This is NewUrbanDesigner’s job resource center. You will find some recent job opening as well as several tools that can help you find the right urban design or urban planning job for you. There are many tools out there to find the right urban job in your area, but with these times it is helpful to use some helpful websites that narrow down the opening and the position that best fits you.

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• TDOT Director of Long Range Planning at Tennessee ... :
  Fri, 22 May 2020 17:08:34 +0000
  

  Overview

  The mission of the TDOT Long Range Planning Division is to play an active role in planning transportation strategies that improve safety, increase mobility, and encourage economic development in Tennessee.

  Responsibilities

• Permit Technician at Fairbanks North Star Borough ... :
  Thu, 21 May 2020 21:26:41 +0000
  

  STATUS: Regular Full Time

  SALARY: 6A

  FLSA: Non-Exempt

  PCN: CP0311

  UNION STATUS: 01 APEA

  REPORTS TO: Community Planning Deputy Director

  POSITIONS SUPERVISED: None

  CLOSES: June 4, 2020 9:00 pm AK

  BASIC FUNCTION:

• Master Planner at The Maryland-National Capital Pa... :
  Thu, 21 May 2020 18:54:59 +0000
  

  Master Planner (#14842, Grade 30)

  Location : Prince George's County, MD

  Job Type: Career Full-Time

  Department: PRINCE GEORGE'S PLANNING

  Job Number: 14842

  Closing: 6/30/2020 11:59 PM Eastern

• Coastal Planner at Oregon Cascades West Council of... :
  Wed, 20 May 2020 22:11:22 +0000
  

  Title: Coastal Planner - Limited Duration End Date 06/30/2022 (40 hours a week)
  Position Classification:  CED Planner 1
  Department: Community and Economic Development
  Reports to: Community and Economic Development Director
  Location: Toledo Office

  SUMMARY OF POSITION

  This position is a full time limited duration appointment not to go beyond 6/30/2022.  This position is open until filled.  We will be looking at applications starting June 15, 2020. 

• Transportation Analyst at Northeast Corridor Commi... :
  Wed, 20 May 2020 14:55:55 +0000
  

  The Northeast Corridor Commission is seeking a highly motivated candidate to join its hard-working and enthusiastic staff. The Commission was established by Congress in the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 to coordinate the agencies that share the region’s core rail network. This position is intended to support a variety of Commission initiatives, giving the successful candidate broad exposure to many technical areas.

Job Resources and Links

http://www.planetizen.com/jobs
What I have found to be one of the best job boards out there that is specific to urban design/planning.

http://www.planning.org/jobs/search/
American Planning Association website: Only planning jobs but you must create an account to view all of the jobs.

http://www.acsp.org/job_bank/faculty_positions
Entirely faculty positions for postsecondary education in planning.

http://planningjobs.berkeley.edu/view/all/
Job board with a lot of planning and development jobs in California

http://www.geographyjobs.com/Urban_Planning_Jobs.html
Geography jobs filtered to just show urban design – I think it does better than the other websites like Monster and Simplyhired, but doesn’t have as many postings.

http://www.urbanplannerjobs.com
One of the most extensive job boards exclusive for planning.

http://histpres.com/tag/urban-planning
Urban planning jobs that have a focus on historical preservation. I find this to be a good website for job searching if you are a young professional or looking for an entry level position.

http://www.urs-jobs.com/key/entry-level-urban-design-jobs.html
Many jobs in the construction and engineering fields and some in planning as well.

http://www.cyburbia.org/buzz/planning_jobs
A pretty good search engine that takes from other jobs boards and makes a list specializing in planning jobs.

http://www.ilapa.org/jobpost.html
Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association job board.

http://jobs.planningresource.co.uk/
A great list of Planning jobs only in the United Kingdom

http://www.jobisjob.com/urban+design/jobs
Job board that is filtered to show just urban design jobs. Has some good posts but you have to siphon through some unrelated posts as well.

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-urban+designer
Job board that is filtered to show just urban design jobs. Has some good posts but you have to siphon through some unrelated posts as well.

http://www.indeed.com/q-Urban-Designer-jobs.html
Job board that is filtered to show just urban design jobs. Has some good posts but you have to siphon through some unrelated posts as well.

http://www.cnu.org/resources/jobs-rfps
Congress for New Urbanism job board – good for people looking for urban design jobs or jobs where environmental design is important.