STV

Senior Planner – Strategic Advisor, Public + Private Infrastructure and Development

STV

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Jacksonville • Florida • South Carolina • United States

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Salary

💰 $105,794 - $120,908 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Facilitate workshops and charrette meetings, capturing decisions, themes, and action items.
  • Lead the development of collateral to align staff and the consultant team on goals, context, and constraints, including graphic standards to ensure quality and consistency across outputs.
  • Guide teams from inputs to multiple design alternatives/concepts and facilitate refinement toward a preferred direction.
  • Convert workshop/charrette outputs into compelling, client-ready deliverables.
  • Apply facilitative leadership skills to create productive, inclusive discussions—especially where perspectives conflict or priorities compete.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and partners—helping them frame the right questions, assess tradeoffs, and make informed decisions.
  • Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (planning, engineering, urban design, environmental, PM/CM) to connect strategy to implementable solutions.
  • Lead policy or project initiatives from inception, inclusive of preparing a policy or project definition, vision, goals and plan.
  • Guide a preferred plan into project development while managing or supporting teams.
  • Collaborate within the firm to identify and advance cross-selling opportunities.
  • Develop and sustain client relationships.
  • Demonstrate thought leadership and firm excellence through industry events, publications and advisor activities as a subject matter expert.
  • Diversify into markets that align with the business strategy of the firm.
  • Support the professional development of staff.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Urban/Regional Planning, Community Development, Public Policy, Civil Engineering (planning focus), Architecture/Urban Design, or related field.
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in planning, community development, infrastructure advisory, or related consulting/client environments.
  • Demonstrated experience leading or co-leading charrettes and/or high-intensity public workshops with senior stakeholders.
  • Strong facilitation capability—able to guide groups through brainstorming, alternative development, and decision-making.
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills; comfort translating complex inputs into crisp, executive-ready narratives and plans.
  • AICP (or ability to obtain within a defined period) preferred.
  • Master’s degree in Urban/Regional Planning, Community Development, Public Policy, Civil Engineering (planning focus), Architecture/Urban Design, or related field preferred.
  • Experience developing plans and related briefing materials/standards that improve quality and consistency across multi-contributor deliverables preferred.
  • Background working with both public agencies and private sector partners on place-based development and infrastructure outcomes preferred.
  • Experience across multiple geographies and markets; willingness to frequently travel preferred.
Benefits
  • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
  • Disability insurance
  • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Retirement Counseling
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
  • Paid Holidays (9 days)
  • Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
  • Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
  • Continuing Education Program
  • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
urban planningcommunity developmentpublic policycivil engineeringarchitecturefacilitationproject developmentbriefing materialscharrettesinfrastructure advisory
Soft Skills
facilitative leadershipcommunicationcollaborationclient relationship managementthought leadershipwritingpresentationdecision-makingproblem-solvingteam management
Certifications
AICPMaster's degree in Urban/Regional PlanningMaster's degree in Community DevelopmentMaster's degree in Public PolicyMaster's degree in Civil EngineeringMaster's degree in ArchitectureMaster's degree in Urban Design