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The Town of Erie invites you to join our award-winning Parks & Recreation department as our Senior Parks Planner. Come be a part of one of Colorado’s Top Workplaces for 2024 and help contribute to the vision for our growing community!
The Town of Erie currently maintains 13 parks and over 1,150 acres of Open Space, but that’s sure to change with our flourishing development. We are looking for someone who can be collaborative, flexible and able to effectively manage communication between our partner departments and other stakeholders.
As the Senior Parks Planner, you will:
- Perform development landscape and irrigation review on behalf of the Parks & Recreation Department
- Support the design and construction of Town-maintained landscape areas and capital projects
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, standards, plans and specifications related to parks and landscape projects/improvements.
All staff are expected to adhere to the Town’s mission, vision, and values of PRIDE.
PAY RANGE:
Hiring Range: $79,797/annually – $95,757/annually
Full Range: $79,797/annually – $111,716/annually
ANTICIPATED WORK SCHEDULE:
Full-time (Monday-Friday shifts) 40 hours per week with some nights and weekends as needed.
- This position is eligible to work remotely one-two days per week dependent upon successful completion of the probationary period and supervisor approval. Schedule may vary depending on specific needs.
Town of Erie Benefits:
Coverage of these benefits begin the 1st of the month following date of hire for benefited employees regularly working an average of 30 hours per week. Each year you will have the option of changing your elections through open enrollment.
Designated full time employees are eligible for the following benefits:
- Robust Medical, Dental and Vision plans including spouse, domestic partner and family coverage options
- Supplemental Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Plans
- Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Employer paid Basic Life/AD&D
- Employer paid Short and Long Term Disability
- Diagnosis and infertility treatment options via Cigna plans
- Employer paid Employee Assistance Program
- Robust extended sick leave and family sick leave program
- Up to 48 hours of Colorado Sick Leave – 1 hour earned for every 30 hours worked in a pay period
- 3.5 Weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year (increases with years of service)
- 40 hours of pre-loaded Paid Time Off (PTO) to each new employee upon hire
- Fifteen (15) Paid Holidays
- Twenty-Four (24) Hours of Paid Volunteer Leave
- Up to 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave for bonding with a new child
- Option to sell back PTO after two years of continuous employment
- 457 Retirement Plan, with a 5% employer match and immediate 100% vesting in your deferral contributions AND employer contributions
- Education reimbursement up to $2,000 per year
- Individual free membership to the Erie Community Center and steep discounts on couple or family memberships.
- Half-off charging at town-owned EV charging stations
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Discount Program through Benefits Hub
- Eligible for discount Dell Computer program
- Onsite/virtual trainings for growth and development opportunities
We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)-qualified employer!
EEOC Statement:
The Town is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Applicants, employees and former employees are protected from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability and genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment or discrimination based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct, which has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating a severe, intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. This provision applies to all employees, including directors, supervisors, co-workers, and non-employees such as residents, members of all boards and task force groups, contractors, vendors, consultants, etc.