Planning Analyst - Cook County Land Bank Authority

Cook County Offices

Under The President

Bureau of Administration

Bureau of Asset Management

Bureau of Economic Development

Bureau of Finance

Bureau of Human Resources

Bureau of Technology

Independent Agencies

Job Summary

Provide technical support for the department's Tax Certificate Program, responsible for identifying, organizing, and tracking the acquisition of tax certificates from the Cook County Treasurer.

Support the team in the management of all tax certificates processed.

Recommend strategies for acquiring properties and creating a pipeline for the Acquisition Team.

Prepare, develop, and implement analyses of internal and external data to identify, evaluate and make inferences on trends with the property portfolio, broader housing market, or communities where office is active.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics


* Ability to run GIS analyses on various data involving housing, transportation, public education, green space or related data.


* Knowledge of the interoperability between multiple hardware and software environments.


* Ability to manage property or real estate data with an understanding of property transaction processes.


* Ability to manage the installation, configuration, and deployment of software programs and patches, database performance metrics, SQL, and reporting functions and ability to develop standards and compliance guidelines for the implementation of processes, procedures, and databases.


* Ability to provide moderate-level insight, advice and expertise to other professionals, management, and external contacts in an assigned functional area.


* Ability to operate as a team player and communicate specialized knowledge team members, managers, and external stakeholders.


* Knowledge of moderately complex principles and practices for a specialized area of focus.

Minimum Qualifications


* Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree or higher and


* Two (2) years of experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and


* Two (2) years in planning, community development, or directly related experience or


* An equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Physical Requirements

Sedentary Work involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting the assignment of work.

They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally to be performed under a job title or those to be performed temporarily outside an employee's normal line of work.

Group and Voluntary Benefits Offered :

• Medical, Dental, and Vision

• Basic Term Life Insurance

• Pension Plan

• Deferred Compensation Program

• Employee Assistanc...