Project Manager Urban Planning with a Focus on Spatial Planning

About the job

Are you ready to help shape the future of the city of Schaffhausen?

Then support us in making our city even more livable through quality and sustainable development. Are you looking for responsibility, variety, and a meaningful task? Then you are exactly right with us. Under the guiding principle of our current legislative period "Ambitiously shaping our city - together for today and tomorrow," the city of Schaffhausen is implementing numerous projects and supporting private construction projects. As a project manager, you actively shape the ongoing revision of the land use plan as well as various special land use plans, thereby making an important contribution to the spatial development of the city. Sounds exciting and like your future task? Then we look forward to your application.



Start date: 01.01.2027 or by arrangement

Project Manager Urban Planning with a Focus on Spatial Planning

In this exciting job

• you take on project management and work on the ongoing partial revision of the land use plan.
• you develop and work on the basis for the value-added levy.
• you accompany land use and special land use plans.
• you develop spatially relevant decision-making bases and design concepts for the use of public space.
• you develop and coordinate bases and concepts in collaboration with specialist departments of the city and canton.
• you represent your projects before expert committees and political committees as well as at information events.

You will be successful here

• with your recognised university degree (Bachelor or Master) in spatial planning, urban design, or architecture.
• with training and sound knowledge in spatial planning.
• with experience in leading and working on partial revisions in land use planning.
• with good knowledge of Swiss planning instruments.
• with practical experience in various areas of spatial planning.
• if you enjoy operating in the interface between administration and politics.
• because you want to further develop your expertise through professional training or a CAS.
• with your expertise in project management, as project leader, in spatial planning topics.
• because you have a confident manner, can negotiate and communicate in a mediating and solution-oriented way.
• with a structured, independent, and prioritising way of working.
• with a proactive, solution-oriented, and visionary attitude.

Questions or concerns? Very gladly! We look forward to hearing from you

For all professional questions:

Sandra Bänninger
Head of Urban Planning Department

+41 52 632 53 81

Further information about this position can be found here.

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