PLANNING AND LAND USE DEPUTY-CD 1

Council

Exempt | Location: Civic Center

Annual Salary

$67,525.92 - $77,318.64

contact information

Office Manager
Councilmember.Hernandez@lacity.org

job description

The Office of Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez is seeking a thoughtful, hard-working, and compassionate team member to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment as a Planning and Land Use Deputy. The Planning and Land Use Deputy will handle a portfolio of entitlement casework, policy work and manage a variety of community planning and improvement projects. Working alongside the Planning Director, the Planning Deputy will assist in the ideation and implementation of land-use policy positions centered in undoing the impact of racial and economic disparities created by redlining, exclusionary zoning and systemic disinvestment in Council District 1 communities. Some evening and weekend work will be required. The ideal candidate should demonstrate a commitment to racial and economic justice, possess strong knowledge and experience navigating the City of Los Angeles’ planning and entitlement process; excellent organizational, communication and community-relations skills; the experience and sensitivity needed to work effectively with multiple-publics; and an ability to work well as a member of a team in a fast-paced, political environment.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, please provide a cover letter, resume, and writing sample when completing our online application at bit.ly/CouncilDistrict1Jobs.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

For candidates seeking initial City employment, in accordance with Los Angeles City Ordinance 187134, information regarding COVID-19 vaccination requirements as conditions of employment may be found at: https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2021/21-0921_ord_187134_8-24-21.pdf.

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