Spalding County has an opening for a Community Development Director. We offer a complete benefits package, including health, dental, vision, defined-benefits retirement plan, sick leave, vacation, compensatory time off, and more. The starting salary for the position is based on qualifications and experience.

Requires Bachelor’s Degree in planning (or a related field) from an accredited college or university and five years of supervisory/managerial experience in urban/regional planning and/or local government administration as directly related to urban service delivery; or a Master’s Degree in planning (or a related field) and three years of supervisory/managerial experience in urban/regional planning or local government administration as directly related to urban service delivery; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Assists the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners in developing and maintaining a comprehensive plan and unified development regulations.
• Supervises, hires, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, handles employee concerns and problems, directing work; and counsels employees as the need may arise.
• Enforces the Zoning Ordinance, including the County’s subdivision ordinance, receives developer’s preliminary plans and plats, and advises appropriate parties regarding the application review process.
• Coordinates the County’s land development application review process with all relevant County departments.
• Manages County’s comprehensive plan process and presents new plan proposals to the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners for approval. planning ordinances. Preserves goals on land use plan by designing zoning, subdivision, and other pertinent planning ordinances.

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It is the policy and practice of Spalding County to hire, train and promote, discipline, demote and terminate employees without discrimination because of race, religion, color, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, national origin, gender, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected classification, except where physical or mental ability, gender or age is a bona fide occupational qualification essential for job performance.