About Our Job
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. Click here to find out about all the amazing benefits and reasons to work for CCD!

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.

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees’ physical work location is based upon the position’s job duties and requirements, customer service and responsiveness, team and individual performance, and business needs and requirements. Our current practice requires in-office work for all employees for a minimum of three days per week. Business needs and initial onboarding may require additional days in the office.

Please note: Downtown parking expenses are the responsibility of the employee. We offer a flexible spending account option specifically for parking; if you elect this option, you can use pre tax dollars for parking. We also offer an RTD ‘eco pass’ to all City employees– allowing the use of public transportation for free as a City Employee.

What You’ll Do

BUILDING COMMUNITY: Denver Community Planning and Development (CPD) is responsible for visionary city planning and ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building. CPD regulates planning, zoning, development and maintenance of private property in Denver. We’re working hard to make Denver a great place to live, work and play! Visit DenverGov.org/CPD.

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 Monday, May 5th, at 11:59pm to ensure consideration.