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Not a huge list this week, but some cool jobs to be found:
1) Technical Services Specialist – Chester County Planning Commission – West Chester, PA
2) Education and Community Development Manager – Esperanza – Philadelphia
3) Planner/Urban Designer – Group Melvin Design – Camden, NJ
4) Special Projects Manager – Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers – Philadelphia
5) Regional Equity Community Organizer – Building One Pennsylvania – Philadelphia
6) Commercial District Revitalization Manager – Cornerstone West CDC – Wilmington, DE
7) Community Assessment Intern – Lutheran Settlement House – Philadelphia
8) Interns – Larry Weaner Landscape Associates – Glenside, PA
Full descriptions after the jump!
We were having a few technical difficulties that kept us from posting for the last week. Sorry about that. But we’re back in business! All of your great post-APA conference posts coming soon. Thanks for hanging in there with us!
In recent years the term green infrastructure has become well known to planners. At the municipal and regional scales it refers to a network of natural areas, parks, greenways, and working lands that provides multiple benefits for people and ecosystems. At the local and site scales it refers to a stormwater management approach that mimics natural hydrologic processes. These two definitions come together in the City of Philadelphia’s ground-breaking green infrastructure program, which includes Green City, Clean Waters and two related planning initiatives, GreenPlan Philadelphia and Green 2015.
Seems the job listings are coming fast and furious now that spring is finally here:
1) Development Coordinator – Bartram’s Garden – Philadelphia
2) Benefits Budget Analyst – SEPTA – Philadelphia
3) Executive Director – Lehigh Valley Planning Commission – Allentown, PA
4) Development Associate – Congreso – Philadelphia
5) Get Healthy Philly Healthy Supermarkets Coordinator – Health Commissioner’s Office, Philadelphia Department of Public Health – Philadelphia
6) Project Analyst – Transportation Resource Associates – Philadelphia
7) Senior Project Architect, Facilities Engineering – SEPTA – Philadelphia
8) Program Analyst, Operating Budgets – SEPTA – Philadelphia
9) Development Associate – RPM – Montclair, NJ
10) Energy & Climate Change Intern – Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission – Philadelphia
11) Comprehensive Planner – Adams County Office of Planning and Development – Gettysburg, PA
12) Economic Development Specialist – Adams County Office of Planning and Development – Gettysburg, PA
13) Recovery and Resiliency Coordinators and Managers – Sustainable Jersey – Ewing, NJ
14) Associate – Fairmount Ventures, Inc. – Philadelphia
15) Communications Intern – Facilities and Real Estate Services, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia
Full descriptions, as always, are after the jump!
Lots of internships, as well as a few far-flung jobs to be found this week:
1) Preservation Compliance Coordinator – Chester County Department of Open Space Preservation – West Chester, PA
2) Interns – Next City – Philadelphia
3) Planner – Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority – Allentown, PA
4) Program Officer – The Fund for New Jersey – Princeton, NJ
5) Assistant Director of Coordination & Policy Research – Wharton Public Policy Initiative – Philadelphia
6) Director of Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance – Project H.O.M.E. – Philadelphia
7) Sustainability Intern (Graduate level) – University of Pennsylvania, Facilities and Real Estate Services – Philadelphia
8) Internship – Cairone & Kaupp – Philadelphia
9) Research Intern – The McDevitt Company – Philadelphia
10) Internship – Heritage Consulting Inc. – Philadelphia
Full descriptions after the jump!
The Nominating Committee of the APA-PA Southeast Section Council is pleased to propose the following slate of candidates to serve a two-year term from 2013-2015. However, there is still room for any other member who wants to be considered for a position on the Council.
Spring has sprung, and so have jobs!
1) Program Coordinator, Cultivating Communities Campaign – Health Promotion Council – Colmar, PA
2) Data Coordinator – Health Promotion Council – Philadelphia
3) Planner II – City of Wilmington, DE – Wilmington, DE
4) Parks & Recreation Community Organizer – Office of the Deputy Mayor Environmental & Community Resources/Parks & Recreation Commissioner – Philadelphia
5) GIS Specialist – Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission – Philadelphia
6) Director of Market Analysis and Research – Michael Salove Company – Philadelphia
7) Analyst, Policy and Resource Innovation – Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation – Philadelphia
8) Deputy Director – Philadelphia LISC – Philadelphia
9) Executive Director – Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Inc. – Philadelphia
10) PA Watershed Restoration Manager – Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Harrisburg, PA
11) Performance Management Analyst – Health Commissioner’s Office – Philadelphia
12) Water Resources Design Professional – AKRF – Mt. Laurel, NJ
13) Project Manager, Data Services – Azavea – Philadelphia
Full descriptions after the jump!
The Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Commission (PaRC) is inviting public input on a proposal by the National Audubon Society, an international non-profit conservation organization, and Outward Bound Philadelphia, an affiliate of the national Outward Bound organization, to build an educational center for conservation and leadership development on the banks of the East Park Reservoir next to the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The Audubon/Outward Bound partnership is proposing to develop the 37 acres surrounding a man-made lake that was once part of Philadelphia’s water supply system. The elevated site, which runs along 33rd street in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, is closed to the public and largely hidden from view by chain link fencing and dense vegetation. Outward Bound Philadelphia is plans to use the new facility as its headquarters, while Audubon expects to establish a hub for research and science-based conservation projects and programs in the Philadelphia region. The facility will be known as the East Park Leadership and Conservation Center. Many entities have voiced their support for the proposal.
In compliance with the Open Lands Protection Ordinance, PaRC is conducting a review of the proposal with opportunity for the public to comment. View the Alternatives Analysis on the Parks and Recreation Department Web page; the link to the full PDF is posted in Announcements. To read and post online comments, Click Here. Those wishing to submit written comments may send them to PaRC via email at: parksandreccommiss@phila.gov . A public hearing on the Audubon/Outward Bound proposal is scheduled for the February 27, 2013 meeting of the Commission to be held at 6:00 p.m. at Mander Recreation Center, 2140 N. 33rd Street.
Last month we asked you to vote on a bylaw change clarifying our voting procedures. Voting is now closed and that bylaw change passed. With that behind us, it’s time to elect our 2013-2015 Section Council!
This spring the Southeast Section of APA-PA will hold its biennial election for the 2013-2015 term. The Council is responsible for a variety of functions including carrying out training programs, mentoring planning students, holding social events including the annual fall event, and disseminating planning information to our members via the internet throughout the year. Council members participate on various committees, including Program, Education & Scholarship, Student Mentoring, and the Professional Development Institute that sponsors AICP-credit quality events.
