Knowledge of:* State laws, guidelines, and local ordinances necessary to supervise Parks and Recreation Department's Planning Unit or one or more of the major functional planning units in the Planning and Development Department, such as the County's General Plan revision, maintenance and implementation; environmental protection regulations such as California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) or National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and land use ordinances;* Goals, trends, concepts, principles, techniques and legal aspects of community and regional planning, environmental evaluation, parks and recreation, and zoning administration;* Implications of physical, economic, aesthetic and social factors involved in community and regional planning;* Governmental organizations and operations and community interrelationships;* Principles of program and personnel management and training;* Advanced research, statistics, and math applicable to planning and property development;* Common computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, database management, internet, econometric or transportation modeling and geographic information systems. Ability to:* Manage and administer effectively the activities of a functional planning unit including program development;* Select, supervise, train and evaluate professional, technical and clerical staff;* Organize and conduct planning research and environmental studies;* Understand and relate to others the aims, concepts, and principles of community, parks and regional planning;* Administer ordinances and laws related to planning projects or requests from the public;* Build relationships, work respectfully, tactfully and creatively with the public, boards, commissions, other planning agencies and staff;* Manage multiple projects and issues effectively and meet firm deadlines;* Facilitate large meetings and community workshops.