This position oversees and assists Upper and Lower Eastern Regional staff in both the Centreville and Salisbury offices. On your application, please check all counties in which you are willing to work, as the regular office location is flexible based on the Department's selected candidate.

As Director of the Eastern Maryland Planning Region (Director), this position oversees and assists Lower Eastern Shore Regional (Salisbury) staff in the management and operations of the Salisbury office, including the assignment of work and coordination of the Maryland Department of Planning's (MDP's) local engagement. In this role, this position also serves as the lead for MDP's Eastern Maryland Planning Best Practices Program. The Director also supervises the Lower Eastern Shore and Upper Eastern Shore (Centreville) Regional Planners.

The main purpose of this position is managerial oversight of best practices development and planning liaison activities provided to appointed and elected officials and staff of municipal and county governments in Maryland's Eastern Region (Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties). This position also participates in these activities as needed to meet regional demands, at the direction of the Director of Planning Best Practices, or as Eastern Region staffing needs require it. The technical assistance services provided must be consistent with, and in furtherance of, the programs and policies of MDP. The Director is also responsible for allocating Eastern Maryland Region staff resources, as well as coordinating with other MDP division staff to secure their resources, to meet fluctuating project and programmatic demands by both content area and jurisdiction. If not typically working out of one of MDP's satellite Eastern Shore offices, the Director is expected to regularly visit the Eastern Maryland region as required by the Director of Planning Best Practices to advance department programs and projects.