JOB TITLE: Urban Planner
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct on-site investigations to determine factors affecting community development and potential decline including land usage.
- Account for traffic growth and manage solutions for common transportation needs.
- Oversee project development and help in providing affordable housing.
- Plan and design townships and cities promoting healthy and active lifestyles.
- Meet with public officials, developers, and the public regarding development plans and land use.
- Gather and analyze economic and environmental studies, censuses, and market research data.
- Conduct field investigations to analyze factors affecting land use.
- Review site plans submitted by developers.
- Assess the feasibility of proposals and identify needed changes.
- Recommend whether proposals should be approved or denied.
- Present projects to planning officials and planning commissions.
- Stay current on zoning or building codes, environmental regulations, and other legal issues.
Job Requirements
- Master’s Degree and Professional Certificate in Planning or related field.
- Must have at least 5 years working experience post Nysc.
- Ability to analyze demographic data and identify trends in employment, health and other areas.
- Experience working in various database software programs including Microsoft Suite.
- Exceptional communication skills used when meeting with officials and presenting new plans.
- Detailed understanding of federal and local government programs and processes.
- Experience utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) software.
- Ability to conceptualize large-scale plans and established required milestones to complete projects.
- Professional work experience using a combination of creative and technical concepts in problem-solving.
- Full-scale understanding of the social and environmental effects of proposed plans and the best practices in design aesthetics.
- Must reside on the Island or its environs.
Salary
Negotiable
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Deadline: February 7, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Consulting / Business Strategy/ Planning |