ability to work as part of a team to support both internal and external customers; Dependable and can maintain confidentiality

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in City or Regional Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Construction Management, Public Administration, Business, or a related field
• Experience: Five (5) years of professional experience reviewing development projects, rezoning, or amendment requests
• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education
• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements

Application Deadline

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

• Cover Letter

Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday, April 15th, at 11:59pm to ensure consideration.