Job Details

Salary: $23.91 - $30.00 Hourly
Location : Durham, NC
Job Type: PT w/o benefits (Less than 20 hours per wk)
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 26-05811
Department: Planning & Development
Opening Date: 02/03/2026
Closing Date: 2/8/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Position Description
Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $23.91 - $30.00/hr
Workdays/Hours: Monday - Friday / 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham's growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast- paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today's land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges. If you're talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!

This position is devoted to professional urban planning services for the City and/or regional organizations including land use planning, development review, parks and open space planning, and historic preservation. Position provides technical support to the Planning Department by collecting, organizing, tracking, and disseminating information, and answering inquiries related to development applications and project status.

Responsibilities may include assisting customers; collecting and maintaining information; reviewing applications for accuracy and completeness; providing information and responding to inquiries from developers and citizens; assisting with tracking development projects; and assisting with the preparation of reports and publications.
Duties/Responsibilities

• This position will help with a wide variety of organizing, sorting, retention and disposition of existing Planning records.
• Research all parcels that have proffers associated with them, conditions in the Land Development Office, and ensure that information is up-to-date before our Department moves to the Clarity system.
• Put together a guide for agenda items, and other planning topics, organize digital records.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Associate's degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Construction or related field.
• Two years of professional Planning experience.

01

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
• Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Monster.com
• Indeed.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Other

02

If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04

How many years of professional Planning experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience
• 2 years but less than 6 years of related experience
• 6 or more years of related experience

05

Do you have experience working with the Land Development Office (LDO) software?

• Yes
• No

06

Do you have experience with reviewing, sorting and organizing Planning records?

• Yes
• No

07

Do you have experience tracking zoning commitments and proffers?

• Yes
• No

Required Question