City of Bellevue

Come Join the City of Bellevue!

Please fill out your application as fully as possible. The City evaluates candidates based on the information provided in the online application only. Do not submit resumes and cover letters. Read the "Hiring Process" section below to learn more.

New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Job Summary

The City of Bellevue, Washington is a tech-centric, vibrant, and diverse metropolitan city within the Puget Sound Region. The city’s planning team is looking for creative graduate students to apply and develop their skills in long range planning and urban design. This position requires the candidate to have a curious mind, an open, mature, and an inclusive view of prevailing social issues and a foundation in long range planning and technical skills. The ideal candidate will have skills in community outreach, writing for public policy, and GIS mapping or other visualization skills. Experience in urban design is also desired.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In this role, the intern will primarily work on the update to the Neighborhood Area Plans (Factoria and Eastgate), assisting the Neighborhood Area Planning team with:

• Outreach, public meetings and communicating with community members;
• Processing and analyzing data from engagement events;
• Preparing drafts of memos, presentations or other written or visual materials;
• Revising and developing new policies for the update to the plan;
• Revising the narrative portions of the plans;
• Analyzing and describing community conditions in an existing conditions report;
• Creating maps, diagrams, illustrations or other visual materials.

In addition, the intern will be part of the larger Community Development Department and expected to do the following things:

• Attend team, division and department meetings consistent with the intern’s schedule;
• Actively participate in meetings including taking notes, presenting and contributing to discussions;
• Provide first-stop customer service to community members contacting the city about long-range planning issues;
• Provide support for other planning projects and initiatives, as time permits

Interns will have the opportunity to meet regularly with a mutually chosen mentor at the City to discuss big picture city, career and other issues the intern would benefit from. City staff will support the intern in developing a professional project if that is an academic route chosen.

Bellevue’s ethos and general work environment supports shared and public oriented values, the opportunity to develop new skills, plus a family friendly, inclusive, and diverse workplace. The position offers the intern the chance to be part of the City of Bellevue’s core values of excellent public service, stewardship, commitment to employees, integrity and innovation.

Qualifications

Technical Skills and Professional Experience

The city is looking for a mix of the following technical skills and experience:

• Understanding of long-range urban planning principles;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, community groups, and the public;
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing;
• Communicate effectively with peers, community members and other stakeholders;
• Experience using GIS for data display and analysis is preferred;
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, and other graphic software skills is preferred;
• Experience in urban design, including hand-sketching and site analysis, and experience with Sketch Up, Arc GIS Urban, and other urban design software is preferred;
• Fluency in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, or other languages is a plus.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Graduate student currently enrolled in a degree-granting graduate program studying Urban Planning, Public Policy, Landscape Architecture, Architecture or related field
• Interest in long-range planning, urban design and local area planning.
• Prior experience in an urban planning-related position a plus.

Supplemental Information

Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work involves walking, talking, hearing, using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry objects up to 40 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet.

Flexible/Hybrid Working: A hybrid work schedule is available for this position. Remote work for this position is subject to the department's operational needs and class schedule and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process. Full-time remote work is not an available option. Once hired, employees must reside in the State of Washington and within reasonable commuting distance to Bellevue City Hall.

HIRING PROCESS

The City evaluates candidates based on the information provided in the online application only. Do not submit resumes and cover letters. To evaluate all candidates fairly and equitably, the City will make all applicants anonymous when we are screening the applications. We will redact information from our application such as your name, address, and other demographics. To help us, please complete the online application form as fully as possible.

• Answer the Supplemental Questions when requested which can be found on the Questions tab of the Job posting.
• We do not accept resumes and cover letters during the anonymous application screening stage, unless otherwise stated in the job description.
• Applicants advancing to the next stage may be required to provide a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and references.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• All candidates will be required to establish employment authorization and identity at the time of hire. The City is not able to sponsor work visas.
• All positions require the completion of references checks, including at least one prior supervisor.
• Some positions may require completion of a criminal background check prior to start employment
• Some positions may require obtaining a commercial driver's license (CDL), licensures, or additional certifications.

At the City of Bellevue, you'll be part of a team committed to providing exceptional customer service, upholding the public interest and advancing the community vision. The six essential and enduring principles that guide our individual actions, our interactions, and our decision making in the City of Bellevue organization is: Exceptional Public Service, Stewardship, Commitment to Employees, Integrity, Innovation, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. You'll work in an environment that is innovative, collaborative, future focused, and committed to excellence. Bellevue welcomes the world. Our diversity is our strength. We embrace the future while respecting our past. It's what makes the City of Bellevue an exciting place to work, live, and explore.

Have we piqued your interest yet? Come join our team! The City of Bellevue supports workplace diversity. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. Persons needing assistance with the application process may call the Human Resources Office, at 425-452-6838 or recruiting@bellevuewa.gov. If you are invited to participate in the selection process and need ADA accommodations, please notify HR before you are scheduled for an interview or testing.

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Seasonal, part-time, and variable employees have no benefits except for mandatory participation in the retirement plan assigned to the position, which will be the Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (MEBT II) retirement plan or the Washington State Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) retirement plan, and any other benefits as required by law.