Posting: November 19, 2025
Closing: Open Until Filled
Applications may be completed online at www.cityofbryant.com or picked up at the Human Resource Department at 210 S.W. 3rd Street, Bryant, AR 72022. A city application must be completed and submitted to be considered for this position.
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Salary
$74,373 - $92,966
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
Plan, direct, manage, and oversee the activities and operations of the Community Development Department, including all City planning, building safety, and code enforcement; coordinate assigned activities with other City departments and outside agencies; provide highly responsible and complex administrative support to the Mayor, City Council and Planning Commission.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Serves as Staff Advisor to the Planning Commission.
Plans, organizes, and manages the activities of the Planning and Development department.
Prepares and presents budget materials to the Finance Director, Mayor, and City Council.
Plans, manages, coordinates, supervises, and performs oversight of staff personnel assigned to Planning and Development subject to ordinances and policies approved by the City Council and/or Mayor.
Performs day to day employee supervision, and matters related to employee hiring, discipline, and termination.
Responsible for all budget activities, including the development of proposed budgets and ensuring compliance with budgets approved by the City Council, related to the Department.
Responsible for maintaining the policy makers understanding of the role of municipal infrastructure (i.e. water, wastewater, streets and storm sewers) in regard to the proper planning of neighborhoods and communities.
Analyze the effects of new legislation dealing with land use, planning, or environmental issues on City development plans, programs, and activities.
Makes detailed studies, presentations, and recommendations using graphs, illustrations, narratives, and statistical reports pertaining to community development functions and zoning, planning, and land use issues; collects data and analyzes data; reviews ordinances pertaining to Planning and Development; and makes presentations to the Planning Commission and City Council.
Oversees preparation of clear and concise reports for applications by homeowners and businesses regarding planning and zoning appeals; attends meetings of the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Serves as consultant and advisor to the Mayor and to assigned Committees and Commissions regarding planning, land use, zoning, building, permitting, and development issues.
Reviews City regulations and recommends changes, when needed.
Processes requests for annexation, island annexations, and ballot annexation proposals to the city.
Performs analyses of proposals, preparing and presenting reports regarding annexations to the Planning Commission.
Maintains effective working relationships with developers, contractors, landowners, and attorneys; provides guidance pertaining to planning and development processes, zoning ordinances, and related laws and requirements.
Responsible for planning, training, and assigning jobs for subordinate employees to include interns for
planning, training and assigning jobs for subordinate employees
Provides leadership as a member and chair of the Development Review Committee.
Assists the Mayor in analyzing and creating plans for long-term and short-term infrastructure development, including parks, trails, streets, water and sewer, storm drainage, parking, and other public facilities.
Serves as the first contact with developers and land-owners wishing to do business in the city in a manner that presents a professional and knowledgeable atmosphere in city government.
Serves as Bryant Decennial Census Coordinator Direct and oversees the preparation and administration of various grants from the State and Federal government.
Assigns directs and participates in research and presentation of studies of land use, demographic, economic, and development characteristics of areas within the City planning boundaries.
Responsible for management and enforcement of policies, procedures, and recommendations for the
Bryant Planning Commission concerning matters before them.
Performs oversight of all matters regarding building, permitting, code enforcement, planning, commercial properties, planning, zoning, and community development administration and/or similar activities.
Performs oversight of capital improvement projects initiated by other departments within the City of Bryant as directed by the Mayor, including but not limited to, supervision of professional service providers, general project review.
Leads selection committee for professional consulting firms relative to projects undertaken by the Department.
Oversees direct responsibility for bid documents, the custodian of said documents, and all bid processes (i.e. including pre-bid and post-bid activities) as they pertain to projects undertaken by the Planning and Development department.
Reviews status reports prepared by the project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required and provide said reports to the Mayor and City Council as required.
Coordinates project activities with activities of government regulatory or other governmental agencies.
Develops, directs, and participates in planning projects within the City planning boundaries that include area-wide comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans, parks and recreational plans, trail plans, etc.
Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Graduate degree (M.B.A., M.A., etc), plus 9 to 10 years related experience and/or training, and 5 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format; ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal, logical or scientific symbolism such as formulas, scientific equations, and graphs. Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Special Requirements
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Valid Arkansas Drivers License or a valid driver's license recognized by the State of Arkansas. AICP Certification.
PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Masters degree in Planning, Geography, Public Administration, or related field.
SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED
Intermediate: Presentation/PowerPoint, Spreadsheet, Word Processing/Typing
Basic: 10-Key, Accounting, Alphanumeric Data Entry, Contact Management, Database
Miscellaneous Information
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS
Supervises the following departments: Planning Department
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Supervises a moderate size group (8-15) of employees engaged in important, complex operations, consisting of employees in different classifications who perform a wide variety of duties.
PLANNING
Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the organization and delegation of work operations for a group of employees engaged in widely diversified activities.
DECISION MAKING
Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance which would have considerable effect on the final attainment of multiple major activities and the organization's projects of a large organization component and organization's clientele.
MENTAL DEMAND
Comprehensive and very intense mental demand. Comprehensive and continual involvement with multiple divisions, departments and/or organizations. Strategic and operational management functions which relate to both the short-term and long-term time periods.
ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING
General oversight. Activities covered by general organizational philosophy and objectives. Solving problems in novel, non-recurring or swiftly changing situations in which the approach is not fully defined. Guidance by top executive officer or business owner.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Extensive contacts with various diversified sectors of the public environment; wherein, the contacts are of major importance and failure to exercise proper judgment can lead to substantial losses to the organization.