Urban Planner | Regional Development Analyst

Role overview

Planning and analysis

• Develop urban planning strategies, regional development frameworks, land-use plans, spatial plans, and zoning recommendations.
• Analyze population distribution, demographic change, housing demand, urban expansion, economic indicators, employment trends, and development patterns.
• Evaluate proposed residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use developments against planning objectives and policies.
• Assess land suitability, infrastructure capacity, environmental constraints, accessibility, and future growth potential.
• Use GIS and spatial data to analyze land parcels, development corridors, transportation networks, and population patterns.
• Interpret maps, satellite imagery, cadastral information, planning documents, and demographic datasets.

Infrastructure, development, and sustainability

• Evaluate needs for roads, public transportation, utilities, drainage, healthcare, education, and public amenities.
• Identify opportunities for urban regeneration, brownfield redevelopment, transit-oriented development, and efficient land use.
• Conduct feasibility studies and preliminary assessments for urban and regional development projects.
• Assess social, economic, environmental, and spatial impacts of planning initiatives.
• Integrate climate resilience, green infrastructure, sustainability, and resource-efficient development into recommendations.
• Review planning regulations, zoning requirements, development control guidelines, legislation, and policy documents.

Engagement and reporting

• Coordinate with government departments, municipal authorities, consultants, developers, and community representatives.
• Organize stakeholder consultations, public engagement sessions, technical workshops, and planning review meetings; evaluate community feedback.
• Prepare demographic forecasts, land-use projections, development scenarios, regional growth models, and performance indicators.
• Prepare GIS maps, charts, dashboards, analytical presentations, reports, policy briefs, and recommendations.
• Review development applications, identify conflicts and planning constraints, and recommend responses to congestion, housing shortages, uneven growth, and infrastructure gaps.
• Maintain planning data, project documentation, consultation findings, and analytical assumptions; coordinate schedules, research, consultant inputs, and deliverables.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Urban Planning, Regional Planning, Geography, Urban Studies, Regional Development, Economics, Public Policy, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in urban planning, regional analysis, land-use planning, economic development, or infrastructure planning.
• Strong understanding of urban development, zoning systems, land-use regulations, and planning frameworks.
• Knowledge of demographic analysis, population forecasting, regional economic indicators, and spatial development trends.
• Experience preparing planning reports, development assessments, research papers, or policy recommendations.

Technical and professional skills

• Proficiency in GIS software such as ArcGIS or QGIS; familiarity with spatial data analysis, mapping, and geographic information management.
• Ability to interpret land-use maps, planning documents, cadastral data, and infrastructure plans.
• Understanding of transportation planning, housing, public amenities, infrastructure coordination, sustainability, climate adaptation, and environmental planning.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary projects and manage multiple research assignments and deadlines.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, forecasting methods, scenario planning, spatial modeling, or data visualization is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

What the employer offers

• Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits; no compensation cadence or amount is specified.
• Professional development in spatial planning, GIS analysis, and regional policy research.
• Exposure to varied development projects and collaboration with planning authorities, developers, economists, engineers, and policy specialists.
• Access to planning software and research resources, opportunities to contribute to strategic studies, and potential career advancement.